Added some debugging

runSchedule.js

@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 const Gpio = require("pigpio").Gpio;
+
 const schedule = require("./schedule.json");
+
 const HZ = 40000;
 const NAP_DURATION = 100 * 60 * 1000;
+const DEBUG = !!process.env["DEBUG"];
 
+//Let's setup our connections to our physical hardware devices.
 let ledRed = new Gpio(12, {mode: Gpio.OUTPUT});
 let ledGreen = new Gpio(13, {mode: Gpio.OUTPUT});
 let napButton = new Gpio(6, {mode: Gpio.INPUT, pullUpDown: Gpio.PUD_UP, alert: true });
 napButton.glitchFilter(10000);
 
+//Make an easily searchable array so we can find what color it should
+//be using at any given time.
 let timings = schedule.times.reduce((result, time)  => {
 	result.push({start: time.time, color: time.color});
 	return result;
@@ -16,21 +22,33 @@ let timings = schedule.times.reduce((result, time)  => {
 	return timing;
 });
 
+//We need to split the last scheduled interval at midnight
+//(and fill it in for the start of the day)
 splitAtMidnight(timings);
 
+//Initialize State
 let state = {
-	color: "red"
+  color: "red",
+  napTime: false,
 }
 
+//Make sure the color is set correctly in state for the current time before we start.
+//It will automatically update every seconds, but it might be wrong for a second.
 updateColorState();
 
-let updateColorStateInterval = setInterval(updateColorState, 1000);
 
+//Set intervals to update LED lights.
+//********
+let updateColorStateInterval = setInterval(updateColorState, 1000);
 let renderInterval = setInterval(render, 50);
+let debugInterval = DEBUG && setInterval(logLEDStatus, 2000);
+//********
+
 
 napButton.on("alert", startNap);
 
 function startNap(level, tick) {
+  console.log("Button alert!:");
 	state = { ...state,
 		napTime: true,
 		napEnd: Date.now() + NAP_DURATION
@@ -59,7 +77,7 @@ function updateColorState() {
       newColor = timing.color
   }
   if(newColor !== state.color) {
-    console.log("setting color to", newcolor);
+    console.log("setting color state to", newcolor);
     
     state = { ...state,
       color: newColor,
@@ -71,15 +89,20 @@ function render()  {
 	switch(state.color) {
 		case "red":
       if(ledGreen.digitalRead()) {
+        DEBUG && console.log("Turning off Green LED.");
 				return ledGreen.digitalWrite(0);
       }
+
+      DEBUG && !ledRed.getPwmDutyCycle() && console.log("Turning on Red LED");
 			return ledRed.hardwarePwmWrite(HZ, getBrightness(Date.now()));
 			break;
 		case "green":
-			if(ledRed.digitalRead()) {
+			if(ledRed.getPwmDutyCycle()) {
+        DEBUG && console.log("Turning off Red LED.");
 				return ledRed.digitalWrite(0);
 			}
       if(!ledGreen.digitalRead()) {
+        DEBUG && console.log("Turning on Green LED.");
 				return ledGreen.digitalWrite(1);
 			}
 			//Commenting out.  Probably don't need breathing on green leds
@@ -88,10 +111,20 @@ function render()  {
 	}
 }
 
-function getBrightness(x) {
-	return Math.floor(breathingCurve(x, 8000, 250000, 700000));
+function logLEDStatus() {
+  console.log({
+    red: ledRed.getPwmDutyCycle(),
+    green: ledGreen.digitalRead(),
+  });
 }
 
+//get brightness for time value for LED pulse breathing 
+function getBrightness(time) {
+  //These values should be configurable, maybe?
+	return Math.floor(breathingCurve(time, 6500, 200000, 800000));
+}
+
+//algorithm for pulse breathing LEDs
 function breathingCurve(x, interval = 3000, min, max) {
 	let t = x * Math.PI/(interval/2);
 	let y = Math.sin(t + Math.sin(t) * 0.2);
@@ -100,12 +133,17 @@ function breathingCurve(x, interval = 3000, min, max) {
 	return y * (max - min) + min;
 }
 
+//split the last time interval at midnight and add the remaining to the
+//beginning of the the array.
 function splitAtMidnight(arr) {
 	let last = arr[arr.length -1];
 	arr.unshift({ ...last, start: 0});
 	arr[arr.length - 1].end = 2400;
 }
 
+//get current time in military style time.  This format is used for ease of 
+//human input in conviguration file.  I should have converted to Date when read
+//from configuration.. oh well, I'll fix that later.
 function getTime() {
 	let date = new Date(Date.now());
 	return (date.getHours() * 100) + date.getMinutes() + 1