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Visual Basic .NET - Industrial Dual Analog In Bricklet¶

This is the description of the Visual Basic .NET 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 Visual Basic .NET API bindings is part of their general description.

Examples¶

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

Simple¶

Download (ExampleSimple.vb)

Imports System
Imports Tinkerforge

Module ExampleSimple
    Const HOST As String = "localhost"
    Const PORT As Integer = 4223
    Const UID As String = "XYZ" ' Change XYZ to the UID of your Industrial Dual Analog In Bricklet

    Sub Main()
        Dim ipcon As New IPConnection() ' Create IP connection
        Dim idai As New BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn(UID, ipcon) ' Create device object

        ipcon.Connect(HOST, PORT) ' Connect to brickd
        ' Don't use device before ipcon is connected

        ' Get current voltage from channel 1
        Dim voltage As Integer = idai.GetVoltage(1)
        Console.WriteLine("Voltage (Channel 1): " + (voltage/1000.0).ToString() + " V")

        Console.WriteLine("Press key to exit")
        Console.ReadLine()
        ipcon.Disconnect()
    End Sub
End Module

Callback¶

Download (ExampleCallback.vb)

Imports System
Imports Tinkerforge

Module ExampleCallback
    Const HOST As String = "localhost"
    Const PORT As Integer = 4223
    Const UID As String = "XYZ" ' Change XYZ to the UID of your Industrial Dual Analog In Bricklet

    ' Callback subroutine for voltage callback
    Sub VoltageCB(ByVal sender As BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn, ByVal channel As Byte, _
                  ByVal voltage As Integer)
        Console.WriteLine("Channel: " + channel.ToString())
        Console.WriteLine("Voltage: " + (voltage/1000.0).ToString() + " V")
        Console.WriteLine("")
    End Sub

    Sub Main()
        Dim ipcon As New IPConnection() ' Create IP connection
        Dim idai As New BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn(UID, ipcon) ' Create device object

        ipcon.Connect(HOST, PORT) ' Connect to brickd
        ' Don't use device before ipcon is connected

        ' Register voltage callback to subroutine VoltageCB
        AddHandler idai.VoltageCallback, AddressOf VoltageCB

        ' Set period for voltage (channel 1) callback to 1s (1000ms)
        ' Note: The voltage (channel 1) callback is only called every second
        '       if the voltage (channel 1) has changed since the last call!
        idai.SetVoltageCallbackPeriod(1, 1000)

        Console.WriteLine("Press key to exit")
        Console.ReadLine()
        ipcon.Disconnect()
    End Sub
End Module

Threshold¶

Download (ExampleThreshold.vb)

Imports System
Imports Tinkerforge

Module ExampleThreshold
    Const HOST As String = "localhost"
    Const PORT As Integer = 4223
    Const UID As String = "XYZ" ' Change XYZ to the UID of your Industrial Dual Analog In Bricklet

    ' Callback subroutine for voltage reached callback
    Sub VoltageReachedCB(ByVal sender As BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn, _
                         ByVal channel As Byte, ByVal voltage As Integer)
        Console.WriteLine("Channel: " + channel.ToString())
        Console.WriteLine("Voltage: " + (voltage/1000.0).ToString() + " V")
        Console.WriteLine("")
    End Sub

    Sub Main()
        Dim ipcon As New IPConnection() ' Create IP connection
        Dim idai As New BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn(UID, ipcon) ' Create device object

        ipcon.Connect(HOST, PORT) ' Connect to brickd
        ' Don't use device before ipcon is connected

        ' Get threshold callbacks with a debounce time of 10 seconds (10000ms)
        idai.SetDebouncePeriod(10000)

        ' Register voltage reached callback to subroutine VoltageReachedCB
        AddHandler idai.VoltageReachedCallback, AddressOf VoltageReachedCB

        ' Configure threshold for voltage (channel 1) "greater than 10 V"
        idai.SetVoltageCallbackThreshold(1, ">"C, 10*1000, 0)

        Console.WriteLine("Press key to exit")
        Console.ReadLine()
        ipcon.Disconnect()
    End Sub
End Module

API¶

Since Visual Basic .NET does not support multiple return values directly, we use the ByRef keyword to return multiple values from a function.

All functions and procedures listed below are thread-safe.

Basic Functions¶

Class BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn(ByVal uid As String, ByVal ipcon As IPConnection)¶

Creates an object with the unique device ID uid:

Dim industrialDualAnalogIn As New BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn("YOUR_DEVICE_UID", ipcon)

This object can then be used after the IP Connection is connected.

Function BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.GetVoltage(ByVal channel As Byte) As Integer¶

Parameters:	channel – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 1]
Returns:	voltage – Type: Integer, Unit: 1 mV, Range: [-35000 to 35000]

Returns the voltage for the given channel.

If you want to get the voltage periodically, it is recommended to use the VoltageCallback callback and set the period with SetVoltageCallbackPeriod().

Advanced Functions¶

Sub BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SetSampleRate(ByVal rate As Byte)¶

Parameters:	rate – Type: Byte, Range: See constants, Default: 6

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 constants are available for this function:

For rate:

BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SAMPLE_RATE_976_SPS = 0
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SAMPLE_RATE_488_SPS = 1
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SAMPLE_RATE_244_SPS = 2
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SAMPLE_RATE_122_SPS = 3
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SAMPLE_RATE_61_SPS = 4
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SAMPLE_RATE_4_SPS = 5
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SAMPLE_RATE_2_SPS = 6
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SAMPLE_RATE_1_SPS = 7

Function BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.GetSampleRate() As Byte¶

Returns:	rate – Type: Byte, Range: See constants, Default: 6

Returns the sample rate as set by SetSampleRate().

The following constants are available for this function:

For rate:

BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SAMPLE_RATE_976_SPS = 0
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SAMPLE_RATE_488_SPS = 1
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SAMPLE_RATE_244_SPS = 2
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SAMPLE_RATE_122_SPS = 3
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SAMPLE_RATE_61_SPS = 4
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SAMPLE_RATE_4_SPS = 5
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SAMPLE_RATE_2_SPS = 6
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SAMPLE_RATE_1_SPS = 7

Sub BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SetCalibration(ByVal offset() As Integer, ByVal gain() As Integer)¶

Parameters:	offset – Type: Integer Array, Length: 2, Range: [-2²³ to 2²³ - 1] gain – Type: Integer Array, Length: 2, Range: [-2²³ to 2²³ - 1]

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

Sub BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.GetCalibration(ByRef offset() As Integer, ByRef gain() As Integer)¶

Output Parameters:	offset – Type: Integer Array, Length: 2, Range: [-2²³ to 2²³ - 1] gain – Type: Integer Array, Length: 2, Range: [-2²³ to 2²³ - 1]

Returns the calibration as set by SetCalibration().

Function BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.GetADCValues() As Integer()¶

Returns:	value – Type: Integer Array, Length: 2, Range: [-2²³ to 2²³ - 1]

Returns the ADC values as given by the MCP3911 IC. This function is needed for proper calibration, see SetCalibration().

Sub BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.GetIdentity(ByRef uid As String, ByRef connectedUid As String, ByRef position As Char, ByRef hardwareVersion() As Byte, ByRef firmwareVersion() As Byte, ByRef deviceIdentifier As Integer)¶

Output Parameters:

Output Parameters:	uid – Type: String, Length: up to 8 connectedUid – Type: String, Length: up to 8 position – Type: Char, Range: ["a"C to "h"C, "z"C] hardwareVersion – Type: Byte Array, Length: 3 0: major – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] 1: minor – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] 2: revision – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] firmwareVersion – Type: Byte Array, Length: 3 0: major – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] 1: minor – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] 2: revision – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] deviceIdentifier – Type: Integer, Range: [0 to 2¹⁶ - 1]

uid – Type: String, Length: up to 8
connectedUid – Type: String, Length: up to 8
position – Type: Char, Range: ["a"C to "h"C, "z"C]
hardwareVersion – Type: Byte Array, Length: 3

0: major – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255]
1: minor – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255]
2: revision – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255]

firmwareVersion – Type: Byte Array, Length: 3

0: major – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255]
1: minor – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255]
2: revision – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255]

deviceIdentifier – Type: Integer, Range: [0 to 2¹⁶ - 1]

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.

Callback Configuration Functions¶

Sub BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SetVoltageCallbackPeriod(ByVal channel As Byte, ByVal period As Long)¶

Parameters:	channel – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 1] period – Type: Long, Unit: 1 ms, Range: [0 to 2³² - 1], Default: 0

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

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

Function BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.GetVoltageCallbackPeriod(ByVal channel As Byte) As Long¶

Parameters:	channel – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 1]
Returns:	period – Type: Long, Unit: 1 ms, Range: [0 to 2³² - 1], Default: 0

Returns the period as set by SetVoltageCallbackPeriod().

Sub BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SetVoltageCallbackThreshold(ByVal channel As Byte, ByVal option As Char, ByVal min As Integer, ByVal max As Integer)¶

Parameters:	channel – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 1] option – Type: Char, Range: See constants, Default: "x"C min – Type: Integer, Unit: 1 mV, Range: [-2³¹ to 2³¹ - 1], Default: 0 max – Type: Integer, Unit: 1 mV, Range: [-2³¹ to 2³¹ - 1], Default: 0

Sets the thresholds for the VoltageReachedCallback 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 following constants are available for this function:

For option:

BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.THRESHOLD_OPTION_OFF = "x"C
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.THRESHOLD_OPTION_OUTSIDE = "o"C
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.THRESHOLD_OPTION_INSIDE = "i"C
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.THRESHOLD_OPTION_SMALLER = "<"C
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.THRESHOLD_OPTION_GREATER = ">"C

Sub BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.GetVoltageCallbackThreshold(ByVal channel As Byte, ByRef option As Char, ByRef min As Integer, ByRef max As Integer)¶

Parameters:	channel – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 1]
Output Parameters:	option – Type: Char, Range: See constants, Default: "x"C min – Type: Integer, Unit: 1 mV, Range: [-2³¹ to 2³¹ - 1], Default: 0 max – Type: Integer, Unit: 1 mV, Range: [-2³¹ to 2³¹ - 1], Default: 0

Returns the threshold as set by SetVoltageCallbackThreshold().

The following constants are available for this function:

For option:

BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.THRESHOLD_OPTION_OFF = "x"C
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.THRESHOLD_OPTION_OUTSIDE = "o"C
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.THRESHOLD_OPTION_INSIDE = "i"C
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.THRESHOLD_OPTION_SMALLER = "<"C
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.THRESHOLD_OPTION_GREATER = ">"C

Sub BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SetDebouncePeriod(ByVal debounce As Long)¶

Parameters:	debounce – Type: Long, Unit: 1 ms, Range: [0 to 2³² - 1], Default: 100

Sets the period with which the threshold callback

VoltageReachedCallback

is triggered, if the threshold

SetVoltageCallbackThreshold()

keeps being reached.

Function BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.GetDebouncePeriod() As Long¶

Returns:	debounce – Type: Long, Unit: 1 ms, Range: [0 to 2³² - 1], Default: 100

Returns the debounce period as set by SetDebouncePeriod().

Callbacks¶

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:

Sub MyCallback(ByVal sender As BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn, ByVal value As Short)
    Console.WriteLine("Value: {0}", value)
End Sub

AddHandler industrialDualAnalogIn.ExampleCallback, AddressOf MyCallback

The available callback property and their 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.

Event BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.VoltageCallback(ByVal sender As BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn, ByVal channel As Byte, ByVal voltage As Integer)¶

Callback Parameters:	sender – Type: BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn channel – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 1] voltage – Type: Integer, Unit: 1 mV, Range: [-35000 to 35000]

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

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

Event BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.VoltageReachedCallback(ByVal sender As BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn, ByVal channel As Byte, ByVal voltage As Integer)¶

Callback Parameters:	sender – Type: BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn channel – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 1] voltage – Type: Integer, Unit: 1 mV, Range: [-35000 to 35000]

This callback is triggered when the threshold as set by SetVoltageCallbackThreshold() 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 SetDebouncePeriod().

Virtual Functions¶

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.

Function BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.GetAPIVersion() As Byte()¶

Output Parameters:	apiVersion – Type: Byte Array, Length: 3 0: major – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] 1: minor – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255] 2: revision – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255]

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.

Function BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.GetResponseExpected(ByVal functionId As Byte) As Boolean¶

Parameters:	functionId – Type: Byte, Range: See constants
Returns:	responseExpected – 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 sent and errors are silently ignored, because they cannot be detected.

The following constants are available for this function:

For functionId:

BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.FUNCTION_SET_VOLTAGE_CALLBACK_PERIOD = 2
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.FUNCTION_SET_VOLTAGE_CALLBACK_THRESHOLD = 4
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.FUNCTION_SET_DEBOUNCE_PERIOD = 6
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.FUNCTION_SET_SAMPLE_RATE = 8
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.FUNCTION_SET_CALIBRATION = 10

Sub BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SetResponseExpected(ByVal functionId As Byte, ByVal responseExpected As Boolean)¶

Parameters:	functionId – Type: Byte, Range: See constants responseExpected – Type: Boolean

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.

The following constants are available for this function:

For functionId:

BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.FUNCTION_SET_VOLTAGE_CALLBACK_PERIOD = 2
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.FUNCTION_SET_VOLTAGE_CALLBACK_THRESHOLD = 4
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.FUNCTION_SET_DEBOUNCE_PERIOD = 6
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.FUNCTION_SET_SAMPLE_RATE = 8
BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.FUNCTION_SET_CALIBRATION = 10

Sub BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.SetResponseExpectedAll(ByVal responseExpected As Boolean)¶

Parameters:	responseExpected – Type: Boolean

Changes the response expected flag for all setter and callback configuration functions of this device at once.

Constants¶

Const BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.DEVICE_IDENTIFIER¶

This constant is used to identify a Industrial Dual Analog In Bricklet.

The GetIdentity() function and the IPConnection.EnumerateCallback callback of the IP Connection have a deviceIdentifier parameter to specify the Brick's or Bricklet's type.

Const BrickletIndustrialDualAnalogIn.DEVICE_DISPLAY_NAME¶: This constant represents the human readable name of a Industrial Dual Analog In Bricklet.