feat(pi5): RP1 backend UI, gpio slowdown guidance, and hardware init error banner (#337)

* feat(pi5): expose RP1 backend selector, fix gpio defaults, surface init failures in web UI

- Add rp1_rio select (PIO/RIO) to Display Settings hardware config section;
  saved via /api/v3/config/main with 0-or-1 validation — previously the key
  existed in config.json but was not editable from the UI
- Update gpio_slowdown help text with per-model guidance (Pi 3: 3, Pi 4: 4,
  Pi 5: 4–5) and raise max from 5 → 10 to match full library range
- Fix gpio_slowdown Python fallback default from 2 → 3 (only affects edge case
  where the runtime config section is absent; explicit config values are unchanged)
- display_manager writes /tmp/led_matrix_hw_status.json at startup: ok/error;
  Display Settings page fetches it and shows a yellow warning banner when the
  matrix failed to initialize, including Pi 5 remediation steps
- Add GET /api/v3/hardware/status endpoint that reads the status file
- Improve fallback error log to include Pi 5 rebuild hint

Pi 3/4 users: rp1_rio=0 is set in config but silently ignored by the library
on non-RP1 hardware; all other changes are additive or tighten defaults only.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(pi5): correct gpio_slowdown guidance — Pi 5 PIO default is 1, not 4-5

The upstream library defaults gpio_slowdown to 1 for Pi 5 (IsPi4() ? 2 : 1).
In PIO mode the value is a pixel-clock divisor, so 4-5 was unnecessarily
conservative advice. Updated help text and error log to reflect the actual
range (1-3 typical for Pi 5 PIO; inverted effect in RIO mode).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(security): atomic hw-status write, narrow bare excepts, urllib3 CVE floor

- display_manager: replace open()+bare-except with tempfile.mkstemp→fsync→
  chmod(0o600)→os.replace; adds symlink guard and logs errors via logger
  instead of swallowing them silently; pull json/tempfile to module imports
- display_manager cleanup(): narrow broad `except Exception: pass` to
  (OSError, RuntimeError, ValueError, MemoryError) with debug log
- api_v3 get_hardware_status(): catch json.JSONDecodeError and PermissionError
  explicitly; log full traceback server-side; return generic "Unable to read
  hardware status" to client instead of leaking str(e)
- march-madness/requirements.txt: bump urllib3 floor 2.2.2→2.6.3 (CVE fix)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(template): apply |int filter to rp1_rio comparisons in display.html

Without |int, a string-typed value (e.g. from a hand-edited config.json)
causes both selected tests to fail and the select renders with no option
pre-selected. Matches the existing pattern used for multiplexing.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Chuck <chuck@example.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Chuck
2026-05-18 17:42:19 -04:00
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parent c6b79e11d5
commit 33f76b4895
4 changed files with 97 additions and 9 deletions

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@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ def save_main_config():
# Handle display settings
display_fields = ['rows', 'cols', 'chain_length', 'parallel', 'brightness', 'hardware_mapping',
'gpio_slowdown', 'scan_mode', 'disable_hardware_pulsing', 'inverse_colors', 'show_refresh_rate',
'gpio_slowdown', 'rp1_rio', 'scan_mode', 'disable_hardware_pulsing', 'inverse_colors', 'show_refresh_rate',
'pwm_bits', 'pwm_dither_bits', 'pwm_lsb_nanoseconds', 'limit_refresh_rate_hz', 'use_short_date_format',
'max_dynamic_duration_seconds', 'led_rgb_sequence', 'multiplexing', 'panel_type']
@@ -747,6 +747,14 @@ def save_main_config():
# Handle runtime settings
if 'gpio_slowdown' in data:
current_config['display']['runtime']['gpio_slowdown'] = int(data['gpio_slowdown'])
if 'rp1_rio' in data:
try:
rp1_val = int(data['rp1_rio'])
if rp1_val not in (0, 1):
return jsonify({'status': 'error', 'message': "rp1_rio must be 0 (PIO) or 1 (RIO)"}), 400
current_config['display']['runtime']['rp1_rio'] = rp1_val
except (ValueError, TypeError):
return jsonify({'status': 'error', 'message': "rp1_rio must be 0 or 1"}), 400
# Handle checkboxes - coerce to bool to ensure proper JSON types
for checkbox in ['disable_hardware_pulsing', 'inverse_colors', 'show_refresh_rate']:
@@ -1527,6 +1535,23 @@ def execute_system_action():
print(error_details)
return jsonify({'status': 'error', 'message': str(e), 'details': error_details}), 500
@api_v3.route('/hardware/status', methods=['GET'])
def get_hardware_status():
"""Return LED matrix hardware initialization status written by display_manager at startup."""
status_path = "/tmp/led_matrix_hw_status.json" # nosec B108
try:
with open(status_path) as f:
hw_data = json.load(f)
return jsonify({"status": "success", "data": hw_data})
except FileNotFoundError:
return jsonify({"status": "success", "data": {"ok": None, "error": "Display service not yet started"}})
except (json.JSONDecodeError, PermissionError):
logger.error("Failed to read hardware status file", exc_info=True)
return jsonify({"status": "error", "message": "Unable to read hardware status"}), 500
except Exception:
logger.error("Unexpected error reading hardware status", exc_info=True)
return jsonify({"status": "error", "message": "Unable to read hardware status"}), 500
@api_v3.route('/display/current', methods=['GET'])
def get_display_current():
"""Get current display state"""

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@@ -4,6 +4,25 @@
<p class="mt-1 text-sm text-gray-600">Configure LED matrix hardware settings and display options.</p>
</div>
<!-- Hardware status banner: shown when display service is in fallback/simulation mode -->
<div x-data="{ show: false, errorMsg: '' }"
x-init="fetch('/api/v3/hardware/status').then(r => r.json()).then(d => {
const hw = (d && d.data) || {};
if (hw.ok === false) { show = true; errorMsg = hw.error || 'Unknown error'; }
}).catch(() => {})"
x-show="show"
style="display:none"
class="bg-yellow-50 border border-yellow-300 rounded-lg p-4 mb-6">
<p class="font-semibold text-yellow-800"><i class="fas fa-exclamation-triangle mr-2"></i>LED matrix running in simulation mode</p>
<p class="text-sm text-yellow-700 mt-1">Hardware initialization failed: <span x-text="errorMsg" class="font-mono text-xs break-all"></span></p>
<p class="text-sm text-yellow-700 mt-2">
On Raspberry Pi 5: ensure the library was rebuilt from the latest submodule
(<code class="bg-yellow-100 px-1 rounded">first_time_install.sh</code>)
and try adjusting <strong>GPIO Slowdown</strong> (start at 3, reduce if the display looks dim or choppy).
Check the <a href="/v3/logs" class="underline font-medium">Logs tab</a> for the full error.
</p>
</div>
<form hx-post="/api/v3/config/main"
hx-ext="json-enc"
hx-headers='{"Content-Type": "application/json"}'
@@ -149,7 +168,7 @@
</div>
</div>
<div class="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4">
<div class="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-3 gap-4">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="gpio_slowdown" class="block text-sm font-medium text-gray-700">GPIO Slowdown</label>
<input type="number"
@@ -157,9 +176,20 @@
name="gpio_slowdown"
value="{{ main_config.display.runtime.gpio_slowdown or 3 }}"
min="0"
max="5"
max="10"
class="form-control">
<p class="mt-1 text-sm text-gray-600">GPIO slowdown factor (0-5)</p>
<p class="mt-1 text-sm text-gray-600">Pi 3: 1&ndash;2 &middot; Pi 4: 2&ndash;4 &middot; Pi 5 PIO: 1&ndash;3. Increase if display shows garbage; in RIO mode higher values may improve performance.</p>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="rp1_rio" class="block text-sm font-medium text-gray-700">
RP1 Backend <span class="text-xs text-gray-400 font-normal">(Pi 5 only)</span>
</label>
<select id="rp1_rio" name="rp1_rio" class="form-control">
<option value="0" {% if main_config.display.get('runtime', {}).get('rp1_rio', 0)|int == 0 %}selected{% endif %}>0 &mdash; PIO (default, low CPU)</option>
<option value="1" {% if main_config.display.get('runtime', {}).get('rp1_rio', 0)|int == 1 %}selected{% endif %}>1 &mdash; RIO (higher throughput; slowdown inverted)</option>
</select>
<p class="mt-1 text-sm text-gray-600">Pi 5 RP1 coprocessor mode. Ignored on Pi 3/4.</p>
</div>
<div class="form-group">