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@ajlennon ajlennon released this 15 Aug 12:26
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🚀 Radar Distance Monitor v2.0.0 - Multi-Host Support with Chip Detection

🎯 Major Features

Multi-Host Radar Monitoring

  • Monitor 1 to many radar sensors simultaneously - No longer limited to just two hosts
  • Flexible HOSTS configuration format - Simple list-based configuration for any number of sensors
  • Real-time multi-sensor visualization - All sensors displayed on a single graph with color-coded lines
  • Scalable architecture - Easily add or remove sensors without code changes

Automatic Chip Detection

  • Hardware identification - Automatically detects and displays radar chip information (BGT60TR13C/BGT60TR13D)
  • Chip ID display - Shows unique hardware identifiers in the GUI legend
  • Real-time chip status - Know exactly which hardware is connected to each host

Enhanced Command-Line Interface

  • New flexible arguments: --host, --user, --password, --command, --tag (can be repeated for multiple hosts)
  • Example: 
    python3 src/radar_distance_monitor.py --host sensor1.local --host sensor2.local --user admin --user admin --password pass1 --password pass2 --command "cmd1" --command "cmd2"
  • Maintains legacy support for existing --host1, --host2 arguments

Improved User Experience

  • Clean logging - No more false "parsing error" messages from normal sensor initialization
  • Professional console output - Only displays relevant status and error information
  • Enhanced GUI legend - Shows host name, chip model, chip ID, and connection status

🔧 Configuration Examples

New HOSTS Format (Recommended)

HOSTS = [
    {
        'host': '192.168.1.100',
        'username': 'user1',
        'password': 'pass1',
        'command': 'sensor_command',
        'tag': 'Front Door',
    },
    {
        'host': '192.168.1.101', 
        'username': 'user2',
        'password': 'pass2',
        'command': 'sensor_command',
        'tag': 'Back Door',
    },
    # Add as many sensors as needed...
]

Single Host Configuration

HOSTS = [
    {
        'host': 'sensor.local',
        'username': 'admin',
        'password': 'password',
        'command': 'radar_distance',
        'tag': 'Main Sensor',
    },
]

🔄 Backward Compatibility

✅ ZERO BREAKING CHANGES

  • Existing HOST1_CONFIG/HOST2_CONFIG configurations work unchanged
  • Legacy command-line arguments (--host1, --user1, etc.) still supported
  • All existing scripts and configurations continue to work without modification

📊 What You'll See

Enhanced GUI Legend:

  • Sentai [BGT60TR13C/BGT60TR13D:000003] (✓ Connected)
  • Raspberry Pi [BGT60TR13C/BGT60TR13D:000003] (✓ Connected)

Clean Console Output:

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