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polar pmd: ppi stream decode - #45

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polar verity sense / oh1 speak a shared measurement service (control point + data characteristic). this decodes just the ppi stream — control-point start/stop/response, and the fixed 6-byte ppi record layout. ppg/ecg/accel under the same service are untouched, no settings negotiation needed for ppi.

pairs and banks bytes only, no signal claimed yet — needs real hardware first.

Summary by Sourcery

Add a Polar PMD decoder for online PPI measurements without adding support for the service’s other measurement streams.

New Features:

  • Add Polar PMD PPI stream support, including start and stop commands, control-point response parsing, and fixed-format PPI sample decoding.

Enhancements:

  • Expose the Polar PMD decoder through the package barrel.
  • Reject unsupported, malformed, compressed, and incomplete PPI frames rather than decoding them as valid data.

Tests:

  • Add wire-layout tests covering PPI commands, control responses, sample decoding, flags, and invalid frames.

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  • New Features
    • Added Polar PMD support for PPI measurements.
    • Added commands to start and stop PPI measurement.
    • Added parsing for measurement responses and PPI samples, including heart rate, pulse-to-pulse interval, error estimates, motion blocking, and skin-contact status.
    • Added validation for unsupported, compressed, incomplete, or malformed measurement data.

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Adds a publicly exported, deliberately hardware-agnostic Polar PMD PPI implementation: it generates start/stop control-point commands, parses responses, decodes fixed six-byte PPI records, and tests valid and malformed wire layouts while leaving other PMD streams untouched.

Sequence diagram for Polar PMD PPI streaming

sequenceDiagram
    participant Client
    participant ControlPoint
    participant Sensor
    participant DataCharacteristic

    Client->>ControlPoint: polarPmdStartPpi()
    Sensor-->>ControlPoint: [0xF0, reqOpcode, measType, status]
    Client->>ControlPoint: parsePolarPmdControlResponse(value)
    Sensor-->>DataCharacteristic: PPI frame
    Client->>DataCharacteristic: parsePolarPmdPpiFrame(value)
    DataCharacteristic-->>Client: PolarPpiSample[]
    Client->>ControlPoint: polarPmdStopPpi()
    Sensor-->>ControlPoint: [0xF0, reqOpcode, measType, status]
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Flow diagram for Polar PMD PPI frame decoding

flowchart TD
    A[PMD data notification] --> B{PPI measurement type?}
    B -- No --> X[Return null]
    B -- Yes --> C{Valid uncompressed frame?}
    C -- No --> X
    C -- Yes --> D{Body is whole 6-byte records?}
    D -- No --> X
    D -- Yes --> E[Decode hr, ppiMs, errorEstimateMs, and flags]
    E --> F[Return PolarPpiSample list]
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Change Details Files
Add a public Polar PMD PPI protocol module and barrel export.
  • Expose PMD constants, command builders, response models, and PPI sample models.
  • Export the new module through the package barrel.
lib/src/polar_pmd.dart
lib/openstrap_protocol.dart
Implement defensive decoding for PMD control-point responses and fixed-layout PPI data frames.
  • Build start and stop writes for online PPI streaming without settings negotiation.
  • Parse and validate 0xF0 control-point responses, including success status handling.
  • Decode measurement type, compression flag, and one or more six-byte PPI records.
  • Extract heart rate, PPI interval, error estimate, blocker flag, and skin-contact bits.
  • Reject truncated, non-PPI, compressed, empty, and partially sized frames.
lib/src/polar_pmd.dart
Add wire-layout tests covering command generation, response parsing, PPI decoding, and malformed input rejection.
  • Verify single and multi-record decoding and flag extraction.
  • Verify control-point success/refusal behavior and invalid response handling.
  • Verify unsupported measurement types, compression, truncation, empty bodies, and trailing bytes are rejected.
test/polar_pmd_test.dart

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Adds public Polar PMD PPI support. The module builds start and stop commands, parses control responses, models PPI samples, and decodes validated uncompressed frames. Tests cover valid records, flags, command responses, and malformed input.

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Polar PMD PPI support

Layer / File(s) Summary
PPI control-point commands and responses
lib/src/polar_pmd.dart, test/polar_pmd_test.dart
Defines PPI constants, builds start and stop payloads, and parses valid or rejected control-point responses.
PPI sample and frame decoding
lib/src/polar_pmd.dart, test/polar_pmd_test.dart, lib/openstrap_protocol.dart
Adds PolarPpiSample, decodes fixed six-byte uncompressed records, rejects malformed frames, tests flag handling, and exports the module through the package barrel file.

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This adds public Polar PMD PPI commands and decoding while rejecting unsupported and malformed frames. The current implementation and coverage show no remaining actionable merge risk.

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### Comment 1
<location path="lib/src/polar_pmd.dart" line_range="32" />
<code_context>
+/// `(recording << 7) | measType` with `recording` clear (online streaming, not
+/// on-sensor recording) and no setting blocks — PPI has none to negotiate.
+List<int> polarPmdStartPpi() =>
+    const [kPolarPmdOpRequestMeasurementStart, kPolarPmdMeasTypePpi];
+
+/// The bytes to write to the control point to stop the PPI stream.
</code_context>
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**issue (bug_risk):** The start request omits the required online-recording field, so it sends only `[0x02, 0x03]` instead of the PMD start request `[0x02, 0x03, 0x00]`; a Polar sensor rejects the command and never starts the PPI stream. The test cements this incomplete wire command rather than detecting it.

**Triggers:** When `polarPmdStartPpi()` is written to a real Polar PMD control point.

**Suggested fix:** Append the online recording value (`0x00`) to the start command and update the fixture to expect three bytes.
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checked — PMD's start-measurement request is opcode + type only when there are no settings to negotiate (PPI has none); the recording/online distinction isn't a third byte on this command. leaving as-is.

same never-tested flags byte, same lack of hardware confirmation.

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In `@lib/src/polar_pmd.dart`:
- Line 119: Update the PPI frame validation in the relevant decoder to reject
every frame whose type byte at value[9] is nonzero, preserving decoding only for
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PPI defines only frame type 0; any other value (compressed or not) is
not a shape this decoder should accept.
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