This is the description of the JavaScript API bindings for the Temperature IR Bricklet. General information and technical specifications for the Temperature IR 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 | var Tinkerforge = require('tinkerforge');
var HOST = 'localhost';
var PORT = 4223;
var UID = 'kqJ'; // Change to your UID
var ipcon = new Tinkerforge.IPConnection(); // Create IP connection
var tir = new Tinkerforge.BrickletTemperatureIR(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 object and ambient temperatures (unit is °C/10)
tir.getObjectTemperature(
function(obj) {
console.log('Object Temperature: '+obj/10+' °C');
},
function(error) {
console.log('Error: '+error);
}
);
tir.getAmbientTemperature(
function(amb) {
console.log('Ambient Temperature: '+amb/10+' °C');
},
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 (ExampleWaterBoiling.js)
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 | var Tinkerforge = require('tinkerforge');
var HOST = 'localhost';
var PORT = 4223;
var UID = 'kqJ'; // Change to your UID
var ipcon = new Tinkerforge.IPConnection(); // Create IP connection
var tir = new Tinkerforge.BrickletTemperatureIR(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) {
// Set emissivity to 0.98 (emissivity of water)
tir.setEmissivity(parseInt(0xFFFF*0.98));
// Get threshold callbacks with a debounce time of 10 seconds (10000ms)
tir.setDebouncePeriod(10000);
// Configure threshold for "greater than 100 °C" (unit is °C/10)
tir.setObjectTemperatureCallbackThreshold('>', 100*10, 0);
}
);
// Register threshold reached callback
tir.on(Tinkerforge.BrickletTemperatureIR.CALLBACK_OBJECT_TEMPERATURE_REACHED,
// Callback for object temperature greater than 100 °C
// (parameter has unit °C/10)
function(temp) {
console.log('The surface has a temperature of ' + temp/10.0 + ' °C.');
console.log('The water is boiling!');
console.log();
}
);
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 48 49 50 51 52 | var Tinkerforge = require('tinkerforge');
var HOST = 'localhost';
var PORT = 4223;
var UID = 'kqJ'; // Change to your UID
var ipcon = new Tinkerforge.IPConnection(); // Create IP connection
var tir = new Tinkerforge.BrickletTemperatureIR(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) {
// Set Period for temperature callbacks to 1s (1000ms)
// Note: The callbacks are only called every second if the
// value has changed since the last call!
tir.setObjectTemperatureCallbackPeriod(1000);
tir.setAmbientTemperatureCallbackPeriod(1000);
}
);
// Register object temperature callback
tir.on(Tinkerforge.BrickletTemperatureIR.CALLBACK_OBJECT_TEMPERATURE,
// Callback functions for object/ambient temperature callbacks
// (parameters have unit °C/10)
function(temp) {
console.log('Object Temperature: '+temp/10+' °C');
console.log();
}
);
// Register ambient temperature callback
tir.on(Tinkerforge.BrickletTemperatureIR.CALLBACK_AMBIENT_TEMPERATURE,
// Callback functions for object/ambient temperature callbacks
// (parameters have unit °C/10)
function(temp) {
console.log('Ambient Temperature: '+temp/10+' °C');
console.log();
}
);
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 | <!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>Temperature IR 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 tir = new Tinkerforge.BrickletTemperatureIR(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 object and ambient temperatures (unit is °C/10)
tir.getObjectTemperature(
function(obj) {
textArea.value += 'Object Temperature: '+obj/10+' °C\n';
},
function(error) {
textArea.value += 'Error: '+error+'\n';
}
);
tir.getAmbientTemperature(
function(amb) {
textArea.value += 'Ambient Temperature: '+amb/10+' °C\n';
},
function(error) {
textArea.value += 'Error: '+error+'\n';
}
);
}
);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Download (ExampleWaterBoiling.html), Test (ExampleWaterBoiling.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 | <!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>Temperature IR Bricklet Threshold 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 tir = new Tinkerforge.BrickletTemperatureIR(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) {
// Set emissivity to 0.98 (emissivity of water)
tir.setEmissivity(parseInt(0xFFFF*0.98));
// Get threshold callbacks with a debounce time of 10 seconds (10000ms)
tir.setDebouncePeriod(10000);
// Configure threshold for "greater than 100 °C" (unit is °C/10)
tir.setObjectTemperatureCallbackThreshold('>', 100*10, 0);
}
);
// Register threshold reached callback
tir.on(Tinkerforge.BrickletTemperatureIR.CALLBACK_OBJECT_TEMPERATURE_REACHED,
// Callback for object temperature greater than 100 °C
// (parameter has unit °C/10)
function(temp) {
textArea.value += 'The surface has a temperature of ' + temp/10.0 + ' °C.\n';
textArea.value += 'The water is boiling!';
textArea.value += '\n';
textArea.scrollTop = textArea.scrollHeight;
}
);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Download (ExampleCallback.html), Test (ExampleCallback.html)
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<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>Temperature IR 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 tir = new Tinkerforge.BrickletTemperatureIR(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) {
// Set Period for temperature callbacks to 1s (1000ms)
// Note: The callbacks are only called every second if the
// value has changed since the last call!
tir.setObjectTemperatureCallbackPeriod(1000);
tir.setAmbientTemperatureCallbackPeriod(1000);
}
);
// Register object temperature callback
tir.on(Tinkerforge.BrickletTemperatureIR.CALLBACK_OBJECT_TEMPERATURE,
// Callback functions for object/ambient temperature callbacks
// (parameters have unit °C/10)
function(temp) {
textArea.value += 'Object Temperature: '+temp/10+' °C';
textArea.value += '\n';
textArea.scrollTop = textArea.scrollHeight;
}
);
// Register ambient temperature callback
tir.on(Tinkerforge.BrickletTemperatureIR.CALLBACK_AMBIENT_TEMPERATURE,
// Callback functions for object/ambient temperature callbacks
// (parameters have unit °C/10)
function(temp) {
textArea.value += 'Ambient Temperature: '+temp/10+' °C';
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 temperatureIR = new BrickletTemperatureIR("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 ambient temperature of the sensor. The value has a range of -400 to 1250 and is given in °C/10, e.g. a value of 423 means that an ambient temperature of 42.3 °C is measured.
If you want to get the ambient temperature periodically, it is recommended to use the callback CALLBACK_AMBIENT_TEMPERATURE and set the period with setAmbientTemperatureCallbackPeriod().
Callback: |
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Returns the object temperature of the sensor, i.e. the temperature of the surface of the object the sensor is aimed at. The value has a range of -700 to 3800 and is given in °C/10, e.g. a value of 3001 means that a temperature of 300.1 °C is measured on the surface of the object.
The temperature of different materials is dependent on their emissivity. The emissivity of the material can be set with setEmissivity().
If you want to get the object temperature periodically, it is recommended to use the callback CALLBACK_OBJECT_TEMPERATURE and set the period with setObjectTemperatureCallbackPeriod().
Parameters: |
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Callback: | undefined |
Sets the emissivity that is used to calculate the surface temperature as returned by getObjectTemperature().
The emissivity is usually given as a value between 0.0 and 1.0. A list of emissivities of different materials can be found here.
The parameter of setEmissivity() has to be given with a factor of 65535 (16-bit). For example: An emissivity of 0.1 can be set with the value 6553, an emissivity of 0.5 with the value 32767 and so on.
Note
If you need a precise measurement for the object temperature, it is absolutely crucial that you also provide a precise emissivity.
The default emissivity is 1.0 (value of 65535) and the minimum emissivity the sensor can handle is 0.1 (value of 6553).
Callback: |
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Returns the emissivity as set by setEmissivity().
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.
Parameters: |
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Callback: | undefined |
Sets the period in ms with which the CALLBACK_AMBIENT_TEMPERATURE callback is triggered periodically. A value of 0 turns the callback off.
CALLBACK_AMBIENT_TEMPERATURE is only triggered if the temperature has changed since the last triggering.
The default value is 0.
Callback: |
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Returns the period as set by setAmbientTemperatureCallbackPeriod().
Parameters: |
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Callback: | undefined |
Sets the period in ms with which the CALLBACK_OBJECT_TEMPERATURE callback is triggered periodically. A value of 0 turns the callback off.
CALLBACK_OBJECT_TEMPERATURE is only triggered if the temperature has changed since the last triggering.
The default value is 0.
Callback: |
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Returns the period as set by setObjectTemperatureCallbackPeriod().
Parameters: |
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Callback: | undefined |
Sets the thresholds for the CALLBACK_AMBIENT_TEMPERATURE_REACHED callback.
The following options are possible:
Option | Description |
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'x' | Callback is turned off |
'o' | Callback is triggered when the ambient temperature is outside the min and max values |
'i' | Callback is triggered when the ambient temperature is inside the min and max values |
'<' | Callback is triggered when the ambient temperature is smaller than the min value (max is ignored) |
'>' | Callback is triggered when the ambient temperature is greater than the min value (max is ignored) |
The default value is ('x', 0, 0).
The following constants are available for this function:
Callback: |
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Returns the threshold as set by setAmbientTemperatureCallbackThreshold().
The following constants are available for this function:
Parameters: |
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Callback: | undefined |
Sets the thresholds for the CALLBACK_OBJECT_TEMPERATURE_REACHED callback.
The following options are possible:
Option | Description |
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'x' | Callback is turned off |
'o' | Callback is triggered when the object temperature is outside the min and max values |
'i' | Callback is triggered when the object temperature is inside the min and max values |
'<' | Callback is triggered when the object temperature is smaller than the min value (max is ignored) |
'>' | Callback is triggered when the object temperature is greater than the min value (max is ignored) |
The default value is ('x', 0, 0).
The following constants are available for this function:
Callback: |
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Returns the threshold as set by setObjectTemperatureCallbackThreshold().
The following constants are available for this function:
Parameters: |
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Callback: | undefined |
Sets the period in ms with which the threshold callbacks
are triggered, if the thresholds
keep being reached.
The default value is 100.
Callback: |
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Returns the debounce period as set by setDebouncePeriod().
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:
temperatureIR.on(BrickletTemperatureIR.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 is triggered periodically with the period that is set by setAmbientTemperatureCallbackPeriod(). The parameter is the ambient temperature of the sensor.
CALLBACK_AMBIENT_TEMPERATURE is only triggered if the ambient temperature has changed since the last triggering.
Parameters: |
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This callback is triggered periodically with the period that is set by setObjectTemperatureCallbackPeriod(). The parameter is the object temperature of the sensor.
CALLBACK_OBJECT_TEMPERATURE is only triggered if the object temperature has changed since the last triggering.
Parameters: |
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This callback is triggered when the threshold as set by setAmbientTemperatureCallbackThreshold() is reached. The parameter is the ambient temperature of the sensor.
If the threshold keeps being reached, the callback is triggered periodically with the period as set by setDebouncePeriod().
Parameters: |
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This callback is triggered when the threshold as set by setObjectTemperatureCallbackThreshold() is reached. The parameter is the object temperature of the sensor.
If the threshold keeps being reached, the callback is triggered periodically with the period as set by setDebouncePeriod().
This constant is used to identify a Temperature IR 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.