Band Lineup's docs move to where every other module's live

Two things were out of place. `modules/band-lineup/README.md` was the only
README inside any of the eight modules — the guide's folder shape is manifest,
client, server, assets, and every other module is described in this README's
*Included modules* instead. It was also describing a module that no longer
exists: photos and birthdays "come from Planning Center", guests "pinned per
slot", and a refresh interval the manifest has never had.

The entry here had drifted the same way, calling the Drive folder somewhere
to put "manual photos" and the board something Planning Center fills. It is
the other way round now, and has been since 1.10: the board is shared server
state and the source of truth, the photo library fills it, and Sync is
auto-fill that only touches slots nobody placed by hand. The entry says that,
and picks up the Choir spot and the title-bar columns while it is there.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

README.md

@@ -365,15 +365,24 @@ below. Nothing is installed without someone clicking.
   as `Label | Message` — add `| #channel` to bind one to a channel — and up
   to eight quick emojis).
   Tile settings: avatars, timestamps, names and channel notices.
-- **Band Lineup** — the backstage stage board: everyone scheduled on the
-  band, vocal and production teams for the upcoming Planning Center plan,
-  placed into their mic slot with photo, name and mic/pack label; birthdays
-  in the service week get confetti. Guests and MCs not on the plan are pinned
-  per slot from the title bar's Edit button. Admin config: Planning Center
-  credentials, service type and plan, the teams to include, the stage slots
-  (one mic/pack label per line, in stage order), default columns, and a
-  Google Drive folder for manual photos. Tile settings: names, mic labels,
-  parallax, and the birthday confetti with its intensity.
+- **Band Lineup** — the backstage stage board: everyone on stage in their mic
+  slot with photo, name and mic/pack label, on one shared board that every
+  screen sees the same way — whoever edits it changes it everywhere, over SSE.
+  A photo library fills it: point the module at a Google Drive folder shared
+  "anyone with the link" (file name → person's name) or at a folder on the
+  ProdDash machine, and photos added or removed there follow. **Edit** in the
+  title bar opens that library — drag a photo onto a slot, drag between slots
+  to swap, rename or clear. Planning Center is optional auto-fill on top, not
+  the source of truth: **Sync** reads the upcoming plan's team members and
+  drops each into the slot matching their position, filling only slots nobody
+  placed by hand, so a guest pinned on Thursday survives Sunday's sync.
+  Birthdays in the service week (Wednesday→Tuesday) bring a gold glow and
+  raining confetti, and a Choir button adds the extra spot for the weeks there
+  is one. Admin config: Planning Center credentials, service type and plan, the
+  teams to include, the stage slots (one mic/pack label per line, in stage
+  order), default columns, and the photo folder. Tile settings: parallax,
+  names, mic labels, and birthday confetti with its intensity and a test
+  picker — columns are − / + in the title bar.
 - **Clock** — a big booth clock; also the smallest possible module and the
   reference for module authors.
 

band-lineup-display/index.html

@@ -57,9 +57,37 @@
                 <option value="">Choose service type</option>
               </select>
               <button type="button" class="btn btn-small" id="btn-pco-sync">Sync Upcoming</button>
+              <button type="button" class="btn btn-small" id="btn-pco-test-birthdays">Test Birthdays</button>
               <button type="button" class="btn btn-small" id="btn-pco-disconnect">Disconnect</button>
             </div>
             <div class="pco-status" id="pco-status">Planning Center is not connected.</div>
+            <div class="pco-status pco-birthday-result" id="pco-birthday-result"></div>
+
+            <div class="bday-block">
+              <div class="bday-head">
+                <span class="bday-title">Birthday Mode 🎂</span>
+                <label class="bday-switch">
+                  <input type="checkbox" id="bday-enabled" />
+                  <span class="bday-switch-label">On</span>
+                </label>
+              </div>
+              <div class="bday-controls" id="bday-controls">
+                <div class="bday-line">
+                  <span class="bday-line-label">Intensity</span>
+                  <div class="seg-inline" id="bday-intensity" role="group" aria-label="Birthday intensity">
+                    <button type="button" data-int="subtle">Subtle</button>
+                    <button type="button" data-int="full">Full</button>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+                <div class="bday-line">
+                  <span class="bday-line-label">Force on <em>(test)</em></span>
+                  <select id="bday-test" class="pco-select bday-test-select" aria-label="Force birthday on a person for testing">
+                    <option value="">Off</option>
+                  </select>
+                </div>
+                <div class="bday-hint">Birthdays celebrate for the whole service week (Wednesday→Tuesday). Force is for testing only — it clears when the app restarts.</div>
+              </div>
+            </div>
             <div class="pco-position-builder">
               <select id="pco-position-option" class="pco-select" aria-label="Planning Center position">
                 <option value="">Choose position</option>

band-lineup-display/main.js

@@ -238,6 +238,47 @@ async function pcoRequestJson(target, credentials, searchParams) {
   return payload || { data: [] };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Like pcoRequestJson but never throws on an HTTP error — returns the status so callers can tell
+ * "no access" (401/403) apart from "no such record" (404) apart from success. Used by the People
+ * birthdate probe/fetch, where the whole point is to report what the token is actually allowed to do.
+ */
+async function pcoFetchStatus(target, credentials, searchParams) {
+  const url = buildPcoUrl(target, searchParams);
+  const response = await fetch(url, {
+    headers: {
+      Accept: 'application/json',
+      Authorization: pcoAuthHeader(credentials),
+      'User-Agent': pcoUserAgent(),
+    },
+  });
+  const text = await response.text();
+  let payload = null;
+  try {
+    payload = text ? JSON.parse(text) : null;
+  } catch {
+    payload = null;
+  }
+  return { status: response.status, ok: response.ok, payload };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Fetch one person's birthday from the People API as "MM-DD" (year discarded). Services and People
+ * share the same person id, so the Services person id we already store doubles as the People id.
+ * Returns { status, birthday, fieldPresent } — birthday '' when the field is null/absent.
+ */
+async function pcoFetchBirthday(personId, credentials) {
+  if (!personId) return { status: 0, birthday: '', fieldPresent: false };
+  const { status, ok, payload } = await pcoFetchStatus(
+    `/people/v2/people/${encodeURIComponent(personId)}`,
+    credentials,
+    { 'fields[Person]': 'birthdate' },
+  );
+  if (!ok) return { status, birthday: '', fieldPresent: false };
+  const attrs = payload?.data?.attributes || {};
+  return { status, birthday: normalizeBirthdayMmdd(attrs.birthdate), fieldPresent: 'birthdate' in attrs };
+}
+
 async function pcoFetchAll(target, credentials, searchParams) {
   let nextUrl = buildPcoUrl(target, searchParams).toString();
   const data = [];
@@ -275,6 +316,15 @@ function emptyState() {
     pcoDisplayPositions: [],
     proPresenter: { enabled: false, host: '', port: 0, playlistUuid: '', playlistName: '' },
     displayServer: { enabled: false, port: DEFAULT_DISPLAY_PORT },
+    birthdayMode: { enabled: true, intensity: 'subtle' },
+  };
+}
+
+/** Birthday Mode display settings (the per-person test override is NOT persisted — it lives only in the renderer). */
+function normalizeBirthdayMode(entry) {
+  return {
+    enabled: entry?.enabled === undefined ? true : Boolean(entry.enabled),
+    intensity: entry?.intensity === 'full' ? 'full' : 'subtle',
   };
 }
 
@@ -308,9 +358,26 @@ function normalizeSavedLibraryPerson(person) {
     source: person?.source === 'pco' ? 'pco' : 'local',
     pcoPersonId: typeof person?.pcoPersonId === 'string' ? person.pcoPersonId : '',
     pcoPlanPersonId: typeof person?.pcoPlanPersonId === 'string' ? person.pcoPlanPersonId : '',
+    // "MM-DD" only — we deliberately never persist the birth year (month + day is all
+    // Birthday Mode needs, and it keeps a volunteer's age off this machine). '' = none on file.
+    birthday: normalizeBirthdayMmdd(person?.birthday),
   };
 }
 
+/** Coerce a Planning Center birthdate ("YYYY-MM-DD", or an already-trimmed "MM-DD") to "MM-DD", or '' if absent/invalid. */
+function normalizeBirthdayMmdd(raw) {
+  const s = String(raw || '').trim();
+  const full = s.match(/^\d{4}-(\d{2})-(\d{2})$/); // PCO People birthdate shape
+  if (full) return `${full[1]}-${full[2]}`;
+  const md = s.match(/^(\d{2})-(\d{2})$/);
+  if (md) {
+    const mm = Number(md[1]);
+    const dd = Number(md[2]);
+    if (mm >= 1 && mm <= 12 && dd >= 1 && dd <= 31) return `${md[1]}-${md[2]}`;
+  }
+  return '';
+}
+
 function normalizeTeamName(value) {
   return String(value || '').trim().toLowerCase();
 }
@@ -627,6 +694,20 @@ async function syncUpcomingPcoPlan(payload) {
     return a.displayName.localeCompare(b.displayName, undefined, { sensitivity: 'base' });
   });
 
+  // Pull each scheduled person's birthday from the People API (best-effort: a blocked token or a
+  // person with no date on file just yields '' and never fails the sync). Fetched once per unique
+  // person so a member in two positions isn't queried twice.
+  const birthdayByPerson = new Map();
+  for (const member of scheduledMembers) {
+    if (!member.personId || birthdayByPerson.has(member.personId)) continue;
+    try {
+      const { birthday } = await pcoFetchBirthday(member.personId, credentials);
+      birthdayByPerson.set(member.personId, birthday || '');
+    } catch {
+      birthdayByPerson.set(member.personId, '');
+    }
+  }
+
   const oldPcoFiles = new Set(
     (Array.isArray(baseState.library) ? baseState.library : [])
       .filter((entry) => entry?.source === 'pco' && typeof entry?.fileName === 'string')
@@ -652,6 +733,7 @@ async function syncUpcomingPcoPlan(payload) {
       source: 'pco',
       pcoPersonId: member.personId,
       pcoPlanPersonId: member.planPersonId,
+      birthday: birthdayByPerson.get(member.personId) || '',
     });
   }
 
@@ -731,6 +813,7 @@ async function syncUpcomingPcoPlan(payload) {
   const atWriteTime = await loadStateRaw();
   nextState.proPresenter = normalizeProPresenterConfig(atWriteTime.proPresenter);
   nextState.displayServer = normalizeDisplayServerConfig(atWriteTime.displayServer);
+  nextState.birthdayMode = normalizeBirthdayMode(atWriteTime.birthdayMode);
   await saveStateRaw(nextState);
 
   for (const fileName of oldPcoFiles) {
@@ -1222,6 +1305,7 @@ function migrateState(data) {
       pcoDisplayPositions: normalizePcoDisplayPositions(data.pcoDisplayPositions),
       proPresenter: normalizeProPresenterConfig(data.proPresenter),
       displayServer: normalizeDisplayServerConfig(data.displayServer),
+      birthdayMode: normalizeBirthdayMode(data.birthdayMode),
       lineup: data.lineup.map((e) => {
         if (!e || typeof e !== 'object') return { personId: '', label: '' };
         return {
@@ -1432,7 +1516,10 @@ ipcMain.handle('save-state', async (_e, payload) => {
   // The renderer never edits this (it is changed through the display-* IPC handlers), so
   // always carry the stored value forward rather than letting a save blank it out.
   const displayServer = normalizeDisplayServerConfig(existing.displayServer);
-  await saveStateRaw({ library, layout, parallaxEnabled, slotLabels, slotNames, lineup, pcoServiceTypeId, pcoDisplayPositions, proPresenter, displayServer });
+  const birthdayMode = payload?.birthdayMode
+    ? normalizeBirthdayMode(payload.birthdayMode)
+    : normalizeBirthdayMode(existing.birthdayMode);
+  await saveStateRaw({ library, layout, parallaxEnabled, slotLabels, slotNames, lineup, pcoServiceTypeId, pcoDisplayPositions, proPresenter, displayServer, birthdayMode });
   return true;
 });
 
@@ -1511,6 +1598,85 @@ ipcMain.handle('pco-sync-upcoming-plan', async (_e, payload) => {
   return syncUpcomingPcoPlan(payload);
 });
 
+/**
+ * Diagnostic behind the "Test Birthdays" button: does this Personal Access Token actually reach the
+ * People API and read birthdates, and how many synced band members have one on file. Read-only.
+ */
+ipcMain.handle('pco-test-birthdays', async () => {
+  const credentials = await loadPcoCredentials();
+  if (!credentials) return { connected: false };
+
+  // 1. Can the token read the People API at all?
+  let probe;
+  try {
+    probe = await pcoFetchStatus('/people/v2/people', credentials, { per_page: 1, 'fields[Person]': 'birthdate' });
+  } catch (err) {
+    return { connected: true, canRead: false, reason: 'network', detail: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err) };
+  }
+  if (!probe.ok) {
+    const detail =
+      probe.payload?.errors?.map((e) => e.detail || e.title).filter(Boolean).join(' | ') ||
+      `${probe.status}`;
+    return { connected: true, canRead: false, status: probe.status, detail };
+  }
+  const sampleAttrs = probe.payload?.data?.[0]?.attributes || null;
+  const fieldExposed = sampleAttrs ? 'birthdate' in sampleAttrs : true;
+
+  // 2. Coverage across the people we've actually synced (unique by person id).
+  const state = await loadStateRaw();
+  const seen = new Set();
+  const targets = [];
+  for (const p of Array.isArray(state.library) ? state.library : []) {
+    if (p?.source !== 'pco' || !p?.pcoPersonId || seen.has(p.pcoPersonId)) continue;
+    seen.add(p.pcoPersonId);
+    targets.push(p);
+  }
+
+  let withBirthday = 0;
+  let notFound = 0;
+  let errors = 0;
+  const found = [];
+  for (const p of targets) {
+    let r;
+    try {
+      r = await pcoFetchBirthday(p.pcoPersonId, credentials);
+    } catch {
+      errors += 1;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (r.status === 404) { notFound += 1; continue; }
+    if (r.status && r.status >= 400) { errors += 1; continue; }
+    if (r.birthday) {
+      withBirthday += 1;
+      found.push({ name: String(p.lastName || p.originalName || 'Unknown').trim() || 'Unknown', mmdd: r.birthday });
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Soonest upcoming birthday, for a concrete "it works" line.
+  const today = new Date();
+  const daysUntil = (mmdd) => {
+    const [mm, dd] = mmdd.split('-').map(Number);
+    let next = new Date(today.getFullYear(), mm - 1, dd);
+    const midnight = new Date(today.getFullYear(), today.getMonth(), today.getDate());
+    if (next < midnight) next = new Date(today.getFullYear() + 1, mm - 1, dd);
+    return Math.round((next - midnight) / 86400000);
+  };
+  const sortedFound = [...found].sort((a, b) => daysUntil(a.mmdd) - daysUntil(b.mmdd));
+  const nextUp = sortedFound[0] ? { ...sortedFound[0], inDays: daysUntil(sortedFound[0].mmdd) } : null;
+
+  return {
+    connected: true,
+    canRead: true,
+    fieldExposed,
+    total: targets.length,
+    withBirthday,
+    notFound,
+    errors,
+    found: sortedFound.slice(0, 8),
+    nextUp,
+  };
+});
+
 ipcMain.handle('pp-status', async () => {
   return {
     enabled: ppConfig.enabled,

band-lineup-display/package.json

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "name": "band-lineup-display",
   "productName": "Band Lineup",
-  "version": "1.3.6",
-  "buildNumber": "92",
+  "version": "1.3.10",
+  "buildNumber": "96",
   "description": "Stage lineup photos with mic/pack labels",
   "main": "main.js",
   "scripts": {

band-lineup-display/preload.js

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('lineup', {
   pcoServiceTypes: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('pco-service-types'),
   pcoPositionOptions: (serviceTypeId) => ipcRenderer.invoke('pco-position-options', serviceTypeId),
   pcoSyncUpcomingPlan: (payload) => ipcRenderer.invoke('pco-sync-upcoming-plan', payload),
+  pcoTestBirthdays: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('pco-test-birthdays'),
   onMenuAddPhotos: (cb) => {
     ipcRenderer.on('menu-add-photos', () => cb());
   },

band-lineup-display/renderer.js

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ if (window.__bandLineupRendererLoaded) {
 } else {
   window.__bandLineupRendererLoaded = true;
 /**
- * @typedef {{ id: string, fileName: string, originalName: string, lastLabel: string, lastName: string, source?: string, pcoPersonId?: string, pcoPlanPersonId?: string }} LibraryPerson
+ * @typedef {{ id: string, fileName: string, originalName: string, lastLabel: string, lastName: string, source?: string, pcoPersonId?: string, pcoPlanPersonId?: string, birthday?: string }} LibraryPerson
  * @typedef {{ personId: string, label: string }} StageSlot
  * @typedef {{ teamName: string, positionName: string, count: number }} PcoDisplayPosition
  */
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ let pcoDisplayPositions = [];
 let pcoPositionOptions = [];
 let slotLabelMemory = [];
 let slotNameMemory = [];
+/** Birthday Mode display settings (persisted). */
+let birthdayMode = { enabled: true, intensity: 'subtle' };
+/** Person id forced into Birthday Mode for testing — in-memory only, never saved, clears on restart. */
+let birthdayTestPersonId = '';
 /** @type {StageSlot[]} */
 let stageSlots = createEmptySlots();
 const imageUrlCache = new Map();
@@ -65,7 +69,13 @@ const btnApplyLayout = document.getElementById('btn-apply-layout');
 const btnToggleParallax = document.getElementById('btn-toggle-parallax');
 const btnPcoConnect = document.getElementById('btn-pco-connect');
 const btnPcoSync = document.getElementById('btn-pco-sync');
+const btnPcoTestBirthdays = document.getElementById('btn-pco-test-birthdays');
 const btnPcoDisconnect = document.getElementById('btn-pco-disconnect');
+const pcoBirthdayResult = document.getElementById('pco-birthday-result');
+const bdayEnabled = document.getElementById('bday-enabled');
+const bdayIntensity = document.getElementById('bday-intensity');
+const bdayControls = document.getElementById('bday-controls');
+const bdayTestSelect = document.getElementById('bday-test');
 const btnPcoAddPosition = document.getElementById('btn-pco-add-position');
 const inputLayoutCols = document.getElementById('layout-cols');
 const inputLayoutRows = document.getElementById('layout-rows');
@@ -244,6 +254,7 @@ function setPcoStatus(message, isError = false) {
 function setPcoControlsEnabled(enabled) {
   btnPcoConnect.disabled = !enabled;
   btnPcoSync.disabled = !enabled;
+  btnPcoTestBirthdays.disabled = !enabled;
   btnPcoDisconnect.disabled = !enabled;
   btnPcoAddPosition.disabled = !enabled;
   pcoServiceTypeSelect.disabled = !enabled;
@@ -427,6 +438,9 @@ function applyLoadedState(data) {
         source: person?.source === 'pco' ? 'pco' : 'local',
         pcoPersonId: typeof person?.pcoPersonId === 'string' ? person.pcoPersonId : '',
         pcoPlanPersonId: typeof person?.pcoPlanPersonId === 'string' ? person.pcoPlanPersonId : '',
+        // Carried through so a routine save doesn't wipe birthdays a PCO sync stored (main.js
+        // re-validates the "MM-DD" shape on write); Birthday Mode reads this.
+        birthday: typeof person?.birthday === 'string' ? person.birthday : '',
       }))
     : [];
   const savedColumns = Number.parseInt(String(data?.layout?.columns ?? DEFAULT_COLUMNS), 10);
@@ -451,6 +465,11 @@ function applyLoadedState(data) {
   pcoServiceTypeSelect.value = pcoServiceTypeId;
   renderPcoDisplayPositions();
   stageSlots = normalizeLineup(data.lineup, getStageSlotCount());
+  birthdayMode = {
+    enabled: data?.birthdayMode?.enabled === undefined ? true : Boolean(data.birthdayMode.enabled),
+    intensity: data?.birthdayMode?.intensity === 'full' ? 'full' : 'subtle',
+  };
+  syncBirthdayControls();
 }
 
 function updateSlotSizeReadout() {
@@ -528,6 +547,7 @@ function scheduleSave() {
       slotLabels: slotLabelMemory,
       slotNames: slotNameMemory,
       lineup: stageSlots,
+      birthdayMode,
     });
   }, 250);
 }
@@ -950,6 +970,132 @@ function parallaxMotionVars(seedText) {
   };
 }
 
+/* ---------------- Birthday Mode ---------------- */
+
+const BIRTHDAY_COLORS = ['#f5c451', '#ff6b81', '#4fd1c5', '#a78bfa', '#ffffff'];
+/** Live confetti canvases; a single rAF loop drives them and prunes any whose tile was rebuilt. */
+const birthdayCanvases = new Set();
+let birthdayRaf = null;
+
+/**
+ * The 7 "MM-DD" dates of the current celebration week, which runs Wednesday→Tuesday. A birthday
+ * anywhere in this window celebrates all week (so it's already up for the weekend services).
+ * Cached per week; birthdayTick() re-renders the stage when the window rolls over to a new Wednesday.
+ */
+let birthdayWeekCache = { key: '', set: null };
+function birthdayWeekSet() {
+  const now = new Date();
+  const daysSinceWed = (now.getDay() - 3 + 7) % 7; // getDay: Sun=0…Wed=3…Sat=6
+  const start = new Date(now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth(), now.getDate() - daysSinceWed);
+  const key = `${start.getFullYear()}-${start.getMonth()}-${start.getDate()}`;
+  if (birthdayWeekCache.key === key && birthdayWeekCache.set) return birthdayWeekCache.set;
+  const set = new Set();
+  for (let i = 0; i < 7; i += 1) {
+    const d = new Date(start.getFullYear(), start.getMonth(), start.getDate() + i);
+    set.add(`${String(d.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0')}-${String(d.getDate()).padStart(2, '0')}`);
+  }
+  birthdayWeekCache = { key, set };
+  return set;
+}
+
+/** Is this person celebrating this week — their birthday falls in the current Wed→Tue window, or they're the test override. */
+function isBirthdayActive(person) {
+  if (!birthdayMode.enabled || !person) return false;
+  if (birthdayTestPersonId && person.id === birthdayTestPersonId) return true;
+  return typeof person.birthday === 'string' && person.birthday.length === 5 && birthdayWeekSet().has(person.birthday);
+}
+
+/** Re-render the stage when the celebration week rolls over (the app can stay open for days). */
+function birthdayTick() {
+  const before = birthdayWeekCache.key;
+  birthdayWeekSet();
+  if (before && birthdayWeekCache.key !== before) void renderStage();
+}
+setInterval(birthdayTick, 15 * 60 * 1000);
+
+function birthdayMakeParticle(w, h, intensity, seedY) {
+  const ribbon = Math.random() < 0.55;
+  return {
+    x: Math.random() * w,
+    y: seedY != null ? seedY : Math.random() * h,
+    w: ribbon ? 4 + Math.random() * 4 : 5 + Math.random() * 5,
+    h: ribbon ? 9 + Math.random() * 8 : 0,
+    ribbon,
+    color: BIRTHDAY_COLORS[(Math.random() * BIRTHDAY_COLORS.length) | 0],
+    rot: Math.random() * Math.PI * 2,
+    vr: -0.14 + Math.random() * 0.28,
+    sway: 0.6 + Math.random() * 1.1,
+    phase: Math.random() * Math.PI * 2,
+    vy: (intensity === 'subtle' ? 0.6 : 1.0) * (1.1 + Math.random() * 1.5),
+  };
+}
+
+function birthdaySeedCanvas(c, w, h) {
+  const base = c._intensity === 'subtle' ? 26 : 64;
+  const count = Math.max(10, Math.round((base * (w * h)) / (300 * 500)));
+  c._parts = Array.from({ length: count }, () => birthdayMakeParticle(w, h, c._intensity));
+}
+
+// The confetti ALWAYS animates — this is a celebration effect, so it intentionally ignores the
+// OS "reduced motion" setting (which was freezing the confetti mid-fall on the backstage machine).
+function birthdayStepCanvas(c) {
+  const w = c.clientWidth;
+  const h = c.clientHeight;
+  if (!w || !h) return; // not laid out yet — try again next frame
+  const dpr = Math.min(window.devicePixelRatio || 1, 2);
+  if (c._w !== w || c._h !== h) {
+    c.width = w * dpr;
+    c.height = h * dpr;
+    c._ctx = c.getContext('2d');
+    c._ctx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
+    c._w = w;
+    c._h = h;
+    birthdaySeedCanvas(c, w, h);
+  }
+  const ctx = c._ctx;
+  ctx.clearRect(0, 0, w, h);
+  for (const p of c._parts) {
+    p.phase += 0.03;
+    p.y += p.vy;
+    p.x += Math.sin(p.phase) * p.sway;
+    p.rot += p.vr;
+    if (p.y > h + 16) Object.assign(p, birthdayMakeParticle(w, h, c._intensity, -16));
+    ctx.save();
+    ctx.translate(p.x, p.y);
+    ctx.rotate(p.rot);
+    ctx.fillStyle = p.color;
+    if (p.ribbon) ctx.fillRect(-p.w / 2, -p.h / 2, p.w, p.h);
+    else { ctx.beginPath(); ctx.arc(0, 0, p.w / 2, 0, Math.PI * 2); ctx.fill(); }
+    ctx.restore();
+  }
+}
+
+function birthdayLoop() {
+  for (const c of [...birthdayCanvases]) {
+    if (!c.isConnected) { birthdayCanvases.delete(c); continue; }
+    birthdayStepCanvas(c);
+  }
+  birthdayRaf = birthdayCanvases.size ? window.requestAnimationFrame(birthdayLoop) : null;
+}
+
+function birthdayRegisterCanvas(canvas, intensity) {
+  canvas._intensity = intensity;
+  birthdayCanvases.add(canvas);
+  if (!birthdayRaf) birthdayRaf = window.requestAnimationFrame(birthdayLoop);
+}
+
+/** Rain confetti (plus a soft gold glow) onto a tile whose person is celebrating. */
+function applyBirthdayEffects(tile, photoArea) {
+  const intensity = birthdayMode.intensity === 'full' ? 'full' : 'subtle';
+  tile.classList.add('birthday', `birthday-${intensity}`);
+
+  const confetti = document.createElement('canvas');
+  confetti.className = 'birthday-confetti';
+  confetti.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true');
+  photoArea.appendChild(confetti);
+  birthdayRegisterCanvas(confetti, intensity);
+}
+
 function createPhotoTile(person, href, slotIndex, parallaxAssets) {
   void parallaxAssets;
   const tile = document.createElement('article');
@@ -1002,6 +1148,7 @@ function createPhotoTile(person, href, slotIndex, parallaxAssets) {
 
   photoArea.appendChild(nameBadge);
   photoArea.appendChild(removeBtn);
+  if (isBirthdayActive(person)) applyBirthdayEffects(tile, photoArea);
   tile.appendChild(photoArea);
   return tile;
 }
@@ -1156,6 +1303,7 @@ async function renderLibrary() {
 async function renderAll() {
   await renderStage();
   await renderLibrary();
+  renderBirthdayTestOptions();
 }
 
 async function importNewPeople(added) {
@@ -1170,6 +1318,7 @@ async function importNewPeople(added) {
       source: 'local',
       pcoPersonId: '',
       pcoPlanPersonId: '',
+      birthday: '',
     });
   }
   await renderLibrary();
@@ -1232,6 +1381,97 @@ async function syncUpcomingPlanFromPco() {
   }
 }
 
+const BIRTHDAY_MONTHS = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'];
+function formatBirthdayMmdd(mmdd) {
+  const parts = String(mmdd || '').split('-');
+  const mm = Number(parts[0]);
+  const dd = Number(parts[1]);
+  if (!(mm >= 1 && mm <= 12) || !(dd >= 1 && dd <= 31)) return '';
+  return `${BIRTHDAY_MONTHS[mm - 1]} ${dd}`;
+}
+
+function setPcoBirthdayResult(message, tone) {
+  if (!pcoBirthdayResult) return;
+  pcoBirthdayResult.textContent = message || '';
+  pcoBirthdayResult.style.display = message ? '' : 'none';
+  pcoBirthdayResult.style.color = tone === 'error' ? '#ffb1b1' : tone === 'good' ? '#8fe0b0' : '#9ea7bc';
+}
+
+async function testPcoBirthdays() {
+  setPcoControlsEnabled(false);
+  setPcoBirthdayResult('Checking Planning Center for birthday access…', 'info');
+  try {
+    const r = await window.lineup.pcoTestBirthdays();
+    if (!r || r.connected === false) {
+      setPcoBirthdayResult('Connect Planning Center first, then test birthday access.', 'error');
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!r.canRead) {
+      const why = r.reason === 'network'
+        ? `Couldn't reach Planning Center (${r.detail || 'network error'}).`
+        : `This token can't read People birthdays${r.status ? ` (HTTP ${r.status})` : ''}${r.detail ? ` — ${r.detail}` : ''}.`;
+      setPcoBirthdayResult(`✕ ${why} Birthday Mode needs People access on the token.`, 'error');
+      return;
+    }
+    // Access works. Report coverage across synced band members.
+    if (r.total === 0) {
+      setPcoBirthdayResult('✓ People access works. Sync an upcoming plan, then test again to see how many musicians have a birthday on file.', 'good');
+      return;
+    }
+    const bits = [`✓ People access works — ${r.withBirthday} of ${r.total} synced ${r.total === 1 ? 'person has' : 'people have'} a birthday on file.`];
+    if (r.nextUp) {
+      const when = r.nextUp.inDays === 0 ? 'today 🎂' : r.nextUp.inDays === 1 ? 'tomorrow' : `in ${r.nextUp.inDays} days`;
+      bits.push(`Next up: ${r.nextUp.name} (${formatBirthdayMmdd(r.nextUp.mmdd)}, ${when}).`);
+    }
+    if (r.notFound) bits.push(`${r.notFound} not matched in People.`);
+    setPcoBirthdayResult(bits.join(' '), r.withBirthday > 0 ? 'good' : 'info');
+  } catch (error) {
+    setPcoBirthdayResult(error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Birthday test failed.', 'error');
+  } finally {
+    setPcoControlsEnabled(true);
+  }
+}
+
+/* ---------------- Birthday Mode controls ---------------- */
+
+/** Reflect current birthdayMode settings onto the controls (called after load). */
+function syncBirthdayControls() {
+  if (bdayEnabled) bdayEnabled.checked = birthdayMode.enabled;
+  if (bdayIntensity) {
+    for (const b of bdayIntensity.querySelectorAll('button')) {
+      b.setAttribute('aria-pressed', b.dataset.int === birthdayMode.intensity ? 'true' : 'false');
+    }
+  }
+  if (bdayControls) bdayControls.style.opacity = birthdayMode.enabled ? '' : '0.45';
+}
+
+/** Rebuild the "Force on (test)" dropdown from whoever is currently on the stage. */
+function renderBirthdayTestOptions() {
+  if (!bdayTestSelect) return;
+  const previous = birthdayTestPersonId;
+  bdayTestSelect.innerHTML = '<option value="">Off</option>';
+  const seen = new Set();
+  stageSlots.forEach((slot, index) => {
+    if (!slot.personId || seen.has(slot.personId)) return;
+    const person = getPerson(slot.personId);
+    if (!person) return;
+    seen.add(slot.personId);
+    const option = document.createElement('option');
+    option.value = person.id;
+    const name = String(getStageName(index, person) || person.lastName || 'Unknown').trim();
+    const label = String(slotLabelMemory[index] || '').trim();
+    option.textContent = label ? `${name} — ${label}` : name;
+    bdayTestSelect.appendChild(option);
+  });
+  // Keep the current override selected if that person is still on stage; otherwise drop it.
+  if (previous && seen.has(previous)) {
+    bdayTestSelect.value = previous;
+  } else if (previous) {
+    birthdayTestPersonId = '';
+    bdayTestSelect.value = '';
+  }
+}
+
 /* ---------------- Setup panel tabs ---------------- */
 
 /** Set while a tab switch blurs the port field, so the blur handler doesn't commit. */
@@ -1257,6 +1497,7 @@ function activatePanelTab(name) {
   }
   // The readout measures a stage slot, so it can only be filled in once its pane is laid out.
   if (name === 'pictures') window.requestAnimationFrame(updateSlotSizeReadout);
+  if (name === 'pco') renderBirthdayTestOptions();
 }
 
 /* ---------------- Studio displays (hosting the Now/Next page on the LAN) ---------------- */
@@ -1733,6 +1974,36 @@ btnPcoSync.addEventListener('click', () => {
   void syncUpcomingPlanFromPco();
 });
 
+btnPcoTestBirthdays.addEventListener('click', () => {
+  revealChrome();
+  void testPcoBirthdays();
+});
+
+if (bdayEnabled) {
+  bdayEnabled.addEventListener('change', () => {
+    birthdayMode.enabled = bdayEnabled.checked;
+    syncBirthdayControls();
+    scheduleSave();
+    void renderStage();
+  });
+}
+if (bdayIntensity) {
+  bdayIntensity.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
+    const btn = e.target.closest('button[data-int]');
+    if (!btn) return;
+    birthdayMode.intensity = btn.dataset.int === 'full' ? 'full' : 'subtle';
+    syncBirthdayControls();
+    scheduleSave();
+    void renderStage();
+  });
+}
+if (bdayTestSelect) {
+  bdayTestSelect.addEventListener('change', () => {
+    birthdayTestPersonId = bdayTestSelect.value || '';
+    void renderStage();
+  });
+}
+
 btnPcoDisconnect.addEventListener('click', async () => {
   revealChrome();
   setPcoControlsEnabled(false);
@@ -1744,6 +2015,7 @@ btnPcoDisconnect.addEventListener('click', async () => {
     renderPcoPositionOptions();
     scheduleSave();
     setPcoStatus('Planning Center disconnected.');
+    setPcoBirthdayResult('');
   } catch (error) {
     setPcoStatus(error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Could not disconnect Planning Center.', true);
   } finally {

band-lineup-display/styles.css

@@ -331,6 +331,105 @@ body {
   color: #9ea7bc;
 }
 
+.pco-birthday-result {
+  min-height: 0;
+  line-height: 1.45;
+}
+
+.pco-birthday-result:empty {
+  display: none;
+}
+
+/* ---- Birthday Mode settings ---- */
+.bday-block {
+  margin-top: 14px;
+  border-top: 1px solid #23232c;
+  padding-top: 12px;
+}
+.bday-head {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+}
+.bday-title {
+  font-size: 13px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  color: #e7e7ef;
+}
+.bday-switch {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  color: #9ea7bc;
+}
+.bday-controls {
+  margin-top: 10px;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 10px;
+}
+.bday-line {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 10px;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+}
+.bday-line-label {
+  font-size: 11px;
+  letter-spacing: 0.06em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  color: #8a8a99;
+  min-width: 74px;
+}
+.bday-line-label em {
+  font-style: normal;
+  text-transform: none;
+  letter-spacing: 0;
+  color: #6d6d7a;
+}
+.seg-inline {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  gap: 4px;
+  background: #0e0e14;
+  border: 1px solid #23232c;
+  border-radius: 9px;
+  padding: 3px;
+}
+.seg-inline button {
+  appearance: none;
+  border: 0;
+  background: transparent;
+  color: #9ea7bc;
+  font: inherit;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  padding: 5px 12px;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.seg-inline button[aria-pressed="true"] {
+  background: #f5c451;
+  color: #241a02;
+}
+.bday-check {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  color: #c6cada;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.bday-test-select {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 150px;
+}
+.bday-hint {
+  font-size: 11px;
+  color: #6d6d7a;
+}
+
 .pco-position-builder {
   display: none;
   grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
@@ -624,6 +723,33 @@ body {
   font-weight: 500;
 }
 
+/* ---- Birthday Mode tile effects ---- */
+.tile.birthday-subtle {
+  animation: bdayGlowSubtle 3.4s ease-in-out infinite;
+}
+.tile.birthday-full {
+  animation: bdayGlowFull 2.2s ease-in-out infinite;
+}
+@keyframes bdayGlowSubtle {
+  0%, 100% { box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px rgba(245, 196, 81, 0.55), 0 0 14px rgba(245, 196, 81, 0.18); }
+  50% { box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px rgba(245, 196, 81, 0.85), 0 0 20px rgba(245, 196, 81, 0.32); }
+}
+@keyframes bdayGlowFull {
+  0%, 100% { box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 3px rgba(245, 196, 81, 0.8), 0 0 20px rgba(245, 196, 81, 0.42); }
+  50% { box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 3px #ffd873, 0 0 34px rgba(245, 196, 81, 0.66); }
+}
+
+/* Birthday Mode intentionally keeps animating even under OS "reduced motion" — it's a celebration
+   the operator opts into, and freezing it leaves confetti stuck mid-fall. */
+
+.birthday-confetti {
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: 0;
+  z-index: 2;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+
 .tile .remove {
   position: absolute;
   top: 6px;

modules/band-lineup/README.md

@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-# Band Lineup module
-
-The backstage stage board as a ProdDash tile: everyone scheduled on the band /
-vocal / production teams for the upcoming Planning Center plan, placed into their
-mic slot with photo, name and mic/pack label. People whose birthday falls in the
-current service week (Wednesday→Tuesday) get raining confetti and a gold glow.
-
-This is the display half of the standalone **Band Lineup** Electron app, ported
-to ProdDash. (The ProPresenter Now/Next half of that app is the separate
-`propresenter-now-next` module.)
-
-## How it fills the board
-
-1. **Slots** are the mic/pack labels you write in admin, one per line, in the
-   order they sit on stage — e.g. `[VOX 2] MIX 2`, `[DRUMS]`, `[MC] MC1`. A
-   blank line is an empty spot.
-2. Each refresh the server reads the upcoming plan's **team members** (any team
-   whose name matches a line in *Teams to include*), and matches each person to
-   a slot by their Planning Center **position** — the same loose matching the
-   Electron app uses (`matching.js`; `[VOX 2] MIX 2` takes whoever is on *Vox
-   2*). A numbered role only matches the same number, and the `MIX n` part is
-   ignored, so Vox 2 and Vox 3 never swap.
-3. **Photos and birthdays** come from Planning Center (birthdays via the People
-   API; only month + day is kept). Photos are cached on disk and served by the
-   module; birthdays drive the confetti.
-
-## Manual photos (people not on the plan)
-
-Guest speakers, MCs, stage managers — anyone not scheduled in Planning Center —
-are pinned per slot from the tile's **Edit** button (title bar): set a name,
-optionally upload a photo, optionally a `MM-DD` birthday. A manual pin overrides
-the PCO match for that slot and is kept until you Clear it. Uploaded photos live
-in the ProdDash data directory, never in the repo.
-
-## Settings
-
-- **Admin** (server-wide): Planning Center credentials, service type, plan, the
-  teams to include, the stage slots, columns, refresh interval.
-- **Per tile** (gear): birthday confetti on/off + intensity, a force-birthday
-  test picker, parallax, and show/hide for names and mic labels.
-
-## Testing without Planning Center
-
-```bash
-node tools/pco-band-mock.js 24710      # mock PCO
-BAND_LINEUP_API_BASE=http://127.0.0.1:24710 node server.js # point the module at it
-node modules/band-lineup/matching.test.js                  # slot-matching unit tests
-```
-
-Then in `/admin` under Band Lineup enter any Client ID + Secret, pick "Sunday
-Service", and the board fills — one person (on Drums) has a birthday this week,
-so their tile rains confetti.

modules/spl-meter/client.js

@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@
 
 const FLOOR = -200;
 
+/**
+ * A dead input reads as a number, and a number on a wall is believed. Every
+ * tile therefore refuses to draw a level while the server says the input is
+ * digitally silent, and says why instead.
+ */
+function silentFor(payload) {
+  return payload && payload.silentSec ? payload.silentSec : 0;
+}
+
+function silentText(sec) {
+  if (sec < 90) return `No audio — ${sec} s`;
+  const m = Math.round(sec / 60);
+  return m < 90 ? `No audio — ${m} min` : `No audio — ${(m / 60).toFixed(1)} hours`;
+}
+
 /** Retention per frame for the RTA's smoothing setting. */
 const SMOOTHING = { off: 0, light: 0.45, medium: 0.72, heavy: 0.9 };
 
@@ -37,6 +52,9 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
       moduleApi.setStatus('error', payload.error);
     } else if (!payload.frame) {
       moduleApi.setStatus('connecting', 'waiting for the first reading');
+    } else if (silentFor(payload)) {
+      moduleApi.setStatus('error',
+        `No audio on the chosen input — digital silence for ${silentText(silentFor(payload)).replace('No audio — ', '')}`);
     } else if (!payload.calibrated) {
       moduleApi.setStatus('ok', 'Measuring, but uncalibrated — these are dBFS, not dB SPL');
     } else {
@@ -233,6 +251,16 @@ function readoutView(root, moduleApi) {
     render(payload) {
       const s = moduleApi.instanceSettings;
       const ch = pickChannel(payload, s);
+      const quiet = silentFor(payload);
+      if (quiet && ch) {
+        num.textContent = '––.–';
+        unit.textContent = '';
+        sub.hidden = false;
+        sub.textContent = silentText(quiet);
+        box.dataset.level = 'dead';
+        fit();
+        return;
+      }
       if (!payload || payload.error || !ch) {
         num.textContent = '––.–';
         sub.textContent = payload && payload.error ? payload.error : '';
@@ -286,6 +314,7 @@ function barsView(root, moduleApi) {
           </div>`).join('');
       }
       const s = moduleApi.instanceSettings;
+      const quiet = silentFor(payload);
       const warn = Number(s.warnAt), alarm = Number(s.alarmAt);
       const showPeak = s.peakHold !== false;
       const lo = payload.calibrated ? 40 : -80;
@@ -295,12 +324,12 @@ function barsView(root, moduleApi) {
         if (!el) continue;
         const value = readValue(c, { averaging: s.averaging });
         const pct = (v) => Math.max(0, Math.min(100, ((v - lo) / (hi - lo)) * 100));
-        el.querySelector('.spl-bar-fill').style.width = `${pct(value)}%`;
+        el.querySelector('.spl-bar-fill').style.width = quiet ? '0%' : `${pct(value)}%`;
         const peak = el.querySelector('.spl-bar-peak');
         peak.style.display = showPeak ? '' : 'none';
         if (showPeak) peak.style.left = `${pct(c.peakC)}%`;
-        el.querySelector('.spl-bar-value').textContent = fmt(value);
-        el.dataset.level = !payload.calibrated ? 'idle'
+        el.querySelector('.spl-bar-value').textContent = quiet ? '––.–' : fmt(value);
+        el.dataset.level = quiet ? 'dead' : !payload.calibrated ? 'idle'
           : value >= alarm ? 'alarm' : value >= warn ? 'warn' : 'ok';
         el.classList.toggle('clip', !!c.clip);
       }
@@ -321,7 +350,18 @@ function spectrumView(root, moduleApi, scrolling) {
   root.innerHTML = '<canvas class="spl-canvas"></canvas>';
   const canvas = root.querySelector('.spl-canvas');
   const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d', { alpha: false });
-  let painted = false;          // spectrogram: has the background been laid down
+  /**
+   * The spectrogram's scrolling history, on its own surface.
+   *
+   * It used to scroll by copying the visible canvas onto itself, which also
+   * copied whatever had been drawn on top of it — so every frame dragged the
+   * frequency labels and gridlines one step further along and left a smear.
+   * Only measured pixels belong on a surface that scrolls; annotations are
+   * drawn fresh over the top of it, every frame, and never into it.
+   */
+  let history = null;
+  let historyCtx = null;
+  let painted = false;          // spectrogram: has the history been cleared yet
   let smoothed = null;          // RTA: displayed values, damped toward the real ones
   let smoothedFor = '';
   let axisBtn = null;
@@ -389,10 +429,12 @@ function spectrumView(root, moduleApi, scrolling) {
       const muted = themeColor(root, '--muted', '#888');
       const border = themeColor(root, '--border', '#333');
 
-      if (!payload || !payload.frame || !payload.frame.bands) {
+      const quiet = silentFor(payload);
+      if (quiet || !payload || !payload.frame || !payload.frame.bands) {
         ctx.fillStyle = bg; ctx.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
         ctx.fillStyle = muted; ctx.font = '12px system-ui'; ctx.textAlign = 'center';
-        ctx.fillText(payload?.error || 'Spectrum analysis is off', w / 2, h / 2);
+        ctx.fillText(quiet ? silentText(quiet)
+                     : (payload?.error || 'Spectrum analysis is off'), w / 2, h / 2);
         painted = false;
         return;
       }
@@ -466,62 +508,99 @@ function spectrumView(root, moduleApi, scrolling) {
       // ── spectrogram ──
       const timeX = axis() === 'x';
       const colW = 2;
-      const gutter = showLabels ? axisPad : 0;
-      // Frequency occupies whichever axis time does not.
-      const freqExtent = timeX ? h - gutter : w - gutter;
-      const timeExtent = timeX ? w : h;
+      // A label along the bottom needs only its line height; one down the
+      // side has to fit "12.5k" beside the plot rather than on top of it.
+      const gutter = (showLabels || grid) ? (timeX ? 30 : axisPad) : 0;
+      // Labels belong beside the frequency axis: down the left when frequency
+      // runs vertically, along the bottom when it runs horizontally.
+      const plotX = timeX ? gutter : 0;
+      const plotW = timeX ? w - gutter : w;
+      const plotH = timeX ? h : h - gutter;
+      const freqExtent = timeX ? plotH : plotW;
+      const timeExtent = timeX ? plotW : plotH;
+      if (plotW < 4 || plotH < 4) return;
 
-      if (!painted) { ctx.fillStyle = bg; ctx.fillRect(0, 0, w, h); painted = true; }
-
-      // Source rect in device pixels, destination in CSS pixels: the context
-      // carries a devicePixelRatio transform but the canvas as an image
-      // source does not, and letting drawImage infer them scales the picture
-      // up and pushes every column off the canvas.
-      if (timeX) {
-        ctx.drawImage(canvas, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height, -colW, 0, w, h);
-      } else {
-        ctx.drawImage(canvas, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height, 0, -colW, w, h);
+      // The history surface is sized to the plot, in device pixels, and is
+      // thrown away whenever that geometry changes — a scroll buffer means
+      // nothing once it is being stretched into a different shape.
+      const dpr = window.devicePixelRatio || 1;
+      const needW = Math.max(1, Math.round(plotW * dpr));
+      const needH = Math.max(1, Math.round(plotH * dpr));
+      if (!history || history.width !== needW || history.height !== needH) {
+        history = document.createElement('canvas');
+        history.width = needW;
+        history.height = needH;
+        historyCtx = history.getContext('2d', { alpha: false });
+        historyCtx.setTransform(dpr, 0, 0, dpr, 0, 0);
+        painted = false;
       }
+      if (!painted) {
+        historyCtx.fillStyle = bg;
+        historyCtx.fillRect(0, 0, plotW, plotH);
+        painted = true;
+      }
+
+      // Scroll the history, then add the newest column. The source rectangle
+      // is in device pixels and the destination in CSS pixels, because the
+      // context carries the dpr transform but the canvas as an image source
+      // does not.
+      historyCtx.drawImage(history, 0, 0, history.width, history.height,
+                           timeX ? -colW : 0, timeX ? 0 : -colW, plotW, plotH);
 
       const bandExtent = freqExtent / values.length;
       for (let i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
-        ctx.fillStyle = heat(norm(values[i], payload.calibrated));
+        historyCtx.fillStyle = heat(norm(values[i], payload.calibrated));
         if (timeX) {
           // Low frequencies at the bottom, as every spectrogram has them.
-          ctx.fillRect(timeExtent - colW, freqExtent - (i + 1) * bandExtent,
+          historyCtx.fillRect(timeExtent - colW, freqExtent - (i + 1) * bandExtent,
                               colW, Math.ceil(bandExtent) + 1);
         } else {
           // Low frequencies at the left.
-          ctx.fillRect(gutter + i * bandExtent, timeExtent - colW,
+          historyCtx.fillRect(i * bandExtent, timeExtent - colW,
                               Math.ceil(bandExtent) + 1, colW);
         }
       }
 
-      if (grid || showLabels) {
+      // Repaint the visible canvas from scratch every frame: history first,
+      // annotations over it. Nothing drawn here can ever reach the scroll.
+      ctx.fillStyle = bg; ctx.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
+      ctx.drawImage(history, 0, 0, history.width, history.height,
+                    plotX, 0, plotW, plotH);
+
+      if (!grid && !showLabels) return;
+
+      const span = Math.log2(freqs[freqs.length - 1] / freqs[0]);
       const posOf = (f) => {
-          const t = Math.log2(f / freqs[0]) / Math.log2(freqs[freqs.length - 1] / freqs[0]);
-          return timeX ? freqExtent - t * freqExtent : gutter + t * freqExtent;
+        const t = Math.log2(f / freqs[0]) / span;
+        return timeX ? plotH - t * plotH : plotX + t * plotW;
       };
-        const labels = chooseLabels(freqs, posOf, timeX ? freqExtent : w, timeX ? 16 : 34);
-        ctx.fillStyle = bg;
-        if (timeX) ctx.fillRect(0, h - gutter, w, gutter);
-        else ctx.fillRect(0, 0, gutter, h);
-        ctx.fillStyle = muted; ctx.font = '9px system-ui';
-        ctx.strokeStyle = border; ctx.globalAlpha = grid ? 0.35 : 0; ctx.beginPath();
+      const labels = chooseLabels(freqs, posOf, timeX ? plotH : w, timeX ? 14 : 34);
+
+      if (grid) {
+        ctx.strokeStyle = border; ctx.lineWidth = 1; ctx.globalAlpha = 0.35;
+        ctx.beginPath();
         for (const l of labels) {
           if (timeX) {
             const y = Math.round(l.pos) + 0.5;
-            ctx.moveTo(0, y); ctx.lineTo(w, y);
+            ctx.moveTo(plotX, y); ctx.lineTo(w, y);
           } else {
             const x = Math.round(l.pos) + 0.5;
-            ctx.moveTo(x, 0); ctx.lineTo(x, h);
+            ctx.moveTo(x, 0); ctx.lineTo(x, plotH);
           }
         }
         ctx.stroke(); ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
-        ctx.textAlign = timeX ? 'left' : 'center';
-        for (const l of showLabels ? labels : []) {
-          if (timeX) ctx.fillText(hzLabel(l.f), 2, Math.min(h - gutter - 2, l.pos + 3));
-          else ctx.fillText(hzLabel(l.f), l.pos, h - 3);
+      }
+
+      if (showLabels) {
+        ctx.fillStyle = muted; ctx.font = '9px system-ui';
+        ctx.textAlign = timeX ? 'right' : 'center';
+        for (const l of labels) {
+          if (timeX) {
+            ctx.fillText(hzLabel(l.f), gutter - 2,
+                         Math.max(7, Math.min(h - 2, l.pos + 3)));
+          } else {
+            ctx.fillText(hzLabel(l.f), l.pos, h - 3);
+          }
         }
       }
     },

modules/spl-meter/module.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "spl-meter",
   "name": "SPL Meter",
-  "version": "0.3.1",
+  "version": "0.4.1",
   "proddash": ">=1.5.0",
   "description": "Calibrated sound level, Leq and RTA from an audio input on this machine",
   "permissions": [

modules/spl-meter/server.js

@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@ const MEASURE_MS = 3000;
 /** SSE comment ping — keeps idle connections alive through sleepy Wi-Fi. */
 const PING_MS = 15000;
 
+/**
+ * Below this, unweighted, the input is not quiet — it is not there.
+ *
+ * A real input always carries something: a microphone in a silent room still
+ * reads about -83 dBFS, and even a muted converter dithers around -120. Only
+ * a stream of actual zeros reaches the capture tool's -200 floor, and that
+ * means the device handed us nothing at all.
+ */
+const SILENCE_DBFS = -150;
+/** How long that has to hold before saying so, so a gap between buffers or a
+    device changing sample rate mid-stream doesn't cry wolf. */
+const SILENCE_GRACE_MS = 5000;
+
 /** Set by init(), read by routes() — both are rebuilt together on re-init. */
 let state = null;
 
@@ -100,6 +113,7 @@ module.exports = {
       meta: null,
       error: '',
       streams: new Set(),
+      silentSince: null,
       listener: null,
       lastSent: '',
       pinger: null,
@@ -143,6 +157,12 @@ module.exports = {
         state.error = '';
         state.frame = update.frame;
         state.meta = update.meta;
+        // Digital silence on every channel is a dead input, not a reading.
+        // Saying "ok" through this is what made a stopped Dante device look
+        // like a frozen module for a day and a half.
+        const dead = update.frame.ch.every(
+          (c) => !Number.isFinite(c.dbfs) || c.dbfs <= SILENCE_DBFS);
+        state.silentSince = dead ? (state.silentSince || Date.now()) : null;
         broadcast();
       },
     });
@@ -159,6 +179,11 @@ module.exports = {
       health() {
         if (state.error) return { status: 'error', message: state.error };
         if (!state.frame) return { status: 'connecting', message: 'waiting for the first reading' };
+        const quiet = silentMs();
+        if (quiet > SILENCE_GRACE_MS) {
+          return { status: 'error',
+                   message: `No audio from ${config.device} — digital silence for ${describe(quiet)}` };
+        }
         const n = state.channels.length;
         const what = `${n} channel${n === 1 ? '' : 's'} on ${config.device}`;
         return state.calibrated
@@ -351,10 +376,26 @@ module.exports = {
 
 /* ── helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
+/** How long every channel has been at digital silence, in ms. */
+function silentMs() {
+  return state && state.silentSince ? Date.now() - state.silentSince : 0;
+}
+
+function describe(ms) {
+  const s = Math.round(ms / 1000);
+  if (s < 90) return `${s} s`;
+  const m = Math.round(s / 60);
+  return m < 90 ? `${m} min` : `${(m / 60).toFixed(1)} hours`;
+}
+
 function snapshot() {
-  if (!state) return { error: 'not measuring', calibrated: false, channels: [], frame: null };
+  if (!state) return { error: 'not measuring', calibrated: false, channels: [], frame: null, silentSec: 0 };
+  // Seconds, not milliseconds: this goes on the wire 20×/s and a value that
+  // changed every frame would make the fan-out's change check useless.
+  const quiet = silentMs();
   return {
     error: state.error,
+    silentSec: quiet > SILENCE_GRACE_MS ? Math.round(quiet / 1000) : 0,
     calibrated: state.calibrated,
     channels: state.channels,
     weighting: state.meta ? state.meta.weighting : '',

modules/spl-meter/style.css

@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@
 [data-module="spl-meter"] .spl-readout[data-level="alarm"] .spl-num { color: var(--danger); }
 [data-module="spl-meter"] .spl-readout[data-level="idle"] .spl-num { color: var(--muted); }
 
+/* A dead input reads danger, not muted: silence that is a fault should not
+   look like silence that is a quiet room. */
+[data-module="spl-meter"] .spl-readout[data-level="dead"] .spl-num { color: var(--danger); }
+[data-module="spl-meter"] .spl-readout[data-level="dead"] .spl-sub { color: var(--danger); }
+
 /* ── level bars ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 [data-module="spl-meter"] .spl-bars {
@@ -100,6 +105,7 @@
 [data-module="spl-meter"] .spl-bar[data-level="warn"] .spl-bar-fill { background: var(--warn); }
 [data-module="spl-meter"] .spl-bar[data-level="alarm"] .spl-bar-fill { background: var(--danger); }
 [data-module="spl-meter"] .spl-bar[data-level="idle"] .spl-bar-fill { background: var(--muted); }
+[data-module="spl-meter"] .spl-bar[data-level="dead"] .spl-bar-value { color: var(--danger); }
 
 /* Peak hold sits on the track rather than inside the fill, so it stays
    visible when the bar falls away underneath it. */