sdlamp2/tools/rg35xx-screen-monitor.py
Michael Smith 2142ed7629 Add screen idle timeout and power button screen toggle
New Python screen monitor uses Allwinner /dev/disp ioctls to turn off
the display after 15s of no input and toggle it with a short power
button press. Launched by the wrapper alongside sdlamp2.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-02-13 21:34:43 +01:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
Screen idle timeout and power button toggle for RG35XX Plus.
Monitors /dev/input/event{0,1,2} for activity. Turns off the screen
(via Allwinner /dev/disp SET_BRIGHTNESS ioctl) after 15s of no input.
Any button press wakes the screen. A short power button press (<2s)
toggles the screen on/off.
Launched by rg35xx-wrapper.sh alongside sdlamp2. Killed on cleanup.
"""
import fcntl
import os
import signal
import struct
import sys
import time
IDLE_TIMEOUT = 15 # seconds
POWER_HOLD_THRESHOLD = 2.0 # seconds — short press if released before this
# Allwinner /dev/disp ioctl commands
DISP_GET_BRIGHTNESS = 0x103
DISP_SET_BRIGHTNESS = 0x102
# Input event constants
EV_KEY = 1
KEY_POWER = 116
# struct input_event on aarch64: struct timeval (2x long=8 bytes each) + __u16 type + __u16 code + __s32 value
INPUT_EVENT_FORMAT = "@llHHi"
INPUT_EVENT_SIZE = struct.calcsize(INPUT_EVENT_FORMAT)
EVENT_DEVICES = ["/dev/input/event0", "/dev/input/event1", "/dev/input/event2"]
def disp_ioctl(fd, cmd, screen=0, value=0):
# Allwinner disp ioctls take an array of 4 unsigned longs as arg
args = struct.pack("@4L", screen, value, 0, 0)
result = fcntl.ioctl(fd, cmd, args)
return struct.unpack("@4L", result)[0]
def get_brightness(disp_fd):
return disp_ioctl(disp_fd, DISP_GET_BRIGHTNESS)
def set_brightness(disp_fd, value):
disp_ioctl(disp_fd, DISP_SET_BRIGHTNESS, value=value)
def main():
disp_fd = os.open("/dev/disp", os.O_RDWR)
original_brightness = get_brightness(disp_fd)
if original_brightness == 0:
original_brightness = 50 # sensible default if already off
screen_on = True
power_press_time = None
# Restore brightness on exit so goodbye.png is visible during shutdown
def restore_and_exit(signum, frame):
if not screen_on:
set_brightness(disp_fd, original_brightness)
os.close(disp_fd)
sys.exit(0)
signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, restore_and_exit)
signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, restore_and_exit)
# Open input devices (non-blocking)
event_fds = []
for path in EVENT_DEVICES:
try:
fd = os.open(path, os.O_RDONLY | os.O_NONBLOCK)
event_fds.append(fd)
except OSError as e:
print(f"screen-monitor: cannot open {path}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
if not event_fds:
print("screen-monitor: no input devices available, exiting", file=sys.stderr)
os.close(disp_fd)
sys.exit(1)
import select
while True:
readable, _, _ = select.select(event_fds, [], [], IDLE_TIMEOUT)
if not readable:
# Timeout — no input for IDLE_TIMEOUT seconds
if screen_on:
set_brightness(disp_fd, 0)
screen_on = False
continue
# Process input events from all readable fds
for fd in readable:
while True:
try:
data = os.read(fd, INPUT_EVENT_SIZE)
except BlockingIOError:
break
if len(data) < INPUT_EVENT_SIZE:
break
_sec, _usec, ev_type, ev_code, ev_value = struct.unpack(
INPUT_EVENT_FORMAT, data
)
if ev_type != EV_KEY:
continue
# Power button handling
if ev_code == KEY_POWER:
if ev_value == 1: # press
power_press_time = time.monotonic()
elif ev_value == 0 and power_press_time is not None: # release
hold_duration = time.monotonic() - power_press_time
power_press_time = None
if hold_duration < POWER_HOLD_THRESHOLD:
# Short press — toggle screen
if screen_on:
set_brightness(disp_fd, 0)
screen_on = False
else:
set_brightness(disp_fd, original_brightness)
screen_on = True
continue
# Any other key press — wake screen if off
if ev_value == 1 and not screen_on:
set_brightness(disp_fd, original_brightness)
screen_on = True
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()