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fix(scoreboards): switching screens never flashes the panel black - #666
User report: with the football plugin and one favourite team, the board occasionally flashed black, "like it was intending to switch to team #2 but there wasn't one so it loaded back to team 1".
display_manager.clear() doesn't just reset the buffer — it calls Clear() on both canvases and the matrix, so the panel goes black immediately. All nine scoreboards called it before drawing a card whenever force_clear was set, then spent a frame or more rendering logos/text, long enough for the black to show. force_clear is set far more often than the card changes:
mode changes and block boundaries (controller force_change)
_reset_dwell_on_reentry sees >5 s between display() calls — which a slow update() holding the plugin lock produces while the same mode is still on screen
every empty mode the controller tries on its way past cleared and pushed black before returning False. SportsRecent.display did so on every frame while its list was empty, even without force_clear. The managers' _display_internal_cycling added another clear on a False return.
Fix
Remove the clears. Nothing depended on them:
Every draw path (25 of them) builds a full-size frame and assigns it to display_manager.image, so the new frame replaces the old one whole. The panel keeps the previous frame until update_display() swaps the finished one in, and the core's dirty-frame check skips an unchanged card entirely (clear() reset that digest, forcing a push).
An empty mode returns False and the controller moves on at once — core already says not to clear there ("this causes black flashes", display_controller.py). When the whole rotation is empty the controller blanks the panel once itself (_note_empty_pass).
Applied to all nine scoreboards (afl, baseball, basketball, football, hockey, lacrosse, nrl, soccer, ufc) via one AST-driven script, so the copies stay identical; check_sports_drift.py passes.
Tests
Newscripts/test_scoreboards_never_blank_the_panel.py: no display_manager.clear() in any of the nine scoreboards' modules. Failed on main with 48 call sites; passes now. Picked up by the scripts/test_*.py CI glob.
Newfootball-scoreboard/test_switching_never_flashes_black.py: drives the real SportsRecent / SportsUpcoming / SportsCoredisplay() against a display manager that records what reaches the panel — forced redraw, resume after a >5 s gap, empty modes with and without force_clear. Failed on main (empty recent, upcoming and live pushed black); passes now.
run_plugin_tests.py on all nine: 363 passed, 1 skipped, 0 failed. Note:soccer-scoreboard/test_vegas_elements.py is flaky independently of this PR — it failed 9 of 12 standalone runs on unmodified main.
Drift, version-bump, manifest-field, ASCII and registry checks pass.
Not yet verified on a physical panel.
Versions
afl 1.44.1, baseball 1.66.1, basketball 1.52.1, football 3.28.2 (3.28.1 is #665 — whichever merges second will need a rebase of football's manifest/CHANGELOG/plugins.json), hockey 1.54.1, lacrosse 1.45.1, nrl 1.43.1, soccer 2.50.1, ufc 1.27.1.
display_manager.clear() writes black straight to the matrix. All nine
scoreboards called it before drawing a card whenever force_clear was
set -- a mode change, a block boundary, or a >5 s gap between display()
calls (a slow update() holding the plugin lock) -- and rendering the
card took long enough for the black to show. With one favourite team
the same card came back, so the board read as flashing. Empty modes
also blanked the panel as the controller tried them on its way past;
the recent screen did so on every frame while its list was empty.
Every draw path already builds a full frame and assigns it, so the
clears are simply removed: the panel keeps the previous frame until the
new one is pushed, and the core's dirty-frame check skips an unchanged
card. Empty modes return False and leave the panel to the controller,
which blanks it once when the whole rotation is empty. Same fix as
calendar's #328.
Guarded by scripts/test_scoreboards_never_blank_the_panel.py (no
display_manager.clear() in any of the nine) and football's
test_switching_never_flashes_black.py (real display() paths).
afl 1.44.1, baseball 1.66.1, basketball 1.52.1, football 3.28.2
(3.28.1 is #665), hockey 1.54.1, lacrosse 1.45.1, nrl 1.43.1,
soccer 2.50.1, ufc 1.27.1.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Nine scoreboard plugins remove selected display-clearing calls from redraw and empty-mode paths. New scripts check display behavior and scan for direct clear calls. Plugin manifests, changelogs, and registry entries record releases dated 2026-11-03 and require LEDMatrix 3.9.0.
Changes: Scoreboard display behavior
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Summary
Redraw and empty-mode paths plugins/*-scoreboard/sports.py, plugins/*-scoreboard/manager.py, plugins/basketball-scoreboard/basketball.py, plugins/football-scoreboard/football.py
Scorebug renderers no longer clear the display before drawing on the changed forced-redraw paths. Empty or disabled modes and manager False results no longer trigger the identified clear-and-update behavior.
One script tests redraw and empty-mode behavior with a recording panel. Another scans selected scoreboard modules for direct display_manager.clear() calls.
Release records plugins.json, plugins/*-scoreboard/CHANGELOG.md, plugins/*-scoreboard/manifest.json
Release records add versions dated 2026-11-03 and raise the minimum LEDMatrix version from 3.8.7 to 3.9.0.
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The forced-redraw check at lines 96-97 only confirms that no black frame was recorded. A display(force_clear=True) call that draws nothing leaves shown empty, so this check still passes. The existing frame check follows a non-forced call after a gap, so no assertion requires a frame on the forced call. Add a check for that case.
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check(f"{label}: no black frame on a forced redraw",
"black" not in m.display_manager.shown, m.display_manager.shown)
+ check(f"{label}: a forced redraw shows the card",+ "frame" in m.display_manager.shown, m.display_manager.shown)
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@plugins/football-scoreboard/test_switching_never_flashes_black.py around lines
115 - 117:
Add an assertion to the forced-redraw check in the test so the display call must
show a frame, not merely avoid a black frame. Keep the existing no-black-frame
assertion and verify the frame is present in `m.display_manager.shown` after the
forced redraw.
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Review comments at @plugins/afl-scoreboard/manifest.json:
- Line 24: Raise the LEDMatrix minimum version to 3.9.0 in all nine scoreboard
manifests: update versions[0].ledmatrix_min_version and the compatible_versions
lower bound together, keeping both declarations consistent.
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Review comments at
@plugins/football-scoreboard/test_switching_never_flashes_black.py:
- Around line 115-117: Add an assertion to the forced-redraw check in the test
so the display call must show a frame, not merely avoid a black frame. Keep the
existing no-black-frame assertion and verify the frame is present in
`m.display_manager.shown` after the forced redraw.
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Review follow-ups for #666:
- The panel is now blanked only by the controller when every mode is
empty, and that blank first shipped in core 3.9.0 (#799). On 3.8.7 the
last card would stay up, so all nine scoreboards' newest version entry
and compatible_versions now require 3.9.0.
- test_switching_never_flashes_black: a forced redraw must show the card,
not only avoid black; bind the draw stub with types.MethodType (Codacy
misread the descriptor call).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Also addressed the nitpick on test_switching_never_flashes_black.py in 170f73f: a forced redraw must now show the card ("frame" in shown), not just avoid black. Codacy's two findings at line 93 were a misread of _draw.__get__(m); the stub is now bound with types.MethodType(_draw, m).
Football's metadata conflicted with #665 (3.28.1); code merged cleanly.
Resolution: football 3.28.2 stays the newest version, with the 3.28.1
entry kept beneath it in manifest.json versions[] and CHANGELOG.md, and
plugins.json regenerated with update_registry.py.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
ChuckBuilds#666 shipped hockey 1.54.1 and lacrosse 1.45.1 first, so this fix moves
to the next patch: hockey 1.54.2, lacrosse 1.45.2 (released 2026-11-04).
Its versions[] entries and CHANGELOG sections sit above ChuckBuilds#666's, and the
minimum core follows the 3.9.0 floor ChuckBuilds#666 set. plugins.json regenerated
with update_registry.py. Code merged cleanly.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Problem
User report: with the football plugin and one favourite team, the board occasionally flashed black, "like it was intending to switch to team #2 but there wasn't one so it loaded back to team 1".
display_manager.clear()doesn't just reset the buffer — it callsClear()on both canvases and the matrix, so the panel goes black immediately. All nine scoreboards called it before drawing a card wheneverforce_clearwas set, then spent a frame or more rendering logos/text, long enough for the black to show.force_clearis set far more often than the card changes:force_change)_reset_dwell_on_reentrysees >5 s betweendisplay()calls — which a slowupdate()holding the plugin lock produces while the same mode is still on screenSportsRecent.displaydid so on every frame while its list was empty, even withoutforce_clear. The managers'_display_internal_cyclingadded another clear on a False return.Fix
Remove the clears. Nothing depended on them:
display_manager.image, so the new frame replaces the old one whole. The panel keeps the previous frame untilupdate_display()swaps the finished one in, and the core's dirty-frame check skips an unchanged card entirely (clear()reset that digest, forcing a push).display_controller.py). When the whole rotation is empty the controller blanks the panel once itself (_note_empty_pass).Same fix calendar got in #328 (
_fresh_frame).Applied to all nine scoreboards (afl, baseball, basketball, football, hockey, lacrosse, nrl, soccer, ufc) via one AST-driven script, so the copies stay identical;
check_sports_drift.pypasses.Tests
scripts/test_scoreboards_never_blank_the_panel.py: nodisplay_manager.clear()in any of the nine scoreboards' modules. Failed onmainwith 48 call sites; passes now. Picked up by thescripts/test_*.pyCI glob.football-scoreboard/test_switching_never_flashes_black.py: drives the realSportsRecent/SportsUpcoming/SportsCoredisplay()against a display manager that records what reaches the panel — forced redraw, resume after a >5 s gap, empty modes with and withoutforce_clear. Failed onmain(empty recent, upcoming and live pushed black); passes now.run_plugin_tests.pyon all nine: 363 passed, 1 skipped, 0 failed. Note:soccer-scoreboard/test_vegas_elements.pyis flaky independently of this PR — it failed 9 of 12 standalone runs on unmodifiedmain.Not yet verified on a physical panel.
Versions
afl 1.44.1, baseball 1.66.1, basketball 1.52.1, football 3.28.2 (3.28.1 is #665 — whichever merges second will need a rebase of football's manifest/CHANGELOG/plugins.json), hockey 1.54.1, lacrosse 1.45.1, nrl 1.43.1, soccer 2.50.1, ufc 1.27.1.
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