Home Run Apple

On your home Wi-Fi, open home-run-apple.local in a browser. If that does not load, use the numeric address the setup page showed you.

• Raised timeHow long the Apple stays up, 5 to 120 seconds.
• MotorOff keeps the Apple still. Celebrations still play on the screen.
• Pause the AppleOff unless you turn it on. On stops following games and celebrating until you turn it off.
• Stay up for the whole track on a winOn unless you turn it off. The game is over, so the Apple stays raised until the win track ends, up to seven minutes. Off, a win uses the Raised time like a home run.
• Screen brightnessDims the display without turning it off.
• VolumeHow loud celebrations play through the Apple's speaker.
• Sleep screen between gamesTurns the screen off until the next game starts. Covers off days and the offseason.
• Time zoneGame times on the screen. Set from the device you used for setup; change it here if you move.
• Update automaticallyOn unless you turn it off. Installs new firmware between games, early in the morning.
• Password lockOff unless you turn it on, which means anyone on your Wi-Fi can change settings. When you turn it on, the page shows the password once. Write it down.

Tap Save after changing anything.

The Audio tab of home-run-apple.local lets you add and manage your own tracks. The Apple keeps up to 200, and a large file takes a moment because your phone converts it before sending it.

• Add a trackPick an MP3, M4A, WAV, or most other audio files, up to 30 MB. Drag the handles to keep the part you want, up to seven minutes. Choose whether it plays for home runs, Mets wins, both, or one player.
• What plays for how longA home run plays the start of the selected audio, for as long as the Apple stays up. A win plays the whole thing.
• LibraryEvery track you add is listed here, with these controls.

  Home runs	Plays for a home run.
  Mets win	Plays for a Mets win.
  + Play next	Puts this track first for the next home run, the next win, or one player's next home run.
  Preview	Plays the track on your device.
  Play on the Apple	Plays it through the Apple's speaker, at the Volume setting.
  Rename	Changes the name shown.
  Delete	Removes the track from the memory card.
  Search and sort	Appear once the list is longer than a page. Search matches any word in a track's name or its player's name.

• Player tracksAssign tracks to a player. On a home run, plays instead of the general home run tracks.
• Up nextChoose exactly what plays on the next home run, the next Mets win, or a specific player's next home run. Tracks play in order, once each. When a queue runs out, the Apple picks at random again.

• TapShows the Apple's address and password on the screen for a minute. When Apple Lab is waiting to run a test, a tap approves it.
• Hold for one to three secondsThe screen says RELEASE TO RESTART. Let go and the Apple restarts, keeping its Wi-Fi and settings. It won't restart in the middle of a celebration.
• Hold for ten secondsCounts down, then forgets the Wi-Fi network and starts setup again. Let go early to keep everything.

The Apple checks for new firmware on its own and installs it between games, early in the morning. It restarts and is back in about a minute. On your home Wi-Fi, the Apple's settings page shows the installed version under Update, where you can check now or tap Install now instead of waiting.

It never installs during a game. If the new firmware fails to start, the Apple goes back to the old one on its own. Turn Update automatically off in Configure Settings if you would rather install by hand; you can also pick a file from the project's releases page there, or restart the Apple.