Unify Signals/Channels around auto-naming, plot-by-channel, and shared vars

Devices: auto-name from OS-reported port description (Device Manager /
udev string) instead of a generic label; default Serial #Channels 1;
consistent simulate-mode checkbox across backends; inline device rename.

Channels: calibration/filters move out of Signals into a Channel
"Operation" (adds Scale/Offset alongside the existing math kinds);
single-physical-source Channels get an embedded Filters block; new
Channels auto-name/auto-ID from their source and reject duplicate
names/IDs on apply; "Create Channel" button on each Signal row; renamed
"Sources" -> "Signals" in the Channels UI; Signals' READ/WRITE dir badge
(was silently-broken IN/OUT) now reflects the real writable flag.

Plot: default layout is one pane per Channel (not per device, not raw
Signals) titled by channel name; "+ Add Channel" is a checkbox dialog
instead of an inline dropdown; traces get up/down reorder; live unit
changes (e.g. a Mark-10 gauge switching lb/kgF/N/ozF) propagate to an
open pane's axis label without clobbering a manually-typed one.

Control Panel: hardware assignment now picks from the same writable-
Signals list instead of a separate device/channel combo with a
hardcoded Arduino pin list; stale visual indicator when a control's
target device/channel disconnects or disappears; documented the `vars`
bridge (Control Panel On Action Script <-> Channel scripts) in both
directions' help text and script templates.

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

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/core/acquisition.py b/core/acquisition.py
index 4fffb8b..79bdb79 100644
--- a/core/acquisition.py
+++ b/core/acquisition.py
@@ -73,12 +73,15 @@ class AcquisitionEngine(QObject):
     new_data(timestamp, readings)  # readings: list[(device_id, channel_id, value)] —
                                    # one batched emit per poll tick, not one per channel
     device_status_changed(device_id, status_str)
+    channel_unit_changed(device_id, channel_id, new_unit)  # e.g. Mark-10 gauge
+                                   # switched lb/kgF/N/ozF on its own front panel
     log_started(filepath)
     log_stopped(filepath)
     """
 
     new_data              = pyqtSignal(float, list)
     device_status_changed = pyqtSignal(str, str)
+    channel_unit_changed  = pyqtSignal(str, str, str)
     log_started           = pyqtSignal(str)
     log_stopped           = pyqtSignal(str)
 
@@ -87,6 +90,8 @@ class AcquisitionEngine(QObject):
         self._interval = poll_interval_ms / 1000.0
         self._devices: List[BaseDevice]                    = []
         self._buffers: Dict[str, Dict[str, ChannelBuffer]] = {}
+        self._last_units: Dict[Tuple[str, str], str]        = {}
+        self._last_status: Dict[str, str]                   = {}
         self._running  = False
         self._thread:  Optional[threading.Thread]          = None
         self._t0       = 0.0
@@ -104,10 +109,15 @@ class AcquisitionEngine(QObject):
             ch.channel_id: ChannelBuffer()
             for ch in dev.info.channels
         }
+        for ch in dev.info.channels:
+            self._last_units[(dev.info.device_id, ch.channel_id)] = ch.unit
 
     def remove_device(self, device_id: str):
         self._devices = [d for d in self._devices if d.info.device_id != device_id]
         self._buffers.pop(device_id, None)
+        self._last_status.pop(device_id, None)
+        for key in [k for k in self._last_units if k[0] == device_id]:
+            self._last_units.pop(key, None)
 
     def get_buffer(self, device_id: str, channel_id: str) -> Optional[ChannelBuffer]:
         return self._buffers.get(device_id, {}).get(channel_id)
@@ -186,6 +196,10 @@ class AcquisitionEngine(QObject):
             batch: List[Tuple[str, str, float]] = []
 
             for dev in list(self._devices):
+                if self._last_status.get(dev.info.device_id) != dev.status.value:
+                    self._last_status[dev.info.device_id] = dev.status.value
+                    self.device_status_changed.emit(dev.info.device_id, dev.status.value)
+
                 active = dev.status in (DeviceStatus.CONNECTED, DeviceStatus.SIMULATED)
                 try:
                     readings = dev.read_channels() if active else {}
@@ -194,6 +208,11 @@ class AcquisitionEngine(QObject):
                     readings = {}
 
                 for ch in dev.info.channels:
+                    key = (dev.info.device_id, ch.channel_id)
+                    if self._last_units.get(key) != ch.unit:
+                        self._last_units[key] = ch.unit
+                        self.channel_unit_changed.emit(dev.info.device_id, ch.channel_id, ch.unit)
+
                     val = readings.get(ch.channel_id)
                     if val is None or not ch.enabled:
                         log_row.append("")