Added blink() function, and called it when message receive, and when the face is loaded.

rpi/antRender.py

@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ class ProotState:
 
         return self.current_blink_state
     
+    def blink(self):
+        self.set_desired_blink_state(10)
+    
     def set_desired_blink_state(self, state: int):
         self.desired_blink_state = state
 
@@ -289,8 +292,8 @@ endT = curr_time = round(time.time()*1000)
 print("populating matrices for each blink frame took: " + str(endT - startT) + " ms")
 
 proot_state = ProotState()
-
 proot_state.set_blinks_frames_ready(True)
+proot_state.blink()
 
 
 
@@ -304,7 +307,7 @@ def on_message(client, userdata, message):
     print("Received message '" + str(message.payload) + "' on topic '"
           + message.topic + "' with QoS " + str(message.qos))
     proot_state = ProotState()
-    proot_state.set_desired_blink_state(10)
+    proot_state.blink()
 
 # MQTT broker configuration
 broker_address = "10.1.13.173"  # Replace with your MQTT broker's address