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title: How to change the LED colors
description: "Every colour on your map can be changed: the four flight categories, the colour for airports without weather (INVALID) and the colours of the weather effects. ### Open your map's settings 1. On a phone or computer that is on…"
url: "https://pilotmap.co/help/how-to-change-the-led-colors/"
updated: "2026-10-29"
category: Customization
---

# How to change the LED colors

Every colour on your map can be changed: the four flight categories, the colour for airports without weather (INVALID) and the colours of the weather effects.

### Open your map's settings

1. On a phone or computer that is on the **same WiFi as your map**, open a web browser.
2. Go to `http://<map name>.local` (the name you wrote down during the WiFi setup) or `http://<IP address>`, for example `http://192.168.1.50`. If you don't know the IP address, see [how to find the IP address of your PilotMap](https://pilotmap.co/help/how-to-find-the-ip-address-of-your-pilotmap/). Some Android phones can't open `.local` names; use the IP address there.
3. In the menu at the top, move the mouse over **Settings** and click **Editor**.
   ![Settings menu with Editor and Save Config File](https://pilotmap.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/pilotmap-help-menu-settings-1.png)
4. Click a blue bar to open that group of settings.
   ![Settings editor with its groups of settings](https://pilotmap.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/pilotmap-help-confedit-top-1.png)

### Change a colour

1. Open **LED Colors Settings**.
2. Click the colour box next to the setting you want and pick a new colour.
   ![Flight category colour settings](https://pilotmap.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/pilotmap-help-colors-categories-1.png)
3. The flight categories are **VFR**, **MVFR**, **IFR** and **LIFR**. **No Weather Reported** is the colour of airports that don't report weather; it is also the colour of the **INVALID** LED in your legend.
4. The weather effects have two colours each (for example **Rain1** and **Rain2**); the LED switches between them to make the effect visible.
   ![Weather effect colour settings](https://pilotmap.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/pilotmap-help-colors-weather-1.png)

### Save

1. In the menu at the top, move the mouse over **Settings** and click **Save Config File**. You will see *Settings Successfully Saved*.
   ![Settings menu with Save Config File](https://pilotmap.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/pilotmap-help-menu-settings-save.png)
2. That's it. The map restarts its weather display by itself and shows the new setting within a minute or two. While it restarts, the legend may show all green for a moment (that is the normal ["starting" status](https://pilotmap.co/help/status-codes/)). You don't need to unplug it.

**Tip:** changes are only kept after **Save Config File**. If you close the page before saving, nothing changes.

**Tip:** the printed legend on your map shows the standard colours. If you change the flight category colours, the legend LEDs change with them, but the printed labels stay the same.