The API (HAFAS via db-vendo-client) covers all public transport in one
system, not just trains -- verified with a mocked bus-stop response
(Bus 14/Bus 9/Bus 66 mixed with a regional train, all rendering correctly,
no code changes needed since nothing in check()/render() ever filtered by
mode). Fixed the "Train departures" wording in code comments and settings
UI, which was misleadingly train-specific.
Also added an explicit "Found: <station>" confirmation toast on a
successful station lookup, distinct from the generic "Saved." toast --
previously the only feedback was a passive "Currently: X" hint, easy to
miss and not obviously tied to the save you just did.
New screens/departures.py using the free, unofficial db-vendo-client REST
API (v6.db.transport.rest) -- no key needed, same "no API key" philosophy
as Weather's Open-Meteo integration. Community-run infra though, not
official DB, and it was actually down (503, then timing out entirely) for
the whole time I was building this -- couldn't live-verify against real
data the way Open-Meteo was earlier, so I built the parsing against the
project's documented example response and stress-tested render() with
mocked requests.get() covering on-time/delayed/cancelled/missing-platform/
very-long-direction cases instead. check() fails soft (logs a warning,
returns None) on any request error, matching the "service might be down"
reality of this API -- the screen shows a plain "not available" message
rather than erroring out.
Settings: station name (resolved to a station ID via /locations, same
pattern as Weather's city->coordinates geocoding), how many departures to
show (3/5/8), and its own configurable update interval via the
get_poll_interval() mechanism built for Weather (defaults to 2 min --
departure boards go stale much faster than weather does).
Caught two real layout bugs while stress-testing render() before shipping:
line names ("ICE 1234") and delayed/cancelled time text ("Fällt aus") were
both wider than the columns I'd budgeted for them, with the second one
overlapping the direction text when right-aligned past its column's own
left edge. Fixed by measuring actual worst-case widths at the chosen font
size instead of guessing, and truncating every field to its column as a
defensive backstop regardless.
Screen.poll_interval was a fixed class attribute the scheduler read
directly -- added Screen.get_poll_interval(settings) so a screen can make
it settings-driven instead. WeatherScreen overrides it to read a new
"update_minutes" field (default 30, matching the old hardcoded value).
New number input on the Weather settings page.
Caught a real edge case while testing: `raw or 30` treats an explicit 0
as falsy and silently replaces it with 30 instead of clamping to the
1-minute floor. Not reachable via the UI (min="1" on the input) but the
method should still be correct standalone -- fixed with an explicit
None-check instead.
- scheduler: "Show X now" was a true one-shot -- reverted on the very next
5s tick, causing the flash-to-X-then-flash-back-to-clock behavior. Now
pins for 5 minutes (still preemptable by Navidrome priority, which stays
authoritative). Added a "Resume automatic" action/button and status
display showing what's pinned and until when.
- weather: daily forecast strip (3/5/7 days, selectable in settings) below
current conditions, via Open-Meteo's daily= params in the same request.
Fixed a bad symbol choice along the way -- DejaVu Sans has no glyph for
the partly-cloudy emoji, was rendering as a tofu box; swapped to the
plain cloud symbol, verified glyph coverage for the whole WMO code table.
New screen alongside clock/weather/navidrome. Upload goes through the web
UI (validated with PIL before accepting, stored under web/static/uploads/,
gitignored), or point it at a URL re-fetched every 30 minutes. Cover/contain
fit modes (new fit_cover/fit_contain helpers in render_utils.py, generalized
from the square-only cover-art cropping already used by the Navidrome
screen), plus the same contrast-boost/grayscale options that screen has.
- Panel is mounted sideways: render landscape (600x400), rotate to the
panel's native portrait orientation right before writing to hardware.
- Web UI: card-based layout, dark mode, active nav highlighting, save
confirmation toasts, error banners.
- Rotation: separate enabled/disabled toggle (off pins to the first screen
in the list) and the interval is now in minutes instead of raw seconds.
Migrates existing config.json from the old interval_seconds field.
- Weather: type a city name instead of hunting down coordinates, resolved
via Open-Meteo's free geocoding API. Manual lat/long still available as
a fallback.
Honey