Pull request to integrate Granboard #8
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fixed typo
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Hi @S-I-M-O-N, Would also love to hear about how you are using |
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| var rawValue = data.toString(); | ||
| if (rawValue == "BTN@") { | ||
| playerChangeCallback(); | ||
| } else if (rawValue == "GB5;101") { |
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@S-I-M-O-N any idea what this specific value is? Maybe add a comment to explain why we ignore it
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It is an initializing value the board sends after subscribing to the notify. As we do not know if this message is the same for all versions of the board, I updated the code to reject all undefined messages. See new commit.
| @@ -102,7 +111,67 @@ function connectToMatch(data) { | |||
| } else { | |||
| debug("Already connected to board..."); | |||
| leg.emit('announce', { type: 'success', message: 'Already Connected' }); | |||
| leg.on('leg_finished', disconnectListener.bind(this)); | |||
| smartboard.initialize(peripheral, config.smartboard_button_number, | |||
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Does the GranBoard really require us to reconnect here?
For the Unicorn board, I believe this won't work, since we are already connected.
If it does we should check here for which board currently is in use, and then only initialize if it's a GranBoard, otherwise skip.
It also seems like this is exactly the same as lines 48:87, so we could also extract those out into a separate method to reduce code duplication
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Yes, the majority of the code of the first branch is duplicated here.
Reconnection does not seem necessary, but the listener is also in the initialize function and thus it was the easiest way of establishing this.
It might work with less code, but except for one error thrown because we are already connected the code just works.
It also allows to keep kcapp-smartboard running as a daemon which will connect to new legs and to the board if you switch it on again. No need to launch it for each session.
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So you need to run the initialize function for each leg on the Granboard? Does it also keep track of legs played and stuff like that and needs a reset?
For the Unicorn Smartboard it just emits whatever you throw, so it doesn´t need to reestablish it. I also don´t currently have easy access to a Unicorn board to test this change, but I'm a bit worried that calling initialize again here might cause issues, since we are already connected and established above.
Regarding reconnecting, this was solved by having the "Reconnect Smartboard" button in the Frontend
- From a Leg, click "Options" => "Change Order", this will bring up the following dialog
Here you can click "Reconnect Smartboard" and it should make the request to reconnect the board if it was restarted/disconnected somehow.
This button will only be available if a Venue is selected when starting the match with smartboard = true, so make sure you configure your venues correctly by going to <kcapp>/offices and adding/editing a venue and enabling smartboard
Could you see if this works for your case as well?
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The reconnect button only triggers the message that the board has already been connected. In fact it is (showing a green light instead of red), but kcapp is not listening for any events from the board and thus not registering them. Besides on a smartphone the Change order menu is not usable as the pop-up is too large to be completely visible. Panning or zooming is also not possible.
Are you sure it works with more than one leg on the Unicorn board? The score is in the object dart which is handled inside the initialize function.
In fact the the if else only handles two options:
- No connection has been established and thus scanning and connecting is triggered.
- A connection has already been established and scanning and connecting can be omitted.
But in either case you should do the rest. To be honest I thus do not understand the original code, in my opinion there is something missing in the else part.
…all messages which have not been predefined and trigger a debug message.
Code for Granboard added.
Change of noble repository to abandonware as it is not in the production anymore.
Added some environmental variables for more flexibility.
Keep the link after a match is finished or cancelled.