OpenSense 0.2.0

Fans

OpenSense now drives the fans the way Acer's firmware actually works.

• Anti-throttle (new, on by default): in Auto, OpenSense adds speed as the chips heat up, half way to full speed at 90 °C and full speed at 100 °C, so the processor stops throttling where Acer's Auto would hold the fans back. It is a single switch on the Fans page.
• Custom now sets, for each fan, either a fixed amount of added speed or a curve. The separate Curve mode is gone; the modes are Auto, Max and Custom.
• CoolBoost has a switch on the Fans page too, in Auto and Custom.
• Curves follow each fan's own chip: the CPU fan the CPU temperature, the GPU fan the GPU temperature (no added speed while the GPU sleeps). They update every 3 seconds on the average temperature: the fans speed up at once and slow down only when the next reading confirms the drop, so spikes and wobbles don't make them hunt.
• One preset, Default, the Anti-throttle curve (it was called Silent). Balanced, Performance and "use this curve for the other fans too" are gone.
• Fan readings show the real speed in rpm and what OpenSense adds ("Auto + 40 %"). The duty figure shown before was only the firmware repeating the last value it was sent.
• Curve editor: the "Now" label rides on the curve at its point, and a selected point is deselected when you click anywhere else.
• Removed, because the firmware makes them unnecessary: the emergency temperature (Anti-throttle reaches full speed at 100 °C, and added speed can never make a fan slower than Acer's own), the minimum fan speed, the slow-down delay, and the choice of temperature per curve.

Lighting

• Colour swatches and zone colours behave like WinUI's coloured buttons on hover and press, keep their colour, and no longer stay dimmed after the pointer leaves.
• "All zones" has the "+" button for any colour too.
• The zone cards fill the whole width on wide windows instead of leaving an empty column.
• The colour picker shows the RGB/HSV number fields.

Settings and the rest of the app

• Open with a shortcut (new, under "Open with the NitroSense key"): any key or key combination you choose opens OpenSense from anywhere, even while it is in the notification area.
• Laptop details: the laptop card in Settings opens to show its SN (serial number) and SNID, as on the label and in Acer Care Center, ready to select and copy.
• Update checks started with "Check now" answer in the Settings card, which opens downward to offer the update; the daily check still shows the banner at the top.
• Removed settings: the update interval (sensors are read every second, curves act every 3 seconds) and "Start minimized" (OpenSense still starts in the notification area when it starts with Windows).
• Notification area menu: "Open OpenSense" is now just "Open", and the CoolBoost item is gone (it is on the Dashboard and the Fans page).
• Fewer interruptions: no more "Capabilities updated" or "Reconnected" notices (the "Lost connection" one clears itself once the service is back), and copying diagnostics says "Copied" on the button.
• OpenSense uses the Windows accent colour instead of its own red, including on the fans and curves.
• New icons: a shield for Anti-throttle, an LED light for Lighting, and in Settings a keyboard with a sparkle for the NitroSense key, a keyboard shortcut for "Open with a shortcut" and a closing pane for "Keep running".
• Keyboard & display no longer slides off the right edge on wide windows.
• The Dashboard's "Custom speeds and curves" link is gone; the Fans page is in the sidebar, and the fan tiles show "rpm" next to the speed.
• Every language: new texts for all of the above, slightly changed punctuation.