This is the description of the Delphi/Lazarus API bindings for the Industrial Digital In 4 Bricklet 2.0. General information and technical specifications for the Industrial Digital In 4 Bricklet 2.0 are summarized in its hardware description.
An installation guide for the Delphi/Lazarus 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 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 | program ExampleSimple;
{$ifdef MSWINDOWS}{$apptype CONSOLE}{$endif}
{$ifdef FPC}{$mode OBJFPC}{$H+}{$endif}
uses
SysUtils, IPConnection, BrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2;
type
TExample = class
private
ipcon: TIPConnection;
idi4: TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2;
public
procedure Execute;
end;
const
HOST = 'localhost';
PORT = 4223;
UID = 'XYZ'; { Change XYZ to the UID of your Industrial Digital In 4 Bricklet 2.0 }
var
e: TExample;
procedure TExample.Execute;
var value: TArray0To3OfBoolean;
begin
{ Create IP connection }
ipcon := TIPConnection.Create;
{ Create device object }
idi4 := TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.Create(UID, ipcon);
{ Connect to brickd }
ipcon.Connect(HOST, PORT);
{ Don't use device before ipcon is connected }
{ Get current value }
value := idi4.GetValue;
WriteLn(Format('Channel 0: %d', [value[0]]));
WriteLn(Format('Channel 1: %d', [value[1]]));
WriteLn(Format('Channel 2: %d', [value[2]]));
WriteLn(Format('Channel 3: %d', [value[3]]));
WriteLn('Press key to exit');
ReadLn;
ipcon.Destroy; { Calls ipcon.Disconnect internally }
end;
begin
e := TExample.Create;
e.Execute;
e.Destroy;
end.
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Download (ExampleEdgeCount.pas)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 | program ExampleEdgeCount;
{$ifdef MSWINDOWS}{$apptype CONSOLE}{$endif}
{$ifdef FPC}{$mode OBJFPC}{$H+}{$endif}
uses
SysUtils, IPConnection, BrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2;
type
TExample = class
private
ipcon: TIPConnection;
idi4: TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2;
public
procedure Execute;
end;
const
HOST = 'localhost';
PORT = 4223;
UID = 'XYZ'; { Change XYZ to the UID of your Industrial Digital In 4 Bricklet 2.0 }
var
e: TExample;
procedure TExample.Execute;
var i: integer; count: longword;
begin
{ Create IP connection }
ipcon := TIPConnection.Create;
{ Create device object }
idi4 := TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.Create(UID, ipcon);
{ Connect to brickd }
ipcon.Connect(HOST, PORT);
{ Don't use device before ipcon is connected }
{ Configure rising edge count (channel 3) with 10ms debounce }
idi4.SetEdgeCountConfiguration(3, 0, 10);
{ Get edge count 10 times with 1s delay }
for i := 0 to 9 do begin
Sleep(1000);
{ Get current edge count }
count := idi4.GetEdgeCount(3, false);
WriteLn(Format('Count: %d', [count]));
end;
WriteLn('Press key to exit');
ReadLn;
ipcon.Destroy; { Calls ipcon.Disconnect internally }
end;
begin
e := TExample.Create;
e.Execute;
e.Destroy;
end.
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Download (ExampleCallback.pas)
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 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 | program ExampleCallback;
{$ifdef MSWINDOWS}{$apptype CONSOLE}{$endif}
{$ifdef FPC}{$mode OBJFPC}{$H+}{$endif}
uses
SysUtils, IPConnection, BrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2;
type
TExample = class
private
ipcon: TIPConnection;
idi4: TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2;
public
procedure ValueCB(sender: TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2; const channel: byte;
const changed: boolean; const value: boolean);
procedure Execute;
end;
const
HOST = 'localhost';
PORT = 4223;
UID = 'XYZ'; { Change XYZ to the UID of your Industrial Digital In 4 Bricklet 2.0 }
var
e: TExample;
{ Callback procedure for value callback }
procedure TExample.ValueCB(sender: TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2; const channel: byte;
const changed: boolean; const value: boolean);
begin
if (channel = BRICKLET_INDUSTRIAL_DIGITAL_IN_4_V2_CHANNEL_0) then begin
WriteLn('Channel: 0');
end
else if (channel = BRICKLET_INDUSTRIAL_DIGITAL_IN_4_V2_CHANNEL_1) then begin
WriteLn('Channel: 1');
end
else if (channel = BRICKLET_INDUSTRIAL_DIGITAL_IN_4_V2_CHANNEL_2) then begin
WriteLn('Channel: 2');
end
else if (channel = BRICKLET_INDUSTRIAL_DIGITAL_IN_4_V2_CHANNEL_3) then begin
WriteLn('Channel: 3');
end;
WriteLn(Format('Changed: %d', [changed]));
WriteLn(Format('Value: %d', [value]));
WriteLn('');
end;
procedure TExample.Execute;
begin
{ Create IP connection }
ipcon := TIPConnection.Create;
{ Create device object }
idi4 := TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.Create(UID, ipcon);
{ Connect to brickd }
ipcon.Connect(HOST, PORT);
{ Don't use device before ipcon is connected }
{ Register value callback to procedure ValueCB }
idi4.OnValue := {$ifdef FPC}@{$endif}ValueCB;
{ Set period for value (channel 1) callback to 0.1s (100ms) }
idi4.SetValueCallbackConfiguration(1, 100, false);
WriteLn('Press key to exit');
ReadLn;
ipcon.Destroy; { Calls ipcon.Disconnect internally }
end;
begin
e := TExample.Create;
e.Execute;
e.Destroy;
end.
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Since Delphi does not support multiple return values directly, we use the
out
keyword to return multiple values from a function.
All functions and procedures listed below are thread-safe.
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
Create
(const uid: string; ipcon: TIPConnection)¶Parameters: |
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Returns: |
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Creates an object with the unique device ID uid
:
industrialDigitalIn4V2 := TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.Create('YOUR_DEVICE_UID', ipcon);
This object can then be used after the IP Connection is connected.
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
GetValue
: array [0..3] of boolean¶Returns: |
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Returns the input value as bools, true refers to high and false refers to low.
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
SetChannelLEDConfig
(const channel: byte; const config: byte)¶Parameters: |
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Each channel has a corresponding LED. You can turn the LED off, on or show a heartbeat. You can also set the LED to "Channel Status". In this mode the LED is on if the channel is high and off otherwise.
By default all channel LEDs are configured as "Channel Status".
The following constants are available for this function:
For channel:
For config:
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
GetChannelLEDConfig
(const channel: byte): byte¶Parameters: |
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Returns: |
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Returns the channel LED configuration as set by SetChannelLEDConfig
The following constants are available for this function:
For channel:
For config:
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
GetEdgeCount
(const channel: byte; const resetCounter: boolean): longword¶Parameters: |
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Returns: |
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Returns the current value of the edge counter for the selected channel. You can
configure the edges that are counted with SetEdgeCountConfiguration
.
If you set the reset counter to true, the count is set back to 0 directly after it is read.
The following constants are available for this function:
For channel:
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
SetEdgeCountConfiguration
(const channel: byte; const edgeType: byte; const debounce: byte)¶Parameters: |
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Configures the edge counter for a specific channel.
The edge type parameter configures if rising edges, falling edges or both are counted. Possible edge types are:
Configuring an edge counter resets its value to 0.
If you don't know what any of this means, just leave it at default. The default configuration is very likely OK for you.
The following constants are available for this function:
For channel:
For edgeType:
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
GetEdgeCountConfiguration
(const channel: byte; out edgeType: byte; out debounce: byte)¶Parameters: |
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Output Parameters: |
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Returns the edge type and debounce time for the selected channel as set by
SetEdgeCountConfiguration
.
The following constants are available for this function:
For channel:
For edgeType:
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
GetSPITFPErrorCount
(out errorCountAckChecksum: longword; out errorCountMessageChecksum: longword; out errorCountFrame: longword; out errorCountOverflow: longword)¶Output Parameters: |
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Returns the error count for the communication between Brick and Bricklet.
The errors are divided into
The errors counts are for errors that occur on the Bricklet side. All Bricks have a similar function that returns the errors on the Brick side.
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
SetStatusLEDConfig
(const config: byte)¶Parameters: |
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Sets the status LED configuration. By default the LED shows communication traffic between Brick and Bricklet, it flickers once for every 10 received data packets.
You can also turn the LED permanently on/off or show a heartbeat.
If the Bricklet is in bootloader mode, the LED is will show heartbeat by default.
The following constants are available for this function:
For config:
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
GetStatusLEDConfig
: byte¶Returns: |
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Returns the configuration as set by SetStatusLEDConfig
The following constants are available for this function:
For config:
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
GetChipTemperature
: smallint¶Returns: |
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Returns the temperature as measured inside the microcontroller. The value returned is not the ambient temperature!
The temperature is only proportional to the real temperature and it has bad accuracy. Practically it is only useful as an indicator for temperature changes.
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
Reset
¶Calling this function will reset the Bricklet. All configurations will be lost.
After a reset you have to create new device objects, calling functions on the existing ones will result in undefined behavior!
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
GetIdentity
(out uid: string; out connectedUid: string; out position: char; out hardwareVersion: array [0..2] of byte; out firmwareVersion: array [0..2] of byte; out deviceIdentifier: word)¶Output Parameters: |
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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', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g' or 'h' (Bricklet Port). A Bricklet connected to an Isolator Bricklet is always at position 'z'.
The device identifier numbers can be found here. There is also a constant for the device identifier of this Bricklet.
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
SetValueCallbackConfiguration
(const channel: byte; const period: longword; const valueHasToChange: boolean)¶Parameters: |
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This callback can be configured per channel.
The period is the period with which the OnValue
callback is triggered periodically. A value of 0 turns the callback off.
If the value has to change-parameter is set to true, the callback is only triggered after the value has changed. If the value didn't change within the period, the callback is triggered immediately on change.
If it is set to false, the callback is continuously triggered with the period, independent of the value.
The following constants are available for this function:
For channel:
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
GetValueCallbackConfiguration
(const channel: byte; out period: longword; out valueHasToChange: boolean)¶Parameters: |
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Output Parameters: |
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Returns the callback configuration for the given channel as set by
SetValueCallbackConfiguration
.
The following constants are available for this function:
For channel:
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
SetAllValueCallbackConfiguration
(const period: longword; const valueHasToChange: boolean)¶Parameters: |
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The period is the period with which the OnAllValue
callback is triggered periodically. A value of 0 turns the callback off.
If the value has to change-parameter is set to true, the callback is only triggered after the value has changed. If the value didn't change within the period, the callback is triggered immediately on change.
If it is set to false, the callback is continuously triggered with the period, independent of the value.
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
GetAllValueCallbackConfiguration
(out period: longword; out valueHasToChange: boolean)¶Output Parameters: |
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Returns the callback configuration as set by
SetAllValueCallbackConfiguration
.
Callbacks can be registered to receive time critical or recurring data from the device. The registration is done by assigning a procedure to an callback property of the device object:
procedure TExample.MyCallback(sender: TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2; const value: longint); begin WriteLn(Format('Value: %d', [value])); end; industrialDigitalIn4V2.OnExample := {$ifdef FPC}@{$endif}example.MyCallback;
The available callback properties and their parameter types 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.
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
OnValue
¶procedure(sender: TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2; const channel: byte; const changed: boolean; const value: boolean) of object;
Callback Parameters: |
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This callback is triggered periodically according to the configuration set by
SetValueCallbackConfiguration
.
The parameters are the channel, a value-changed indicator and the actual value for the channel. The changed parameter is true if the value has changed since the last callback.
The following constants are available for this function:
For channel:
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
OnAllValue
¶procedure(sender: TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2; const changed: array [0..3] of boolean; const value: array [0..3] of boolean) of object;
Callback Parameters: |
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This callback is triggered periodically according to the configuration set by
SetAllValueCallbackConfiguration
.
The parameters are the same as GetValue
. Additional the
changed parameter is true if the value has changed since
the last callback.
Virtual functions don't communicate with the device itself, but operate only on the API bindings device object. They can be called without the corresponding IP Connection object being connected.
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
GetAPIVersion
: array [0..2] of byte¶Output Parameters: |
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Returns the version of the API definition 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.
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
GetResponseExpected
(const functionId: byte): boolean¶Parameters: |
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Returns: |
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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 sent and errors are silently ignored, because they cannot be detected.
The following constants are available for this function:
For functionId:
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
SetResponseExpected
(const functionId: byte; const responseExpected: boolean)¶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.
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 sent and errors are silently ignored, because they cannot be detected.
The following constants are available for this function:
For functionId:
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
SetResponseExpectedAll
(const responseExpected: boolean)¶Parameters: |
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Changes the response expected flag for all setter and callback configuration functions of this device at once.
Internal functions are used for maintenance tasks such as flashing a new firmware of changing the UID of a Bricklet. These task should be performed using Brick Viewer instead of using the internal functions directly.
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
SetBootloaderMode
(const mode: byte): byte¶Parameters: |
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Returns: |
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Sets the bootloader mode and returns the status after the requested mode change was instigated.
You can change from bootloader mode to firmware mode and vice versa. A change from bootloader mode to firmware mode will only take place if the entry function, device identifier and CRC are present and correct.
This function is used by Brick Viewer during flashing. It should not be necessary to call it in a normal user program.
The following constants are available for this function:
For mode:
For status:
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
GetBootloaderMode
: byte¶Returns: |
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Returns the current bootloader mode, see SetBootloaderMode
.
The following constants are available for this function:
For mode:
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
SetWriteFirmwarePointer
(const pointer: longword)¶Parameters: |
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Sets the firmware pointer for WriteFirmware
. The pointer has
to be increased by chunks of size 64. The data is written to flash
every 4 chunks (which equals to one page of size 256).
This function is used by Brick Viewer during flashing. It should not be necessary to call it in a normal user program.
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
WriteFirmware
(const data: array [0..63] of byte): byte¶Parameters: |
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Returns: |
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Writes 64 Bytes of firmware at the position as written by
SetWriteFirmwarePointer
before. The firmware is written
to flash every 4 chunks.
You can only write firmware in bootloader mode.
This function is used by Brick Viewer during flashing. It should not be necessary to call it in a normal user program.
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
WriteUID
(const uid: longword)¶Parameters: |
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Writes a new UID into flash. If you want to set a new UID you have to decode the Base58 encoded UID string into an integer first.
We recommend that you use Brick Viewer to change the UID.
TBrickletIndustrialDigitalIn4V2.
ReadUID
: longword¶Returns: |
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Returns the current UID as an integer. Encode as Base58 to get the usual string version.
BRICKLET_INDUSTRIAL_DIGITAL_IN_4_V2_DEVICE_IDENTIFIER
¶This constant is used to identify a Industrial Digital In 4 Bricklet 2.0.
The GetIdentity
function and the
TIPConnection.OnEnumerate
callback of the IP Connection have a deviceIdentifier
parameter to specify
the Brick's or Bricklet's type.
BRICKLET_INDUSTRIAL_DIGITAL_IN_4_V2_DEVICE_DISPLAY_NAME
¶This constant represents the human readable name of a Industrial Digital In 4 Bricklet 2.0.