nl.kevinjilissen.ledcontroller

Class ControllerThread

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Thread

nl.kevinjilissen.ledcontroller.ControllerThread

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class ControllerThread
extends java.lang.Thread

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Thread

java.lang.Thread.State, java.lang.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	closeSerialPort() Closes the serial connection and releases the serial port.
LEDStrip	getStrip(byte pin) Gets the LEDStrip instance of the given pin.
int	getTPS() Gets the ticks per second rate of the controller thread.
boolean	initSerialPort() Initializes the serial port.
void	loadStrip(byte pin) Requests the microcontroller for the data of the strip on the given pin.
static boolean	providesAmbilight() Checks if the ambilight provider is enabled.
void	refreshConnection() Disconnects from the current serial port if connected and tries to make a new connection to a serial port.
void	run()
void	saveStrip(byte pin) Saves the data of the strip on the microcontroller for the given pin.
void	setProvideAmbilight(boolean provideAmbilight) Sets the enabled flag of the ambilight provider.
void	updateBrightness(byte pin, byte value) Sends a new brightness value to the microcontroller for the given pin.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getAllStackTraces, getContextClassLoader, getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, getId, getName, getPriority, getStackTrace, getState, getThreadGroup, getUncaughtExceptionHandler, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, setName, setPriority, setUncaughtExceptionHandler, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

closeSerialPort

public void closeSerialPort()

Closes the serial connection and releases the serial port.

initSerialPort

public boolean initSerialPort()

Initializes the serial port. Should NEVER be called by an user. Use refreshConnection() instead.

Returns:

True if a connection has been made successfully. False otherwise.

run

public void run()

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread

getStrip

public LEDStrip getStrip(byte pin)

Gets the LEDStrip instance of the given pin.

Parameters:

pin - The pin of the strip on the microcontroller.

Returns:

The instance of the LEDStrip class.

loadStrip

public void loadStrip(byte pin)

Requests the microcontroller for the data of the strip on the given pin.

Parameters:

pin - The pin on the microcontroller.

saveStrip

public void saveStrip(byte pin)

Saves the data of the strip on the microcontroller for the given pin.

Parameters:

pin - The pin on the microcontroller.

updateBrightness

public void updateBrightness(byte pin,
                             byte value)

Sends a new brightness value to the microcontroller for the given pin.

Parameters:

pin - The pin on the microcontroller.

value - The new brightness value as a signed byte in the range of 0-255.

refreshConnection

public void refreshConnection()

Disconnects from the current serial port if connected and tries to make a new connection to a serial port.

providesAmbilight

public static boolean providesAmbilight()

Checks if the ambilight provider is enabled.

Returns:

True if the ambilight provider is enabled, false otherwise.

setProvideAmbilight

public void setProvideAmbilight(boolean provideAmbilight)

Sets the enabled flag of the ambilight provider. If the provider is enabled it will capture the screen and calculate the color values.

Parameters:

provideAmbilight - The new enable status.

getTPS

public int getTPS()

Gets the ticks per second rate of the controller thread. The target tickrate is 30 ticks per second.

Returns:

The amount of ticks in the last second.