Shell - Industrial Analog Out 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 Analog Out Bricklet. General information and technical specifications for the Industrial Analog Out 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).

Simple Current

Download (example-simple-current.sh)

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#!/bin/sh
# connects to localhost:4223 by default, use --host and --port to change it

# change to your UID
uid=XYZ

# set a current of 4.5mA
tinkerforge call industrial-analog-out-bricklet $uid set-current 4500

Simple Voltage

Download (example-simple-voltage.sh)

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#!/bin/sh
# connects to localhost:4223 by default, use --host and --port to change it

# change to your UID
uid=XYZ

# set a voltage of 3.3V
tinkerforge call industrial-analog-out-bricklet $uid set-voltage 3300

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

Command Structure

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

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

The call command is used to call a function of the Industrial Analog Out 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 Analog Out Bricklet and exits
tinkerforge dispatch industrial-analog-out-bricklet [<option>..] <uid> <callback>
Parameters:
  • <uid> -- string
  • <callback> -- string

The dispatch command is used to dispatch a callback of the Industrial Analog Out 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 Analog Out Bricklet and exits
tinkerforge call industrial-analog-out-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-analog-out-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-analog-out-bricklet <uid> enable
Output:no output

Enables the output of voltage and current.

The default is disabled.

tinkerforge call industrial-analog-out-bricklet <uid> disable
Output:no output

Disables the output of voltage and current.

The default is disabled.

tinkerforge call industrial-analog-out-bricklet <uid> is-enabled
Output:
  • enabled -- bool

Returns true if output of voltage and current is enabled, false otherwise.

tinkerforge call industrial-analog-out-bricklet <uid> set-voltage <voltage>
Parameters:
  • <voltage> -- int
Output:

no output

Sets the output voltage in mV.

tinkerforge call industrial-analog-out-bricklet <uid> get-voltage
Output:
  • voltage -- int

Returns the voltage as set by set-voltage.

tinkerforge call industrial-analog-out-bricklet <uid> set-current <current>
Parameters:
  • <current> -- int
Output:

no output

Sets the output current in µA.

tinkerforge call industrial-analog-out-bricklet <uid> get-current
Output:
  • current -- int

Returns the current as set by set-current.

Advanced Functions

tinkerforge call industrial-analog-out-bricklet <uid> set-configuration <voltage-range> <current-range>
Parameters:
  • <voltage-range> -- int (has symbols)
  • <current-range> -- int (has symbols)
Output:

no output

Configures the voltage and current range.

Possible voltage ranges are:

  • 0V to 5V
  • 0V to 10V

Possible current ranges are:

  • 4mA to 20mA
  • 0mA to 20mA
  • 0mA to 24mA

The resolution will always be 12 bit. This means, that the precision is higher with a smaller range.

The following symbols are available for this function:

  • 0-to-5v = 0, for <voltage-range>
  • 0-to-10v = 1, for <voltage-range>
  • 4-to-20ma = 0, for <current-range>
  • 0-to-20ma = 1, for <current-range>
  • 0-to-24ma = 2, for <current-range>
tinkerforge call industrial-analog-out-bricklet <uid> get-configuration
Output:
  • voltage-range -- int (has symbols)
  • current-range -- int (has symbols)

Returns the configuration as set by set-configuration.

The following symbols are available for this function:

  • 0-to-5v = 0, for voltage-range
  • 0-to-10v = 1, for voltage-range
  • 4-to-20ma = 0, for current-range
  • 0-to-20ma = 1, for current-range
  • 0-to-24ma = 2, for current-range
tinkerforge call industrial-analog-out-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

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