meshtastic/docs/hardware/devices/lilygo/tbeam/buttons.mdx

---
id: buttons
title: T-Beam Hardware Buttons
sidebar_label: Buttons
sidebar_position: 1
---

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## Functionality

- **Power Button (left):**
  - **Long press:** Powers the device on or off.
- **Reset Button (right):**
  - **Single press:** Resets the device.
- **User/Program Button (middle):**
  - **Long press:** Will signal the device to shutdown after 5 seconds.
  - **Single press:** Changes the information page displayed on the device's screen.
  - **Double press:** Sends an adhoc ping of the device's position to the network.
  - **Triple press:** Disables the device's GPS. Repeat to re-enable. (_This will be indicated on both information screen pages on the device's display as shown below_)

<img src="/img/hardware/GPS-disabled.webp" width="200" align="center-left" />
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:::info
Be aware that the button layout differs on the T-Beam Supreme model.
:::

## Functionality

- **Power Button (middle):**
  - **Long press:** Powers the device on or off.
- **Reset Button (right):**
  - **Single press:** Resets the device.
- **User/Program Button (left):**
  - **Long press:** Will signal the device to shutdown after 5 seconds.
  - **Single press:** Changes the information page displayed on the device's screen.
  - **Double press:** Sends an adhoc ping of the device's position to the network.
  - **Triple press:** Disables the device's GPS. Repeat to re-enable. (_This will be indicated on both information screen pages on the device's display as shown below_)

<img src="/img/hardware/GPS-disabled.webp" width="200" align="center-left" />
<img
  src="/img/hardware/GPS-disabled-by-button.webp"
  width="200"
  align="center-right"
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