4 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Chuck
c53e4995c4 fix(systemd): wait for network connectivity before starting services
Change After=network.target to After=network-online.target + Wants=network-
online.target in both service templates and install_web_service.sh.

network.target only means NetworkManager has started — it does NOT mean the
device has an active internet connection. On boot, the LED matrix service was
starting within seconds of the network interface appearing, before WiFi
association and DHCP completed, causing all first-update API calls to fail
with "Network is unreachable" or DNS resolution errors.

network-online.target waits for a confirmed network route before the service
starts. On Raspberry Pi OS this is provided by NetworkManager-wait-online.
The tradeoff is a few extra seconds at boot, which is acceptable for a
display device.

Applied live to /etc/systemd/system/ledmatrix.service on devpi via
systemctl daemon-reload (no restart required for the config change to take
effect on next boot).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-15 15:14:50 -04:00
Chuck
a0f19d8972 fix: deterministic submodule install + guard rp1_rio for older rgbmatrix
first_time_install.sh: remove --remote from both git submodule update
calls so first-time installs check out the pinned commit recorded in the
repo rather than whatever upstream master happens to be at install time.
The branch = master config in .gitmodules reserves --remote for an
explicit maintainer upgrade (git submodule update --remote).

display_manager.py: guard rp1_rio assignment with hasattr() so setting
the option in config does not cause an AttributeError and silently fall
through to emulator mode when running against RGBMatrixEmulator or an
older rgbmatrix build that predates the Pi 5 property. Emit a warning
instead so the operator knows the value was ignored.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-15 14:09:25 -04:00
Chuck
4f126d6133 chore(deps): update rpi-rgb-led-matrix install for new scikit-build-core system
The library migrated from 'make build-python' + 'pip install bindings/python'
to a scikit-build-core + cmake build where the entire repo root is pip-
installable via 'pip install .'. Update first_time_install.sh accordingly:
- Remove the 'make build-python' step (target no longer exists)
- Install directly from the repo root instead of bindings/python
- Replace build deps: remove cython3/scons/python3-dev, add python-dev-is-python3

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-15 11:29:33 -04:00
Chuck
5dde1125e9 chore(deps): update rpi-rgb-led-matrix to latest upstream for Pi 5 support
Configure submodule to track upstream master branch (branch = master in
.gitmodules) so future updates are a single 'git submodule update --remote'
rather than manual SHA management.

Update first_time_install.sh to use --remote flag so fresh installs always
pull the current upstream master, not the commit recorded at clone time.

Current upstream HEAD (8907235) brings:
- PR #1886: Raspberry Pi 5 support — new RP1 PIO and RIO backends. The
  library auto-detects Pi 5 hardware at runtime; no config change required
  for basic operation. adafruit-hat-pwm is confirmed supported on Pi 5.
- PR #1833: setup.py migrated from distutils → setuptools, fixing Python
  3.12+ build failure (Pi runs Python 3.13). Previous version could not
  build the bindings at all on current Pi OS.

Expose new rp1_rio option in display_manager.py and config.template.json:
  0 (default) = PIO mode — uses Pi 5 RP1 coprocessor, minimal CPU usage
  1 = RIO mode — Registered IO, faster throughput, higher CPU; note that
      gpio_slowdown has inverted effect in this mode

No API changes to RGBMatrix, RGBMatrixOptions, or FrameCanvas. Pi 4 and
earlier hardware is unaffected — rp1_rio is silently ignored on non-Pi-5.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-15 11:22:33 -04:00
8 changed files with 27 additions and 18 deletions

1
.gitmodules vendored
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@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
[submodule "rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master"]
path = rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master
url = https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix.git
branch = master

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@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@
"limit_refresh_rate_hz": 100
},
"runtime": {
"gpio_slowdown": 3
"gpio_slowdown": 3,
"rp1_rio": 0
},
"display_durations": {},
"use_short_date_format": true,

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@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ apt_update
# Install required system packages
echo "Installing Python packages and dependencies..."
apt_install python3-pip python3-venv python3-dev python3-pil python3-pil.imagetk build-essential python3-setuptools python3-wheel cython3 scons cmake ninja-build
apt_install python3-pip python3-venv python-dev-is-python3 python3-pil python3-pil.imagetk build-essential python3-setuptools python3-wheel cmake ninja-build
# Install additional system dependencies that might be needed
echo "Installing additional system dependencies..."
@@ -821,20 +821,13 @@ else
fi
pushd "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master" >/dev/null
echo "Building rpi-rgb-led-matrix Python bindings..."
# Build the library first, then Python bindings
# The build-python target depends on the library being built
if ! make build-python; then
echo "✗ Failed to build rpi-rgb-led-matrix Python bindings"
echo " Make sure you have the required build tools installed:"
echo " sudo apt install -y build-essential python3-dev cython3 scons"
popd >/dev/null
exit 1
fi
cd bindings/python
echo "Installing rpi-rgb-led-matrix Python package via pip..."
echo "Installing rpi-rgb-led-matrix Python package (scikit-build-core + cmake)..."
echo " Build deps required: python-dev-is-python3 cmake"
echo " This compiles C++ — may take 2-5 minutes on Pi 4/5..."
if ! python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages .; then
echo "✗ Failed to install rpi-rgb-led-matrix Python package"
echo " Ensure build tools are installed:"
echo " sudo apt install -y python-dev-is-python3 cmake build-essential"
popd >/dev/null
exit 1
fi

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@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ echo "Generating service file with dynamic paths..."
WEB_SERVICE_FILE_CONTENT=$(cat <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=LED Matrix Web Interface Service
After=network.target
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target
[Service]
Type=simple

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@@ -100,6 +100,17 @@ class DisplayManager:
options.pwm_dither_bits = hardware_config.get('pwm_dither_bits')
if 'inverse_colors' in hardware_config:
options.inverse_colors = hardware_config.get('inverse_colors')
# Pi 5 only: 0=PIO/RP1 coprocessor (default, less CPU),
# 1=RIO/Registered IO (faster; gpio_slowdown effect is inverted in this mode)
if 'rp1_rio' in runtime_config:
if hasattr(options, 'rp1_rio'):
options.rp1_rio = runtime_config.get('rp1_rio')
else:
logger.warning(
"rp1_rio is set in config but the current RGBMatrixOptions "
"implementation does not support it (RGBMatrixEmulator or older "
"library version) — value will be ignored"
)
logger.info(f"Initializing RGB Matrix with settings: rows={options.rows}, cols={options.cols}, chain_length={options.chain_length}, parallel={options.parallel}, hardware_mapping={options.hardware_mapping}")

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@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
[Unit]
Description=LED Matrix Web Interface Service
After=network.target
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target
[Service]
Type=simple

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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
[Unit]
Description=LED Matrix Display Service
After=network.target
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target
[Service]
Type=simple