Added support for inverting logic of PIR pins

[skykingjwc]

Added config options and logic to invert the output of PIR sensors for the Animated Staircase usermod. Some sensors go low when the beam is broken. This PR adds support for those modules.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added support for inverting motion sensor logic for both top and bottom sensors in animated staircase mode, enabling flexible sensor pin configuration that persists across restarts.

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Walkthrough

Adds support for inverted PIR/trigger pin logic by introducing two new configuration flags (topAPinInvert, bottomAPinInvert), a helper function to read pins with optional inversion, and updates to configuration persistence and sensor reading logic.

Changes

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Summary

Animated Staircase PIR Inversion usermods/Animated_Staircase/Animated_Staircase.cpp

Adds topAPinInvert and bottomAPinInvert member variables; introduces readPIRPin(pin, invert) helper method; defines manifest keys _topPIRorTrigger_pin_invert and _bottomPIRorTrigger_pin_invert; updates addToConfig() to serialize invert flags; updates readFromConfig()/readFromJsonState() to deserialize invert flags; modifies checkSensors() to use the new helper function for per-sensor inversion support.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~12 minutes

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 2 | ❌ 1

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✨ Finishing touches

• 📝 Generate docstrings

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🧹 Recent nitpick comments

usermods/Animated_Staircase/Animated_Staircase.cpp (3)

163-167: Fix inconsistent indentation.

Line 165 has extra leading whitespace that doesn't match the function body's indentation style.

🔧 Suggested fix

     bool readPIRPin(int8_t pin, bool invert) {
       if (pin < 0) return false;
-        bool v = digitalRead(pin);
+      bool v = digitalRead(pin);
       return invert ? !v : v;
     }

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175-184: Redundant pin validation can be simplified.

The readPIRPin function already checks for pin < 0 and returns false, making the outer ternary check redundant.

♻️ Suggested simplification

         bottomSensorRead = bottomSensorWrite ||
           (!useUSSensorBottom ?
-            (bottomPIRorTriggerPin<0 ? false : readPIRPin(bottomPIRorTriggerPin, bottomAPinInvert)) :
+            readPIRPin(bottomPIRorTriggerPin, bottomAPinInvert) :
             ultrasoundRead(bottomPIRorTriggerPin, bottomEchoPin, bottomMaxDist*59)  // cm to us
           );
         topSensorRead = topSensorWrite ||
           (!useUSSensorTop ?
-            (topPIRorTriggerPin<0 ? false : readPIRPin(topPIRorTriggerPin, topAPinInvert)) :
+            readPIRPin(topPIRorTriggerPin, topAPinInvert) :
             ultrasoundRead(topPIRorTriggerPin, topEchoPin, topMaxDist*59)   // cm to us
           );

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478-479: Unused variables can be removed.

oldTopAPinInvert and oldBottomAPinInvert are stored but never referenced in the change detection logic (lines 528-533). Since invert flag changes don't require pin reallocation or setup() reconfiguration, these variables appear unnecessary.

🧹 Suggested cleanup

       bool oldUseUSSensorTop = useUSSensorTop;
       bool oldUseUSSensorBottom = useUSSensorBottom;
-      bool oldTopAPinInvert = topAPinInvert;
-      bool oldBottomAPinInvert = bottomAPinInvert;
       int8_t oldTopAPin = topPIRorTriggerPin;

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Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between d1d9dec and a7d4731.

📒 Files selected for processing (1)

• usermods/Animated_Staircase/Animated_Staircase.cpp

🔇 Additional comments (4)

usermods/Animated_Staircase/Animated_Staircase.cpp (4)

28-29: LGTM!

The new configuration flags are properly initialized to false, maintaining backward compatibility with existing setups where PIR sensors use active-high logic.

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96-97: LGTM!

The static const char declarations follow the existing pattern for configuration keys.

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465-466: LGTM!

The new invert flags are correctly persisted to the configuration following the existing pattern.

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577-581: LGTM!

The PROGMEM string definitions are correctly added and follow the existing pattern for configuration keys.

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[DedeHai]

thanks, I am not familiar with this UM but looks ok in general, just a few minor things. someone with more knowledge about the code should check though.

[DedeHai]

remove added blank lines (several places)

[DedeHai]

indentation

[DedeHai]

indentation