This is the description of the JavaScript API bindings for the Tilt Bricklet. General information and technical specifications for the Tilt Bricklet are summarized in its hardware description.
An installation guide for the JavaScript API bindings is part of their general description.
The example code below is Public Domain (CC0 1.0).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 | var Tinkerforge = require('tinkerforge');
var HOST = 'localhost';
var PORT = 4223;
var UID = 'fgfds'; // Change to your UID
var ipcon = new Tinkerforge.IPConnection(); // Create IP connection
var tilt = new Tinkerforge.BrickletTilt(UID, ipcon); // Create device object
ipcon.connect(HOST, PORT,
function(error) {
console.log('Error: '+error);
}
); // Connect to brickd
// Don't use device before ipcon is connected
ipcon.on(Tinkerforge.IPConnection.CALLBACK_CONNECTED,
function(connectReason) {
// Enable tilt state callback
tilt.enableTiltStateCallback();
}
);
// Register tilt state callback
tilt.on(Tinkerforge.BrickletTilt.CALLBACK_TILT_STATE,
function(tiltState) {
switch(tiltState) {
case Tinkerforge.BrickletTilt.TILT_STATE_CLOSED:
console.log('Closed');
break;
case Tinkerforge.BrickletTilt.TILT_STATE_OPEN:
console.log('Open');
break;
case Tinkerforge.BrickletTilt.TILT_STATE_CLOSED_VIBRATING:
console.log('Closed vibrating');
break;
}
}
);
console.log("Press any key to exit ...");
process.stdin.on('data',
function(data) {
ipcon.disconnect();
process.exit(0);
}
);
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 | var Tinkerforge = require('tinkerforge');
var HOST = 'localhost';
var PORT = 4223;
var UID = 'fgfds'; // Change to your UID
var ipcon = new Tinkerforge.IPConnection(); // Create IP connection
var tilt = new Tinkerforge.BrickletTilt(UID, ipcon); // Create device object
ipcon.connect(HOST, PORT,
function(error) {
console.log('Error: '+error);
}
); // Connect to brickd
// Don't use device before ipcon is connected
ipcon.on(Tinkerforge.IPConnection.CALLBACK_CONNECTED,
function(connectReason) {
// Get current tilt state
tilt.getTiltState(
function(tiltState) {
switch(tiltState) {
case Tinkerforge.BrickletTilt.TILT_STATE_CLOSED:
console.log('Closed');
break;
case Tinkerforge.BrickletTilt.TILT_STATE_OPEN:
console.log('Open');
break;
case Tinkerforge.BrickletTilt.TILT_STATE_CLOSED_VIBRATING:
console.log('Closed vibrating');
break;
}
},
function(error) {
console.log('Error: '+error);
}
);
}
);
console.log("Press any key to exit ...");
process.stdin.on('data',
function(data) {
ipcon.disconnect();
process.exit(0);
}
);
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Download (ExampleSimple.html), Test (ExampleSimple.html)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 | <!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<head>
<title>Tinkerforge | JavaScript Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<div style="text-align:center;">
<h1>Tilt Bricklet Simple Example</h1>
<p>
<input value="localhost" id="host" type="text" size="20">:
<input value="4280" id="port" type="text" size="5">,
<input value="uid" id="uid" type="text" size="5">
<input value="Start Example" id="start" type="button" onclick="startExample();">
</p>
<p>
<textarea id="text" cols="80" rows="24" style="resize:none;"
>Press "Start Example" to begin ...</textarea>
</p>
<div>
<script src="./Tinkerforge.js" type='text/javascript'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var ipcon;
var textArea = document.getElementById("text");
function startExample() {
textArea.value = "";
var HOST = document.getElementById("host").value;
var PORT = parseInt(document.getElementById("port").value);
var UID = document.getElementById("uid").value;
if(ipcon !== undefined) {
ipcon.disconnect();
}
ipcon = new Tinkerforge.IPConnection(); // Create IP connection
var tilt = new Tinkerforge.BrickletTilt(UID, ipcon); // Create device object
ipcon.connect(HOST, PORT,
function(error) {
textArea.value += 'Error: '+error+'\n';
}
); // Connect to brickd
// Don't use device before ipcon is connected
ipcon.on(Tinkerforge.IPConnection.CALLBACK_CONNECTED,
function(connectReason) {
// Get current tilt state
tilt.getTiltState(
function(tiltState) {
switch(tiltState) {
case Tinkerforge.BrickletTilt.TILT_STATE_CLOSED:
textArea.value += 'Closed';
break;
case Tinkerforge.BrickletTilt.TILT_STATE_OPEN:
textArea.value += 'Open';
break;
case Tinkerforge.BrickletTilt.TILT_STATE_CLOSED_VIBRATING:
textArea.value += 'Closed vibrating';
break;
}
},
function(error) {
textArea.value += 'Error: '+error+'\n';
}
);
}
);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Download (ExampleCallback.html), Test (ExampleCallback.html)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 | <!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<head>
<title>Tinkerforge | JavaScript Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<div style="text-align:center;">
<h1>Tilt Bricklet Callback Example</h1>
<p>
<input value="localhost" id="host" type="text" size="20">:
<input value="4280" id="port" type="text" size="5">,
<input value="uid" id="uid" type="text" size="5">
<input value="Start Example" id="start" type="button" onclick="startExample();">
</p>
<p>
<textarea id="text" cols="80" rows="24" style="resize:none;"
>Press "Start Example" to begin ...</textarea>
</p>
<div>
<script src="./Tinkerforge.js" type='text/javascript'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var ipcon;
var textArea = document.getElementById("text");
function startExample() {
textArea.value = "";
var HOST = document.getElementById("host").value;
var PORT = parseInt(document.getElementById("port").value);
var UID = document.getElementById("uid").value;
if(ipcon !== undefined) {
ipcon.disconnect();
}
ipcon = new Tinkerforge.IPConnection(); // Create IP connection
var tilt = new Tinkerforge.BrickletTilt(UID, ipcon); // Create device object
ipcon.connect(HOST, PORT,
function(error) {
textArea.value += 'Error: '+error+'\n';
}
); // Connect to brickd
// Don't use device before ipcon is connected
ipcon.on(Tinkerforge.IPConnection.CALLBACK_CONNECTED,
function(connectReason) {
// Enable tilt state callback
tilt.enableTiltStateCallback();
}
);
// Register tilt state callback
tilt.on(Tinkerforge.BrickletTilt.CALLBACK_TILT_STATE,
function(tiltState) {
switch(tiltState) {
case Tinkerforge.BrickletTilt.TILT_STATE_CLOSED:
textArea.value += 'Closed';
break;
case Tinkerforge.BrickletTilt.TILT_STATE_OPEN:
textArea.value += 'Open';
break;
case Tinkerforge.BrickletTilt.TILT_STATE_CLOSED_VIBRATING:
textArea.value += 'Closed vibrating';
break;
}
textArea.value += '\n';
textArea.scrollTop = textArea.scrollHeight;
}
);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Generally, every method of the JavaScript bindings can take two optional parameters, returnCallback and errorCallback. These are two user defined callback functions. The returnCallback is called with the return values as parameters, if the method returns something. The errorCallback is called with an error code in case of an error. The error code can be one of the following values:
The namespace for the JavaScript bindings is Tinkerforge.*.
Parameters: |
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Creates an object with the unique device ID uid:
var tilt = new BrickletTilt("YOUR_DEVICE_UID", ipcon);
This object can then be used after the IP Connection is connected (see examples above).
Callback: |
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Returns the current tilt state. The state can either be
The following constants are available for this function:
Return type: | [int, int, int] |
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Returns the version of the API definition (major, minor, revision) implemented by this API bindings. This is neither the release version of this API bindings nor does it tell you anything about the represented Brick or Bricklet.
Parameters: |
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Return type: | boolean |
Returns the response expected flag for the function specified by the function ID parameter. It is true if the function is expected to send a response, false otherwise.
For getter functions this is enabled by default and cannot be disabled, because those functions will always send a response. For callback configuration functions it is enabled by default too, but can be disabled by setResponseExpected(). For setter functions it is disabled by default and can be enabled.
Enabling the response expected flag for a setter function allows to detect timeouts and other error conditions calls of this setter as well. The device will then send a response for this purpose. If this flag is disabled for a setter function then no response is send and errors are silently ignored, because they cannot be detected.
See setResponseExpected() for the list of function ID constants available for this function.
Parameters: |
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Changes the response expected flag of the function specified by the function ID parameter. This flag can only be changed for setter (default value: false) and callback configuration functions (default value: true). For getter functions it is always enabled and callbacks it is always disabled.
Enabling the response expected flag for a setter function allows to detect timeouts and other error conditions calls of this setter as well. The device will then send a response for this purpose. If this flag is disabled for a setter function then no response is send and errors are silently ignored, because they cannot be detected.
The following function ID constants are available for this function:
Parameters: |
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Changes the response expected flag for all setter and callback configuration functions of this device at once.
Callback: |
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Returns the UID, the UID where the Bricklet is connected to, the position, the hardware and firmware version as well as the device identifier.
The position can be 'a', 'b', 'c' or 'd'.
The device identifier numbers can be found here. There is also a constant for the device identifier of this Bricklet.
Parameters: |
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Registers a callback with ID id to the function callback. The available IDs with corresponding function signatures are listed below.
Callback: | undefined |
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Enables the CALLBACK_TILT_STATE callback.
Callback: | undefined |
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Disables the CALLBACK_TILT_STATE callback.
Callback: |
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Returns true if the CALLBACK_TILT_STATE callback is enabled.
Callbacks can be registered to receive time critical or recurring data from the device. The registration is done with the on() function of the device object. The first parameter is the callback ID and the second parameter the callback function:
tilt.on(BrickletTilt.CALLBACK_EXAMPLE,
function (param) {
console.log(param);
}
);
The available constants with inherent number and type of parameters are described below.
Note
Using callbacks for recurring events is always preferred compared to using getters. It will use less USB bandwidth and the latency will be a lot better, since there is no round trip time.
Parameters: |
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This callback provides the current tilt state. It is called every time the state changes.
See getTiltState() for a description of the states.
The following constants are available for this function:
This constant is used to identify a Tilt Bricklet.
The getIdentity() function and the CALLBACK_ENUMERATE callback of the IP Connection have a device_identifier parameter to specify the Brick's or Bricklet's type.