From dce7117267b96e30ef666d308fdbe9c8f31f567d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tiijay <git@th-jahn.de>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2025 19:57:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] v.0.2.3 ColorSerial, more usage

---
 lib/Utils/src/ColorSerial.cpp |  9 ++++++++-
 lib/Utils/src/ColorSerial.h   |  2 ++
 src/main.cpp                  | 33 +++++++++++++++------------------
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/Utils/src/ColorSerial.cpp b/lib/Utils/src/ColorSerial.cpp
index fa79209..bf67592 100644
--- a/lib/Utils/src/ColorSerial.cpp
+++ b/lib/Utils/src/ColorSerial.cpp
@@ -451,4 +451,11 @@ void ColorSerial::weatherCondition(int code, const char *customLabel)
     Serial.print(condition);
     Serial.print(RESET);
     Serial.println();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+// Terminal Control Methods
+void ColorSerial::clearScreen()
+{
+    Serial.print("\033[2J"); // Clear entire screen
+    Serial.print("\033[H");  // Move cursor to home position (0,0)
+}
diff --git a/lib/Utils/src/ColorSerial.h b/lib/Utils/src/ColorSerial.h
index 2dbce54..9ed5308 100644
--- a/lib/Utils/src/ColorSerial.h
+++ b/lib/Utils/src/ColorSerial.h
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ public:
     static const char *BOX_DOUBLE_VERT;
     static const char *BOX_SINGLE_VERT;
 
+    static void clearScreen();
+
     // Main Logging Methods
     static void success(const char *message, const char *details = "");
     static void error(const char *message, const char *details = "");
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 77aa70b..892be63 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ void printCharMatrixSimple(char c)
     const u_int8_t font_height = 16;
 #endif
     const auto *fontData = fontData_.data();
-    Serial.print("<");
-    Serial.print(c);
-    Serial.println(">");
+    String msg = "<" + String(c) + ">";
+    ColorSerial::debug(msg.c_str());
 
     String mtrx = "";
     for (int row = 0; row < font_height; row++)
@@ -107,9 +106,7 @@ void connect_wifi()
         delay(250);
         Serial.print(".");
     }
-    Serial.println("\nConnected to WiFi!");
-    Serial.print("IP address: ");
-    Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
+    ColorSerial::wifiStatus();
 }
 
 void json_with_WiFiClient()
@@ -121,7 +118,7 @@ void json_with_WiFiClient()
 
     if (client.connect("api.open-meteo.com", 80))
     {
-        Serial.println("connected to api.open-meteo.com :-)");
+        Serial.println("connected to api.open-meteo.com");
 
         client.println("GET /v1/forecast?latitude=52.52&longitude=13.41&current_weather=true HTTP/1.1");
         client.println("Host: api.open-meteo.com");
@@ -208,12 +205,13 @@ void json_with_HTTPClient()
 
     if (httpCode != HTTP_CODE_OK)
     {
-        Serial.printf("HTTP error: %d\n", httpCode);
+        String errMsg = "HTTP error: GET request failed (httpCode:" + String(httpCode + ")");
+        ColorSerial::error(errMsg.c_str());
         http.end();
         return;
     }
 
-    ColorSerial::info("connected to api.open-meteo.com :-)");
+    ColorSerial::info("connected to api.open-meteo.com");
     ColorSerial::info("=== Full Response Complete ===");
 
     String payload = http.getString();
@@ -233,18 +231,20 @@ void json_with_HTTPClient()
         float temperature = current["temperature"];
         String temp_unit = units["temperature"];
 
+        uint8_t weathercode = current["weathercode"];
+
         ColorSerial::temperature(temperature, temp_unit.c_str());
 
         String temp_msg = "Temperature: " + String(temperature, 1) + temp_unit.c_str();
 
         ColorSerial::info(temp_msg.c_str(), "Anzeige Temperatur Wert");
-        Serial.printf("Temperature: %.1f %s", temperature, temp_unit.c_str());
-        Serial.println();
+        ColorSerial::weatherCondition(weathercode);
     }
     else
     {
-        Serial.println("JSON parse failed");
-        Serial.println(error.c_str());
+        String errCode = error.c_str();
+        String errMsg = "JSON parse failed: " + errCode;
+        ColorSerial::error(errMsg.c_str());
 
         return;
     }
@@ -259,20 +259,17 @@ void setup()
     while (!Serial)
         delay(10);
 
-    ColorSerial::header("PICO W WEATHER STATION");
+    ColorSerial::clearScreen();
     ColorSerial::boxHeader("PICO W WEATHER STATION");
     ColorSerial::info("System starting up", "v1.0");
 
     connect_wifi();
+
     if (WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED)
     {
         // json_with_WiFiClient();
         json_with_HTTPClient();
     }
-    else
-    {
-        ColorSerial::warning("WiFi NOT connected.");
-    }
 
     setupMatrix();
     // printCharMatrixSimple('@');