SC Lighting PC joined: VISTA key and Restart key, rtpMIDI watched on MIDI

- a helper program (rtpMIDI) on a computer that joins after the MIDI key exists is added to it
  (it was marked seen and never added)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

settings/autoconf.py

@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ def items(inv, nets):
             home["checks"] += it["checks"]
             home["fixes"].update(it["fixes"])
             home["also"].append(it["ident"])
+            home.setdefault("folded", {})[it["ident"]] = {"checks": it["checks"], "fixes": it["fixes"], "label": it["label"]}
             out.remove(it)
     return out, hosts
 
@@ -561,6 +562,20 @@ def merge_parts(cfg, it, fresh):
                     wired_at += 1
                     words.append("MIDI link %s" % c["peer"])
             cfg["fixes"].setdefault("midi_reconnect", dict(SHARED_FIXES["midi_reconnect"]))
+    # A helper program found later (Southcoast's Lighting PC joined after its MIDI key existed: rtpMIDI was
+    # marked seen but never added, 2026-10-21) joins the key it rides in.
+    for ident, part in (it.get("folded") or {}).items():
+        if ident not in fresh:
+            continue
+        home = next((t for t in cfg["tiles"] if any(c.get("type") == "midi_wired" for c in t.get("checks", []))), None) \
+            if it["ident"] == "midi_wired" else None
+        if home is None:
+            continue
+        at = next((i for i, c in enumerate(home["checks"]) if c.get("type") == "midi_wired"), len(home["checks"]))
+        home["checks"][at:at] = [c for c in part["checks"] if c not in home["checks"]]
+        for fid, f in part["fixes"].items():
+            cfg["fixes"].setdefault(fid, f)
+        words.append("%s checks on the %s key" % (key_text(part["label"]), home["label"]))
     return words
 
 

sites/sc/config.json

@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@
       "midi_reconnect",
       "ableton_sc_tracks_new",
       "superrack_sc_foh",
-      "x32edit_sc_foh"
+      "x32edit_sc_foh",
+      "vista_desktop_cucshqg",
+      "rtpmidi_desktop_cucshqg"
     ]
   },
   "tiles": [
@@ -229,6 +231,18 @@
           "tag": "TRACKS LIGHTS",
           "host": "sc_tracks_new"
         },
+        {
+          "type": "remote",
+          "template": "win_program",
+          "params": {
+            "host": "desktop_cucshqg",
+            "exe": "rtpMIDI.exe"
+          },
+          "msg": "RTPMIDI NOT RUNNING",
+          "fix": "rtpmidi_desktop_cucshqg",
+          "host": "desktop_cucshqg",
+          "cmd": "tasklist /NH /FI \"IMAGENAME eq rtpMIDI.exe\" | find /I \"rtpMIDI.exe\" >nul"
+        },
         {
           "type": "midi_wired",
           "nets": [
@@ -344,6 +358,28 @@
         1,
         5
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "vista",
+      "label": "VISTA",
+      "checks": [
+        {
+          "type": "remote",
+          "template": "win_program",
+          "params": {
+            "host": "desktop_cucshqg",
+            "exe": "Vista.exe"
+          },
+          "msg": "VISTA NOT RUNNING",
+          "fix": "vista_desktop_cucshqg",
+          "host": "desktop_cucshqg",
+          "cmd": "tasklist /NH /FI \"IMAGENAME eq Vista.exe\" | find /I \"Vista.exe\" >nul"
+        }
+      ],
+      "pos": [
+        1,
+        6
+      ]
     }
   ],
   "fixes": {
@@ -471,6 +507,45 @@
       "kind": "ssh",
       "host": "sc_foh",
       "run": "pgrep -xq X32-Edit || open /Applications/X32-Edit.app"
+    },
+    "vista_desktop_cucshqg": {
+      "template": "win_start",
+      "params": {
+        "host": "desktop_cucshqg",
+        "task": "Start Vista",
+        "exe": "Vista.exe"
+      },
+      "label": "start Vista on SC Lighting PC if it is not running",
+      "short": "VISTA",
+      "kind": "ssh",
+      "host": "desktop_cucshqg",
+      "run": "tasklist /NH /FI \"IMAGENAME eq Vista.exe\" | find /I \"Vista.exe\" >nul || (schtasks /Run /TN \"\\StatusPanel\\Start Vista\" >nul && ping -n 9 127.0.0.1 >nul && tasklist /NH /FI \"IMAGENAME eq Vista.exe\" | find /I \"Vista.exe\" >nul)"
+    },
+    "restart_vista_desktop_cucshqg": {
+      "template": "win_restart",
+      "params": {
+        "host": "desktop_cucshqg",
+        "task": "Start Vista",
+        "exe": "Vista.exe"
+      },
+      "label": "restart Vista on SC Lighting PC (closes it first)",
+      "short": "VISTA",
+      "kind": "ssh",
+      "host": "desktop_cucshqg",
+      "run": "taskkill /F /T /IM \"Vista.exe\" >nul 2>&1 & ping -n 3 127.0.0.1 >nul & schtasks /Run /TN \"\\StatusPanel\\Start Vista\" >nul && ping -n 9 127.0.0.1 >nul && tasklist /NH /FI \"IMAGENAME eq Vista.exe\" | find /I \"Vista.exe\" >nul"
+    },
+    "rtpmidi_desktop_cucshqg": {
+      "template": "win_start",
+      "params": {
+        "host": "desktop_cucshqg",
+        "task": "Start rtpMIDI",
+        "exe": "rtpMIDI.exe"
+      },
+      "label": "start rtpMIDI on SC Lighting PC if it is not running",
+      "short": "RTPMIDI",
+      "kind": "ssh",
+      "host": "desktop_cucshqg",
+      "run": "tasklist /NH /FI \"IMAGENAME eq rtpMIDI.exe\" | find /I \"rtpMIDI.exe\" >nul || (schtasks /Run /TN \"\\StatusPanel\\Start rtpMIDI\" >nul && ping -n 9 127.0.0.1 >nul && tasklist /NH /FI \"IMAGENAME eq rtpMIDI.exe\" | find /I \"rtpMIDI.exe\" >nul)"
     }
   },
   "hosts": {
@@ -520,6 +595,18 @@
           "kind": "sshd"
         }
       ]
+    },
+    "desktop_cucshqg": {
+      "name": "SC Lighting PC",
+      "os": "windows",
+      "ssh": "Lighting@10.5.1.168",
+      "role": "found by auto-setup",
+      "runs": [
+        {
+          "kind": "sshd"
+        }
+      ],
+      "mac": "40:a8:f0:69:ce:c9"
     }
   },
   "gear": {},
@@ -578,6 +665,15 @@
           0,
           3
         ]
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "rs_vista",
+        "label": "VISTA",
+        "fix": "restart_vista_desktop_cucshqg",
+        "pos": [
+          0,
+          4
+        ]
       }
     ]
   },

tests/test_campus.py

@@ -559,3 +559,17 @@ class TestJoinWindowsAdmin(unittest.TestCase):
         check = text.index("IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)")
         self.assertLess(check, text.index("Get-WindowsCapability"))                # before anything needs it
         self.assertIn("Run as administrator", text)
+
+
+class TestHelperJoinsLater(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_rtpmidi_on_a_pc_that_joins_later_lands_on_the_midi_key(self):
+        inv = small()
+        inv["computers"].pop("lighting_pc")
+        cfg, seen = ac.build(BASE, inv, {"id": "sc", "name": "Southcoast"}, "1234")
+        midi = next((t for t in cfg["tiles"] if any(c.get("type") == "midi_wired" for c in t.get("checks", []))), None)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(midi)                                                   # the MIDI key is there first
+        new, added, now_seen = ac.extend(cfg, small(), seen)
+        midi = next(t for t in new["tiles"] if any(c.get("type") == "midi_wired" for c in t.get("checks", [])))
+        self.assertTrue(any((c.get("params") or {}).get("exe") == "rtpMIDI.exe" for c in midi["checks"]), added)
+        self.assertTrue(any("RTPMIDI" in a for a in added), added)
+        self.assertEqual(schema.validate(new)[0], [])