From 6b2d5171947d3e06899b6df39e66fc6847955f0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Johnston <alan.b.johnston@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:48:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Turn off sim mode if payload present and not manually
 configured

---
 main.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index c4feb2b9..b7860520 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -703,7 +703,12 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
     
 	if (payload == FALSE) {
 		payload = pi_sensors(buffer2);  
-		printf("pi_sensors status: %d \n", payload);   
+		printf("pi_sensors status: %d \n", payload);  
+	}
+
+	if (payload && !sim_config) { 
+		sim_mode = FALSE;
+		printf("Turning off sim mod since payload is present and sim mode not manually configured.");
 	}
   
 	fflush(stdout);