[New plugin request] Channel EKG

[kylegrymonprez]

pluginInfo.json raw URL

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kylegrymonprez/fpp-ChannelEKG/refs/heads/main/pluginInfo.json

Category

Monitoring & System Tools

Contact token

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Acknowledgements

• This plugin is production release quality and I have tested it on both the latest released version of FPP and the current nightly build.
• My plugin does not interfere with core FPP functionality, stability, or real-time sequence playback, and installs cleanly (or refuses with an explanation) on hardware it can't support.
• My plugin is not malicious and does not and will not in future exfiltrate data or run unexpected remote code.
• I understand inclusion is at the FPP developers' discretion and is not guaranteed.

Anything else? (optional)

Will sunset this plugin if similar functionality is integrated into the core of FPP at some point.

[github-actions]

🛑 Automated plugin check: needs changes

Plugin: fpp-ChannelEKG
Repo: https://github.com/kylegrymonprez/fpp-ChannelEKG
Owner: kylegrymonprez
Category: Monitoring & System Tools

@kylegrymonprez found 3 issue(s) this must be fixed before the plugin can be listed:

• 🛑 Blocker - not-compatible-with-target - no versions[] entry declares support for the current FPP 10. Add one once you've confirmed it works, e.g. {"minFPPVersion": "10.0", "maxFPPVersion": "0", "branch": "master", "sha": ""}.

• 🛑 Blocker - branch-not-found - pluginInfo.json declares branch master (versions[] entry for FPP 9.0-0), but no such branch exists on the repo - installs of this version will fail with "Remote branch master not found in upstream origin". Fix the branch value or push the missing branch.

• 🛑 Blocker - deprecated-httpserver-api - implements the removed registerApis(httpserver::webserver*) overload (src/FPPChannelEKG.cpp:296: virtual void registerApis(httpserver::webserver* m_ws) override {) instead of the modern no-arg registerApis() - FPP's libhttpserver compat shims over Drogon have been removed (plugin API 6), so this no longer compiles against current FPP headers.

  • Port to the no-arg registerApis()/unregisterApis() using drogon::app() or the fpphttp.h helpers (makeStringResponse(), getRequestArg(), etc.) directly

Push a fix to your repo, then comment /recheck here (no need to edit this issue) to re-run the scan. If you believe these checks are wrong and want a maintainer to look anyway, comment /submit instead.

💡 Optional polish (not blocking)

• doesn't register HTTP routes directly on drogon::app() (outside registerPluginApi()) and defines no createChannelOutput(), so on an FPP build with the plugin load/unload feature (plugin API 6+), install/uninstall should be picked up by fppd without a restart - this plugin likely doesn't need to force one via restartFlag/rebootFlag at those two lifecycle points.

  • Verify with an actual install/uninstall before relying on it

• no LICENSE file - add one for redistribution clarity

• looks potentially compute/memory heavy (native build / video-capture-shaped code) but declares no minMemoryMB/minCpuCores in pluginInfo.json.

  • If this plugin genuinely needs more than a Pi Zero's resources to run acceptably, declare it as a top-level field in pluginInfo.json (see PLUGININFO_FORMAT.md's Resource hints section) so FPP can warn/hide it on underpowered devices instead of the user finding out the hard way

[kylegrymonprez]

/recheck

[github-actions]

✅ Automated plugin check: passed

Plugin: fpp-ChannelEKG
Repo: https://github.com/kylegrymonprez/fpp-ChannelEKG
Owner: kylegrymonprez
Category: Monitoring & System Tools

@kylegrymonprez no blocking issues found. A maintainer will still review this by hand before it's added to pluginList.json.

💡 Optional polish (not blocking)

• doesn't register HTTP routes directly on drogon::app() (outside registerPluginApi()) and defines no createChannelOutput(), so on an FPP build with the plugin load/unload feature (plugin API 6+), install/uninstall should be picked up by fppd without a restart - this plugin likely doesn't need to force one via restartFlag/rebootFlag at those two lifecycle points.

  • Verify with an actual install/uninstall before relying on it

• looks potentially compute/memory heavy (native build / video-capture-shaped code) but declares no minMemoryMB/minCpuCores in pluginInfo.json.

  • If this plugin genuinely needs more than a Pi Zero's resources to run acceptably, declare it as a top-level field in pluginInfo.json (see PLUGININFO_FORMAT.md's Resource hints section) so FPP can warn/hide it on underpowered devices instead of the user finding out the hard way

[github-actions]

📦 Listing PR: #246

Closing this issue - further discussion happens on the PR now. Merging it is a separate decision for a maintainer to make.