PiLCD.lcd_string(tline1,1,0)
#setup list of colours
col_list = ('red','green','blue','yellow','magenta','orange','pink','violet','cyan','white')
#ini variables
sel_col = random.randint(0,9) # pick a random start colour
sel_col_tmp = 10 # temp colour variable used to avoid repeats
step_time = .4 # scroll step time, seems to work down to .1 on a Pi 2
PiLCD.mess = tline2
t=Thread(target=PiLCD.lcd_scroll, args=(step_time,2))
t.start()
while True:
PiLCD.mess=input("New message to display ?")
PiLCD.bflag=True
sleep(.2)
while sel_col == sel_col_tmp:
sel_col = random.randint(0,9)
sel_col_tmp = sel_col
PiLCD.led_set_colour(col_list[sel_col])
PiLCD.bflag=False
sleep(0.95)
# Setup inital message so mess is defined on first pass through 'while' loop
PiLCD.mess = mess_build(subject)
rssup = True # avoid missing first update slot
# Start the scrolling thread
t=Thread(target=PiLCD.lcd_scroll, args=(0.6,2))
t.start()
while True:
# Get the time and date
timen = datetime.now().strftime('%a %d %b %H:%M')
PiLCD.bflag=True # suspect scrolling while writing other info to display
sleep(0.2)
PiLCD.lcd_string(timen,1,0)
PiLCD.bflag=False # restart scrolling
sleep(0.2)
# Update RSS feeds approx every 10 minutes
if datetime.now().strftime('%M')[1] == '5' and rssup == True:
PiLCD.mess = mess_build(subject)
print("updating RSS "+timen)
rssup = False # stop repeated RSS fetches
if datetime.now().strftime('%M')[1] == '0': # reset RSS fetch flag to true
rssup = True