From de47de1e6fff0936d4a831a2675ed0668c631f6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ollo <Ollo@host>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 20:30:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Always keep the LEDs at a minimum

---
 main.lua |  5 ++++-
 mqtt.lua | 12 +++++++++---
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.lua b/main.lua
index 1260ff7..6d10fd7 100644
--- a/main.lua
+++ b/main.lua
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ function displayTime()
      local words = display_timestat(time.hour, time.minute)
      if ((dim ~= nil) and (dim == "on")) then
         words.briPercent=briPercent
+        if (words.briPercent ~= nil and words.briPercent < 3) then
+          words.briPercent=3
+        end
      else
         words.briPercent=nil
      end
@@ -164,7 +167,7 @@ function normalOperation()
     		end
         end)
         -- Start the time Thread
-        tmr.alarm(1, 10000, 1 ,function()
+        tmr.alarm(1, 5000, 1 ,function()
              displayTime()
              collectgarbage()
          end)
diff --git a/mqtt.lua b/mqtt.lua
index 67e0356..8f51f35 100644
--- a/mqtt.lua
+++ b/mqtt.lua
@@ -9,13 +9,16 @@ function startMqtt()
         if (data == "ON") then
           briPercent=100
           m:publish(mqttPrefix .. "/clock", "ON", 0, 0)
+          displayTime()
         elseif (data == "OFF") then
           briPercent=0
           m:publish(mqttPrefix .. "/clock", "OFF", 0, 0)
+          displayTime()
         else
           if (tonumber(data) >= 0 and tonumber(data) <= 100) then
             briPercent=tonumber(data)
             m:publish(mqttPrefix .. "/clock", tostring(data), 0, 0)
+            displayTime()
           end
         end
       end
@@ -37,8 +40,11 @@ end
 if (mqttServer ~= nil and mqttPrefix ~= nil) then
     startMqtt()
     print "Started MQTT client"
-
-    tmr.alarm(5, 30000, 1 ,function()
+    oldBrightness=0
+    tmr.alarm(5, 10000, 1 ,function()
+        if (oldBrightness <> briPercent) then
          m:publish(mqttPrefix .. "/brightness", tostring(briPercent), 0, 0)
+        end
+        oldBrightness = briPercent
     end)
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end