Shell - Industrial Dual Analog In Bricklet

Note

This Bricklet is currently in the prototype stage and the software/hardware as well as the documentation is in an incomplete state.

This is the description of the Shell API bindings for the Industrial Dual Analog In Bricklet. General information and technical specifications for the Industrial Dual Analog In Bricklet are summarized in its hardware description.

An installation guide for the Shell API bindings is part of their general description.

Examples

The example code below is Public Domain (CC0 1.0).

API

Possible exit codes for all tinkerforge commands are:

  • 1: interrupted (ctrl+c)
  • 2: syntax error
  • 21: Python 2.5 or newer is required
  • 22: Python argparse module is missing
  • 23: socket error
  • 24: other exception
  • 25: invalid placeholder in format string
  • 26: authentication error
  • 201: timeout occurred
  • 209: invalid argument value
  • 210: function is not supported
  • 211: unknown error

The Bricklet has two input channel. Functions that are related directly to a channel have a channel parameter to specify one of the two channels. Valid values for the channel parameter are 0 and 1.

Command Structure

The common options of the call and dispatch commands are documented here. The specific command structure is shown below.

tinkerforge call industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet [<option>..] <uid> <function> [<argument>..]
Parameters:
  • <uid> -- string
  • <function> -- string

The call command is used to call a function of the Industrial Dual Analog In Bricklet. It can take several options:

  • --help shows help for the specific call command and exits
  • --list-functions shows a list of known functions of the Industrial Dual Analog In Bricklet and exits
tinkerforge dispatch industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet [<option>..] <uid> <callback>
Parameters:
  • <uid> -- string
  • <callback> -- string

The dispatch command is used to dispatch a callback of the Industrial Dual Analog In Bricklet. It can take several options:

  • --help shows help for the specific dispatch command and exits
  • --list-callbacks shows a list of known callbacks of the Industrial Dual Analog In Bricklet and exits
tinkerforge call industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet <uid> <function> [<option>..] [<argument>..]
Parameters:
  • <uid> -- string
  • <function> -- string

The <function> to be called can take different options depending of its kind. All functions can take the following options:

  • --help shows help for the specific function and exits

Getter functions can take the following options:

  • --execute <command> shell command line to execute for each incoming response (see section about output formatting for details)

Setter functions can take the following options:

  • --expect-response requests response and waits for it

The --expect-response option for setter functions allows to detect timeouts and other error conditions calls of setters as well. The device will then send a response for this purpose. If this option is not given for a setter function then no response is send and errors are silently ignored, because they cannot be detected.

tinkerforge dispatch industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet <uid> <callback> [<option>..]
Parameters:
  • <uid> -- string
  • <callback> -- string

The <callback> to be dispatched can take several options:

  • --help shows help for the specific callback and exits
  • --execute <command> shell command line to execute for each incoming response (see section about output formatting for details)

Basic Functions

tinkerforge call industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet <uid> get-voltage <channel>
Parameters:
  • <channel> -- int
Output:
  • voltage -- int

Returns the voltage for the given channel in mV.

If you want to get the voltage periodically, it is recommended to use the callback voltage and set the period with set-voltage-callback-period.

Advanced Functions

tinkerforge call industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet <uid> set-sample-rate <rate>
Parameters:
  • <rate> -- int (has symbols)
Output:

no output

Sets the sample rate. The sample rate can be between 1 sample per second and 976 samples per second. Decreasing the sample rate will also decrease the noise on the data.

The following symbols are available for this function:

  • 976-sps = 0, for <rate>
  • 488-sps = 1, for <rate>
  • 244-sps = 2, for <rate>
  • 122-sps = 3, for <rate>
  • 61-sps = 4, for <rate>
  • 4-sps = 5, for <rate>
  • 2-sps = 6, for <rate>
  • 1-sps = 7, for <rate>
tinkerforge call industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet <uid> get-sample-rate
Output:
  • rate -- int (has symbols)

Returns the sample rate as set by set-sample-rate.

The following symbols are available for this function:

  • 976-sps = 0, for rate
  • 488-sps = 1, for rate
  • 244-sps = 2, for rate
  • 122-sps = 3, for rate
  • 61-sps = 4, for rate
  • 4-sps = 5, for rate
  • 2-sps = 6, for rate
  • 1-sps = 7, for rate
tinkerforge call industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet <uid> set-calibration <offset> <gain>
Parameters:
  • <offset> -- int,int
  • <gain> -- int,int
Output:

no output

Sets offset and gain of MCP3911 internal calibration registers.

See MCP3911 datasheet 7.7 and 7.8. The Industrial Dual Analog In Bricklet is already factory calibrated by Tinkerforge. It should not be necessary for you to use this function

tinkerforge call industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet <uid> get-calibration
Output:
  • offset -- int,int
  • gain -- int,int

Returns the calibration as set by set-calibration.

tinkerforge call industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet <uid> get-adc-values
Output:
  • value -- int,int

Returns the ADC values as given by the MCP3911 IC. This function is needed for proper calibration, see set-calibration.

tinkerforge call industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet <uid> get-identity
Output:
  • uid -- string
  • connected-uid -- string
  • position -- char
  • hardware-version -- int,int,int
  • firmware-version -- int,int,int
  • device-identifier -- int (has symbols)

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

Callback Configuration Functions

tinkerforge call industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet <uid> set-voltage-callback-period <channel> <period>
Parameters:
  • <channel> -- int
  • <period> -- int
Output:

no output

Sets the period in ms with which the voltage callback is triggered periodically for the given channel. A value of 0 turns the callback off.

voltage is only triggered if the voltage has changed since the last triggering.

The default value is 0.

tinkerforge call industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet <uid> get-voltage-callback-period <channel>
Parameters:
  • <channel> -- int
Output:
  • period -- int

Returns the period as set by set-voltage-callback-period.

tinkerforge call industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet <uid> set-voltage-callback-threshold <channel> <option> <min> <max>
Parameters:
  • <channel> -- int
  • <option> -- char (has symbols)
  • <min> -- int
  • <max> -- int
Output:

no output

Sets the thresholds for the voltage-reached callback for the given channel.

The following options are possible:

Option Description
'x' Callback is turned off
'o' Callback is triggered when the voltage is outside the min and max values
'i' Callback is triggered when the voltage is inside the min and max values
'<' Callback is triggered when the voltage is smaller than the min value (max is ignored)
'>' Callback is triggered when the voltage is greater than the min value (max is ignored)

The default value is ('x', 0, 0).

The following symbols are available for this function:

  • off = x, for <option>
  • outside = o, for <option>
  • inside = i, for <option>
  • smaller = <, for <option>
  • greater = >, for <option>
tinkerforge call industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet <uid> get-voltage-callback-threshold <channel>
Parameters:
  • <channel> -- int
Output:
  • option -- char (has symbols)
  • min -- int
  • max -- int

Returns the threshold as set by set-voltage-callback-threshold.

The following symbols are available for this function:

  • off = x, for option
  • outside = o, for option
  • inside = i, for option
  • smaller = <, for option
  • greater = >, for option
tinkerforge call industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet <uid> set-debounce-period <debounce>
Parameters:
  • <debounce> -- int
Output:

no output

Sets the period in ms with which the threshold callback

is triggered, if the threshold

keeps being reached.

The default value is 100.

tinkerforge call industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet <uid> get-debounce-period
Output:
  • debounce -- int

Returns the debounce period as set by set-debounce-period.

Callbacks

Callbacks can be used to receive time critical or recurring data from the device:

tinkerforge dispatch industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet <uid> example

The available callbacks 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.

tinkerforge dispatch industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet <uid> voltage
Output:
  • channel -- int
  • voltage -- int

This callback is triggered periodically with the period that is set by set-voltage-callback-period. The parameter is the voltage of the channel.

voltage is only triggered if the voltage has changed since the last triggering.

tinkerforge dispatch industrial-dual-analog-in-bricklet <uid> voltage-reached
Output:
  • channel -- int
  • voltage -- int

This callback is triggered when the threshold as set by set-voltage-callback-threshold is reached. The parameter is the voltage of the channel.

If the threshold keeps being reached, the callback is triggered periodically with the period as set by set-debounce-period.

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