this is a big slop that might backfire lol... new config system and UI!

server/src/services/balanceBoardService/configuration.js

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Balance Board Configuration
+// Purpose: Defines optional hardware enablement and development simulation.
+// Scope: Contains configuration metadata only and never opens Bluetooth.
+const { strictObject, boolean } = require('../../configuration/schemaHelpers');
+
+module.exports = {
+  key: 'balanceBoard',
+  feature: true,
+  defaultValue: { enabled: false, simulate: false },
+  schema: strictObject({ enabled: boolean(), simulate: boolean() }, { title: 'Balance Board', required: ['enabled', 'simulate'] }),
+};

server/src/services/balanceBoardService/index.js

@@ -7,16 +7,15 @@ const { promisify } = require('util');
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
 const io = require('../../globals/io');
 const logger = require('../../globals/logger').child('balanceBoardService');
-const { loadConfig } = require('../../helpers/configLoader');
+const { loadConfig } = require('../../configuration');
 const { resolveDataDir, resolveDataPath } = require('../../helpers/dataPaths');
-const { isFeatureEnabled } = require('../../helpers/features');
 const { isAdmin } = require('../roleService');
 const { sendAlert } = require('../alertService');
 const { createBalanceBoardHardware } = require('./hardware');
 
 const events = new EventEmitter();
-const enabled = isFeatureEnabled('balanceBoard');
 const rawConfig = loadConfig().balanceBoard || {};
+const enabled = Boolean(rawConfig.enabled);
 const DATA_DIR = resolveDataDir();
 const STORE_PATH = resolveDataPath('balance-board.json');
 const FRAME_ROOM = 'balance-board-viewers';