[MOD] New function added: Alarm and Volume fade over time

cyber7

Some notes:
You need to enable crontab:

# /usr/bin/systemctl start cronie
# /usr/bin/systemctl enable cronie

ADVANCED USERS: To check the http crontab once an alarm has been set:

# crontab -u http -l

You need to install bc:

pacman -S bc

To install, dump tar file into /var/www:

cd /var/www
tar -xvf fade_and_alarm - beta1.tar

Hope you enjoy the release
cyber7 (aka Aubrey Kloppers; Cape Town; South Africa)

Some Screenshots:

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fade_and_alarm - beta1.tar: (30 KiB) Downloaded 1002 times

cyber7

For the future:

1. Add more detail (i.e. final volume) to the "Current Alarm" display.
2. Add a HARDWARE button to do an automatic fade pre-specified when pressed:
2.a. How long it will take to do the fade.
2.b. Fade in or Fade out.

cyber7

hondagx35

Hi cyber7,

thank you for this modification / addon.

I think you missed something:
- cronie is not installed by default
- crontab entries for http?

Frank

cyber7

Hi Frank

[root@runeaudio www]# tar -xvf /root/fade_and_alarm\ -\ beta1.tar 
index.php
mpc_fade
app/fade_ctl.php
app/alarm_ctl.php
app/templates/alarm.php
app/templates/fade.php
app/templates/header.php
[root@runeaudio www]# /usr/bin/systemctl start cronie
[root@runeaudio www]# /usr/bin/systemctl enable cronie
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/cronie.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/cronie.service.
[root@runeaudio www]#

The above is a FRESH install and cronie is installed by default...

The comment regarding crontab is in for advanced users. I will fix/give more instructions.

kind regards
cyber7

aj78

Thanks for this, very useful. I've just reinstalled Runeaudio 0.3b on a Raspberry Pi model B and installed this script and have noticed something rather odd. When setting an alarm time of 06.55 it actually sets a cronjob for 06.25 (this is shown both in the info panel about existing alarms and by examining the http crontab). Whatever time I put in, the alarm is set for 30 minutes earlier. My installation is set for London time. The time the alarm actually activates is the earlier time (the one that appears in the cronjob).

The runeaudio is a fresh installation and apart from configuring the network settings and the NFS share I have done nothing before installing your script.

cyber7

sorry, I had to be more descriptive, but this is a FEATURE. The 30MIN BEFORE CRON JOB means the radio-clock will fade-in for 30 minutes until your MAX has been reached.

So, if you want to wake up at 7am, the cron job will start at 6:30. It has been proven a JERK wake-up alarm could cause medical problems where a slow increase in sound will wake you up as if you are waking up naturally.

Hope this is better explained.
cyber7

aj78

Aha - thanks! I think I will try setting it a bit later and hope that the healthier alarm allows me to do with less snooze time...

viklander

Hey Cyber7

This wake-up feature is just great. It's defnitely a must have.

The ultimate option that I'd miss would be the ability to set up two (or more ...) alarms
ie : one for workdays, the other one for weekends, or even better one for each day as I wake up on a different time on mondays and thursdays ; tuesday, wednesday and friday ; saturday and sunday ...

That's a lot to ask, I know

Alas I'm no great coder, so I'll try to poke into you code even if I'm quite confident about ending with a totally messed up system

Cheers

lanlor

Hello. Thank you for this addon, it was what I was looking for. However I encountered one problem. I know it was mentioned before that crontab should be installed, but I have problems with enabling this service.
When typing (via putty):

/usr/bin/systemctl start cronie

I have a message which says "Failed to start cronie.service: Unit cronie.service failed to load: No such file or directory."
I am using Raspberry Pi 2 model B.
Could anyone help me with this? Am I doing something wrong?

hondagx35

Hi lanlor,

I am using Raspberry Pi 2 model B.

On the RP2 image cronie is not installed by default.

You can try to install it with:

pacman -S cronie

Frank

lanlor

That worked! Thank you very much and best regards.

Pilou007

Hi

I have the same pb as lanlor but when i write

pacman -S cronie

rasp answers me :
[root@runeaudio ~]# pacman -S cronie
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (2) run-parts-4.4-1 cronie-1.4.12-1

Total Download Size: 0.08 MiB
Total Installed Size: 0.35 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages ...
error: failed retrieving file 'run-parts-4.4-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.ar chlinuxarm.org : The requested URL returned error: 404
warning: failed to retrieve some files
error: failed retrieving file 'cronie-1.4.12-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.ar chlinuxarm.org : The requested URL returned error: 404
warning: failed to retrieve some files
error: failed to commit transaction (unexpected error)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
what can i do ?

hondagx35

Hi Pilou007,

try

pacman -Sy cronie

Frank

Pilou007

hondagx35 wroteHi Pilou007,

try

pacman -Sy cronie

Frank

Yep it is working thank you

SlF

Hi,

I made some changes that are making it easier to use I think.

Add

$time = $time * 60;

after:

$time = isset($_POST["timestr"]) ? $_POST['timestr'] : '';;

(Line 24)

Now the menu accepts values in minutes. I changed the input line like:

<p><input class="form-control" name="timestr" type="number" maxlength="4" min="1" max="360" value="30"> TIME (DEFAULT = 30min) </p>

(Line 12)

Greetz
SlF

restinpieces

Very nice! I really like this mod.

I tinkered a bit with it and added some more control and the function to add multiple alarms.
Any playlist created in the queue window can be selected as Alarm playlist.
The only problem is I am very bad at styling

So the look isn't that great and it has some display problems with mobile devices.
If someone is able to add some style to it I would be really happy!

Picture:

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Extract the alarm.php file from the zip and replace /var/www/app/templates/alarm.php with it.

Attachments

alarm.zip: (2.14 KiB) Downloaded 726 times

cyber7

Hi Guys
Almost 15 months later, the release is still running!

I have had no failures and the system runs without stop

My son was born on the 21 Feb 2015 and the radio has been playing lullabies in his room since then. The radio release just does not die!

kind regards
cyber7 (aka Aubrey Kloppers; Cape Town; South Africa)

nanoqui

Hi there,

could it be that

pacman -S bc

somehow messes around with the virtual keyboard? After setting up alarm and volume fade (btw. works perfekt, thx) the virtual keyboard which pops up e.g. when using the library search bar on the touchsreen doesn't show up. Instead all the characters are listed beneath the e.g. songs, radiostation...

Does anybody have the same problem? Any ideas how to solve it?

Thanks,
-Q

hondagx35

Hi nanoqui,

the virtual keyboard which pops up e.g. when using the library search bar on the touchsreen doesn't show up.

Does anybody have the same problem? Any ideas how to solve it?

"osk-trigger" has to be added to all text input elements.
For example

<input id="db-search-keyword" class="form-control" type="text" value="" placeholder="search in DB...">

<input id="db-search-keyword" class="form-control osk-trigger" type="text" value="" placeholder="search in DB...">

see here.

The on screen keyboard (osk) only appears on the local display.

Frank

nanoqui

Hi Frank,

thanks...
I did a new install of the alarm and fade function ontop of a new rune image. Everything works perfekt now. Must have somehow screwed it up doing something else. Thanks again!

Cheers,
-Q