This week, I was focused on the final presentation slides and Web App/DSI display integration
I focused on implementing and debugging the communication between the DSI display and the web app using WebSockets. This involved ensuring real-time synchronization of start, pause, and end session actions across both interfaces. While I am still working on the bilateral communication, I am happy to say that the Web App to RPi5 connection is working very well, where we are able to input the dynamic session parameters (name, duration, etc), and have that sent from the Web App to RPi5, with HTML redirection on the Web App side as well.
I also worked to verify that events emitted from the DSI display (e.g., end session) triggered appropriate changes on the web app. This required adding debugging tools like console.log and real-time WebSocket monitoring.
I will attach screenshots showing WebSocket debugging and synchronized end session
I am currently on progress but will dedicate additional hours tonight and Sunday to verify end-to-end testing of all SBB components.
I also want to finalize RPS game integration and real-time user interaction using the DSI display and WebSockets.I have existing code that ensures that the RPS logic is sound, so we just need to integrate this with the display. I also have created code this past week that allows the button inputs from the keypad to be processed. We chose the left arrow to be rock, down arrow to be paper, the right arrow to be scissors, and the up arrow to be the input selection.
One risk that can jeopardize the success of the project is websocket synchronization issues, so we are working to ensure that we can have both inputs sent from RPi5 to Web App (currently working), and HTML redirection on the Web App side (work in progress). After discussing with Mahlet today, we realized we should implement more changes in views.py. If I can work with Shannon tomorrow, I am confident we can have redirection working by the middle of next week and that would fulfill the second part of the bilateral communication we desire (from RPi5 to Web App).
We also hope to have our system ready so we can run user survey feedback/tests to see if the SBB is actually helpful in both interaction and productivity when studying.
I have used tools like event listeners and logging to trace and debug issues. Gotten more familiar with HTML and Javascript, as well as incorporating socket events in python to trigger the appropriate responses. I have added robust error handling and reconnection logic to improve reliability.