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A digital signage version of the common chalkboard-based taplist. Based on the kegerface/kegerface git.
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Roadmap? #286

Closed mcangeli closed 9 years ago

mcangeli commented 10 years ago

So you know my (I haven't confirmed this with anyone else on the team) roadmap...

The next "release" will be a hotfix release to fix any issues with the current code base (I may try upping the speed a little bit to see if that helps) At some point V2.* will be released with some improvements to the current code (the addition of the centipede) V3 will come sometime afer that with themes, RFID and Untappd integration, possibly the ability to import beer.xml files and some other functionality.

thadius856 commented 10 years ago

Do you guys have plans for official support of a motion sensor / monitor sleeping? I've seen thats a pretty common usage from the v1 thread.

Boombrewer commented 10 years ago

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mcangeli commented 10 years ago

There should be a way to increase the baud rate that the alamode and pi talk. It's set fairly low at the moment.

That's what I mean.

The code is currently checking every 300 milliseconds so that's fast enough. The slow down would be on the python end.

We can add the motion sensor. I've also gotten rfid working somewhat on it, it just needs to be refined. On Aug 31, 2014 11:13 AM, "Boombrewer" notifications@github.com wrote:

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  • what do you mean about upping the speed? Refresh and looping?
  • centipede just adds expansion, correct?

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  • the PIR support is pretty easy and I think the user DIY is already on the site. Are you just referring to making it configurable in the admin?

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thadius856 commented 10 years ago

@boombrewer Aye configurable on the admin page, maybe along with a recommended model/install instructions.

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  • what do you mean about upping the speed? Refresh and looping?
  • centipede just adds expansion, correct?

@thadius856 https://github.com/thadius856

  • the PIR support is pretty easy and I think the user DIY is already on the site. Are you just referring to making it configurable in the admin?

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mcangeli commented 10 years ago

I need to sit down and look at the way the pir and the temp probes are added to the pi.

There may be a simple way to do it all that is configurable, but I also have to figure out how to pass information along back to the alamode (IE a set the pins in the rpints admin once and not have to upload your sketch every time you make a change) but I am not certain....

On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 11:25 AM, thadius856 notifications@github.com wrote:

@boombrewer Aye configurable on the admin page, maybe along with a recommended model/install instructions.

On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 8:13 AM, Boombrewer notifications@github.com wrote:

@mcangeli https://github.com/mcangeli

  • what do you mean about upping the speed? Refresh and looping?
  • centipede just adds expansion, correct?

@thadius856 https://github.com/thadius856

  • the PIR support is pretty easy and I think the user DIY is already on the site. Are you just referring to making it configurable in the admin?

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Boombrewer commented 10 years ago

@mcangeli So changing the baud just changes how fast the messaging goes between the Alamode and the Pi? Does it also affect the fidelity of the data sent? I'm curious if we'll start getting garbled data (that makes complete sense in my layman brain - I could've just shown my ignorance).

mcangeli commented 10 years ago

From what I can tell yes.

Kerber had it set at 9600 for his code, so I left it. It should be able to handle higher.

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@mcangeli So changing the baud just changes how fast the messaging goes between the Alamode and the Pi? Does it also affect the fidelity of the data sent? I'm curious if we'll start getting garbled data (that makes complete sense in my layman brain - I could've just shown my ignorance). — Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub.
day-trippr commented 10 years ago

fwiw, when you program the AVR on the AlaMode using the Arduino IDE, the programming runs at 115200 baud. I've yet to see any indication that "The World's Shortest Serial Link" (what is it - two inches?) has any problem at that speed...

Cheers! ;)

Boombrewer commented 10 years ago

Well, I just swapped mine to 115200 and didn't notice any real difference (in the 8oz top off of my beer). I'll let you guys know if I see any real change in the near future.

mcangeli commented 10 years ago

Did you change it in the python script as well? On Sep 2, 2014 12:01 AM, "Boombrewer" notifications@github.com wrote:

Well, I just swapped mine to 115200 and didn't notice any real difference (in the 8oz top off of my beer). I'll let you guys know if I see any real change in the near future.

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Boombrewer commented 10 years ago

@mcangeli - Yes, I changed both. But I didn't really 'test' it too much. If I understand how the serial connection works (which I probably don't really), the baud rate will just change how quickly the few bytes of data are passed and added to the buffer. I'll take a closer look later to see if there is anything else that can be done. I noticed when testing that sometimes it updated very quickly and sometimes it took a few seconds.

mcangeli commented 10 years ago

Yea, the amount of data we're passing it probably does not matter a whole lot what the serial is communicating at. I'd probably run it lower than that though just for stability's sake.

Boombrewer commented 10 years ago

What do you think, 56,000?

mcangeli commented 10 years ago

That's pretty much where I was headed.

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Boombrewer commented 10 years ago

So I tried different baud rates without much luck. At 115200 I got one successful pour and that was it. I also tried 56000 & 11400 and still not much luck. And to top it off - I had already been experimenting with other serial communications on a different RPi. Serial comms of strings get really unstable and unpredictable (garbled) if baud rate is increased over 9600. Please double check my work because I need to learn as well but I didn't have much luck.

day-trippr commented 9 years ago

Missed ^that^, Are you running on the prescribed platform (RPi and an AlaMode) or something else? Also, you can't use AlaMode digital io 0 or 1 for meters (or anything, actually) as those are the uart pins...

Cheers!