Livetime interface updates

[ErikBorra]

This pull request includes the timingserver layout from @basdelfos (up til #67f5736), including:

• a nicer layout
• pi temperature
• shutdown and restart button for pi

I have further tweaked it by

• using the full width of the window instead of Bas' default 900px
• adding a clearfix for lap times so that nodes 4 to 8 stay on the same height
• adding all fpv frequencies as a drop down

[punkkills]

Hey @ErikBorra, I'll give this change a more in depth view when i have some time. Out of curiosity, what value do you find that these changes add? When I built this page, the intent was a place to test out the Socket.IO API as I was working with Cory for the Livetime integration. I didn't really intend this page to be a long lived user facing UI. All of these values are easily accessible from LiveTime. If the value is the shutdown and temperature reading, those are things better requested from LiveTime, IMO.

[ErikBorra]

Hi @punkkills,

thanks for your feedback. There are a few uses for the page:

• shutdown/restart buttons
• easier monitoring of correct calibration settings
• monitoring the logs
• rssi graphs display (livetime doesn't show rssi values)
• better looking interface for future led control integration

[scottgchin]

I agree with @punkkills that this page shouldn't be used to change the timer settings, as these are available through Livetime. But I think there are items that are helpful like the graphs. I was planning on officially adding those at some point (it was already there, just not linked). I also want to add the LED controls since LiveTime has limited commands.

What if we do both? Remove the timer settings, and reconfigure the page to show the graphs and the LED controls?

[ErikBorra]

Why should the timer settings not be changed through that page? It doesn't hurt, does it? Actually, I find it easier to change the settings via the page, as you get the direct visual feedback of the three coloured bars (rssi peak, calibration offset, current rssi) below.

[basdelfos]

I have an updated version of my original version of this page which also displays the looptime per node and also displays the input voltage (handy when using a lipo to power the Delta 5 or when using PoE adapter with very long UTP cable). The input voltage requires a hardware mod with voltage divider and an updated sketch on node 4.

I can upload the changes to github when interested.

[ErikBorra]

Hi @punkkills,

thanks so much for your time and feedback. I'm sure many would love to have the LiveTime integration be better.

From the top of my head, the following would be great to have in LiveTime:

• shutdown / restart
• temperature
• voltage reading (as @basdelfos has implemented)
• indicators for current rssi, peak rssi and calibration offset
• a button to 'copy event frequencies' like with the 8-way laprf

Currently LiveTime only sends a message to delta 5 when a race has started (by calling reset_calibration in server.py). For integration with the led functionality, It'd be awesome if LiveTime could also indicate to delta5:

• when there was a false start or end of race
• the colours associated to a specific frequency

Last, but not least, if @lephiloux 's per node tuning was added to @scottgchin's repo (see this commit]), it'd be great if we could do that via LiveTime as well.

Shall I open an issue to discuss this, instead of discussing this here?

[basdelfos]

I've just merged the voltage and looptime monitoring to master of my fork. https://github.com/basdelfos/delta5_race_timer

[lephiloux]

It’s as you want , issue or here both are fine for me ;-)

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Le 2 mai 2018 à 09:26, Erik Borra [email protected] a écrit :

Hi @punkkills,

thanks so much for your time and feedback. I'm sure many would love to have the LiveTime integration be better.

From the top of my head, the following would be great to have in LiveTime:

shutdown / restart temperature voltage reading (as @basdelfos has implemented) indicators for current rssi, peak rssi and calibration offset a button to 'copy event frequencies' like with the 8-way laprf Currently LiveTime only sends a message to delta 5 when a race has started (by calling reset_calibration in server.py). It'd be awesome if LiveTime could also indicate to delta5:

when a race has completed the colours associated to a specific frequency (for integration with the led functionality) Last, but not least, if @lephiloux 's per node tuning was added to @scottgchin's repo (see this commit]), it'd be great if we could do that via LiveTime as well.

Shall I open an issue to discuss this, instead of discussing this here?

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