The display
Anatomy of the cluster screen, explanation of all icons in the status bar, the energy gauge, the telltale card and the stats row, as well as the map view and the version box.
Layout of the cluster screen
The display is divided top to bottom into several areas, each with its own job:
- At the very top, the status bar with battery icons, the clock, and connection/sensor icons.
- In the middle, the speedometer, showing your speed in drive mode, with no value in park mode.
- Below the speedometer, the energy gauge with the REGEN and DISCHARGE labels and the current power value.
- At the bottom left, the telltale card for warning and status icons. It only appears when something is active.
- At the very bottom, the stats row with ride duration, average speed, trip distance, and total odometer.
When navigation is active, the middle area switches to the map view; more on that in the navigation section further down.
Status bar at the top
The status bar is divided into three zones: battery icons on the left, the clock in the center, and icons for GPS, mobile network, Bluetooth, and other states on the right.
Battery icons (left)
For each main battery installed, the display shows an icon with a numeric charge level (or range, if you've switched that in the settings). There is one icon per installed, detected battery; on stock hardware only the front slot is wired, so you normally see a single icon, and a wired rear battery adds a second.
The display changes depending on the battery's state:
- At a normal charge level, the text appears in the display's usual color.
- Below 20%, the text turns orange, and a turtle icon appears next to it. Motor power is capped until that battery is charged again.
- Below 10%, the text turns red.
- If a battery is asleep in single-battery operation, its icon is dimmed and shown as a wedge shape.
- On a hardware error, a red error marker sits over the icon; the display also shows a code from the B-series.
- To the right of the main battery icons, an extra icon can appear if the seat is open, one of the backup batteries (AUX or CB) reports a warning, or the turtle icon appears on its own as a low-charge hint.
A more detailed description of the battery logic, including dual-battery operation, is on Battery & energy.
Clock (center)
The center of the status bar shows the time. offers "Time", which shows HH:MM on its own, and "Never", which hides the clock. 1.3+ The additional "Date + Time" mode puts a calendar icon carrying the day next to the time, while "Alternating" swaps between the time and the day with month every few seconds.
Connections and sensors (right)
Several icons can appear on the right, depending on your scooter's hardware and configuration. Left to right:
- Mobile network: appears only if your scooter has a SIM card. The icon shows the connection state and, once connected, the signal strength. With an active data connection, the mobile standard (for example "4G" or "H+") appears next to it.
- Cloud: shows the state of the scooter's cloud connection. The icon appears once a cloud backend is configured and shows whether that connection is up or failing; without a cloud connection it stays hidden. You can make it permanently visible under .
- Bluetooth: by default only shown when a device is connected or a connection error occurs.
- GPS: by default only shows an icon when there's a GPS problem. You can set the icon to "Always" in if you want to see the status continuously.
- OTA update: appears only while an automatic update is running, with a status icon and a percentage progress value. More on Updates.
- 1.3+ Map or routing download: appears while offline data is being downloaded, with an icon for the active download and its progress.
- Temperature: by default only appears once it gets cold, below roughly 5°C, as a snowflake with the degree value. It clears again above roughly 7°C, so it does not flicker on and off around the threshold. You can also make this icon permanently visible in .
Which icons actually show up for you depends on both the scooter's equipment (SIM card, paired devices) and the visibility settings. Out of the box, most icons only show when something needs your attention.
Speedometer and energy gauge
In drive mode, the speedometer in the middle shows your current speed. A colored arc runs around the speedometer, growing with the speed you're riding and becoming more visible at higher speeds toward the top of the scale (60 km/h).
Right below the speedometer sits the energy gauge, a horizontal bar with REGEN on the left and DISCHARGE on the right. When you accelerate, the bar moves right and the power value in kW shown increases. When you coast or brake, it moves left: the scooter is then recuperating energy back into the active battery.
In dual-battery operation, the energy gauge automatically scales up, so the bar isn't constantly maxed out even at double the motor power.
Telltale card
Warning and status icons appear in a small card at the bottom left of the display, in both the speedometer view and the map view. The card is hidden when nothing is active, and can show any of:
- A red (P) icon for the parking brake while the scooter is in park mode.
- A yellow motor warning icon for an error in the motor or motor controller, or an interrupted connection between the scooter's computers.
- A red, blinking hazard triangle while the hazard lights are on.
- An orange turtle while an installed, active battery is at 20% charge or below; motor power is capped until it is charged again.
What the icons mean in practice, and what to do about them, is on Troubleshooting.
Stats row at the bottom
The bottom row of the display shows four values for the current ride:
- DURATION: how long you've been riding this session, in MM:SS or H:MM format.
- Ø SPEED: the average speed for this ride.
- TRIP: the kilometers ridden this session.
- TOTAL: the scooter's total odometer reading.
DURATION, Ø SPEED, and TRIP cover the current session. Parking pauses them, and riding on picks up the same numbers again. They start over from zero the first time you go into drive mode after the scooter has been in standby. TOTAL keeps counting independently and can't be reset.
While navigating
When navigation is active, the map view takes over the middle of the screen. The status bar at the top and the stats row at the bottom stay visible; instead of the speedometer and energy gauge, you see:
- The map with your current position and the drawn route.
- At the top, the instruction strip with a maneuver icon, distance, and plain-text hint.
- A small street name plate in German traffic-sign coloring (blue for motorways, yellow for federal roads, white for minor roads).
- A speed-limit sign, if the routing data provides one.
The map switches automatically between day and night view. More on navigation on Navigation.
Day and night view
The display has three theme modes, which you set in :
- Light: permanently light display.
- Dark: permanently dark display.
- Automatic: the display switches between light and dark depending on ambient light.
Brightness is set separately under . Choose Automatic to follow the ambient light sensor, or Low, Medium, or High for a fixed level.
Opening the menu
In park mode, open the on-display menu with two short pulls in quick succession on the left brake lever. The gesture doesn't respond in drive mode. Inside the menu, tap the left brake to scroll and hold it to go back; tap the right brake to select or confirm.
1.3+ Where the highlighted row has a primary action, holding the right brake runs it. Holding the left brake for three seconds closes the menu from any level. The hints at the bottom reflect the current level and any available action.
Info menu
1.3+ The root-level Info menu adds dedicated Components, Connectivity, Batteries, and Maps pages, and groups the existing Faults and About & Licenses pages in one place:
- Components lists the installed component versions and device identifiers.
- Connectivity shows mobile-network, SIM, IP, and Bluetooth details.
- Batteries provides details for the main and internal batteries.
- Maps shows the installed offline map and routing data.
- Faults opens the active and cleared fault history, including the source, code, and timing details.
- About & Licenses provides general information about Librescoot and its licenses.
When active faults exist, Faults also appears directly in the root menu so you can reach them without opening Info first.
Shortcut menu while riding
While riding, you can reach a compact shortcut menu that's operated entirely from the seatbox switch on the handlebar, without taking a hand off the bars. It complements the normal menu, which only responds in park mode.
How it works:
- Hold the seatbox switch. After about 0.8 seconds the shortcut menu appears and starts cycling through its entries every ¾ second on its own.
- Once the entry you want is highlighted, release the switch. Your selection stays marked for three seconds.
- Within those three seconds, briefly press the seatbox switch again to run the action. If you don't press in time, the menu closes without doing anything.
The shortcut menu has these entries:
- Hazard lights: turn the hazard lights on or off.
- View: switch between speedometer view and map view.
- Theme: cycle between dark, light, and automatic view.
- Debug: shows a diagnostic overlay for support cases. Leave it off unless you're asked to enable it.
A double short tap on the seatbox switch also toggles the hazard lights directly, without going through the menu. The shortcut menu itself only responds in drive mode; as soon as you're back in park mode, it closes automatically.
The version box
If you hold both brake levers down at the same time for about three seconds in park mode, a version box briefly appears in the bottom right of the display with the installed component versions: MDB, DBC, nRF, and ECU. It also shows the voltage and charge level of the internal backup batteries, along with the scooter's serial number, if available.
The box disappears on its own after about four seconds. It's useful for confirming after an update that the new version has actually taken effect; see Updates.
1.3+ The same version information and device identifiers are also available under .
Toast notifications
For certain events, the scooter shows a horizontal, colored notification (toast) at the top of the display. The color indicates the type of message:
- Red: an error or a critical warning.
- Orange: a warning that needs your attention but isn't urgent.
- Green: a success message.
- Blue: purely informational.
Most toasts dismiss themselves after a short time. Some stay permanently visible, for example when the connection between components is interrupted; they only disappear once the underlying problem is fixed.
What changed compared to scooterOS
The anatomy of the cluster screen in Librescoot is completely reworked compared to the original firmware, with day/night view, map mode, an energy gauge with concrete values, and a configurable status bar. An overview of all changes is on Changes from scooterOS.