C# - Segment Display 4x7 Bricklet¶

Simple¶

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using System;
using Tinkerforge;

class Example
{
    private static string HOST = "localhost";
    private static int PORT = 4223;
    private static string UID = "XYZ"; // Change XYZ to the UID of your Segment Display 4x7 Bricklet
    private static byte[] DIGITS = {0x3f,0x06,0x5b,0x4f,
                                    0x66,0x6d,0x7d,0x07,
                                    0x7f,0x6f,0x77,0x7c,
                                    0x39,0x5e,0x79,0x71}; // 0~9,A,b,C,d,E,F

    static void Main()
    {
        IPConnection ipcon = new IPConnection(); // Create IP connection
        BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7 sd =
          new BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7(UID, ipcon); // Create device object

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

        // Write "4223" to the display with full brightness without colon
        byte[] segments = {DIGITS[4], DIGITS[2], DIGITS[2], DIGITS[3]};
        sd.SetSegments(segments, 7, false);

        Console.WriteLine("Press enter to exit");
        Console.ReadLine();
        ipcon.Disconnect();
    }
}

Basic Functions¶

class BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7(string uid, IPConnection ipcon)¶

Parameters:	uid – Type: string ipcon – Type: IPConnection
Returns:	segmentDisplay4x7 – Type: BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7

Creates an object with the unique device ID uid:

BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7 segmentDisplay4x7 = new BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7("YOUR_DEVICE_UID", ipcon);

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

void BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7.SetSegments(byte[] segments, byte brightness, bool colon)¶

Parameters:	segments – Type: byte[], Length: 4, Range: [0 to 127] brightness – Type: byte, Range: [0 to 7] colon – Type: bool

The 7-segment display can be set with bitmaps. Every bit controls one segment:

For example to set a "5" you would want to activate segments 0, 2, 3, 5 and 6. This is represented by the number 0b01101101 = 0x6d = 109.

The brightness can be set between 0 (dark) and 7 (bright). The colon parameter turns the colon of the display on or off.

void BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7.GetSegments(out byte[] segments, out byte brightness, out bool colon)¶

Output Parameters:	segments – Type: byte[], Length: 4, Range: [0 to 127] brightness – Type: byte, Range: [0 to 7] colon – Type: bool

Returns the segment, brightness and color data as set by SetSegments().

Advanced Functions¶

void BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7.StartCounter(short valueFrom, short valueTo, short increment, long length)¶

Parameters:	valueFrom – Type: short, Range: [-999 to 9999] valueTo – Type: short, Range: [-999 to 9999] increment – Type: short, Range: [-999 to 9999] length – Type: long, Unit: 1 ms, Range: [0 to 232 - 1]

Starts a counter with the from value that counts to the to value with the each step incremented by increment. length is the pause between each increment.

Example: If you set from to 0, to to 100, increment to 1 and length to 1000, a counter that goes from 0 to 100 with one second pause between each increment will be started.

Using a negative increment allows to count backwards.

You can stop the counter at every time by calling SetSegments().

int BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7.GetCounterValue()¶

Returns:	value – Type: int, Range: [-999 to 9999]

Returns the counter value that is currently shown on the display.

If there is no counter running a 0 will be returned.

void BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7.GetIdentity(out string uid, out string connectedUid, out char position, out byte[] hardwareVersion, out byte[] firmwareVersion, out int deviceIdentifier)¶

Output Parameters:

uid – Type: string, Length: up to 8 connectedUid – Type: string, Length: up to 8 position – Type: char, Range: ['a' to 'h', 'z'] hardwareVersion – Type: byte[], 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[], 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: int, 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.

Callbacks¶

Callbacks can be registered to receive time critical or recurring data from the device. The registration is done by appending your callback handler to the corresponding event:

void MyCallback(BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7 sender, int value)
{
    System.Console.WriteLine("Value: " + value);
}

segmentDisplay4x7.ExampleCallback += MyCallback;

The available events are described below.

event BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7.CounterFinishedCallback(BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7 sender)¶

Callback Parameters:	sender – Type: BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7

This callback is triggered when the counter (see StartCounter()) is finished.

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.

byte[] BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7.GetAPIVersion()¶

Output Parameters:	apiVersion – Type: byte[], 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.

bool BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7.GetResponseExpected(byte functionId)¶

Parameters:	functionId – Type: byte, Range: See constants
Returns:	responseExpected – Type: bool

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:

• BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7.FUNCTION_SET_SEGMENTS = 1
• BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7.FUNCTION_START_COUNTER = 3

void BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7.SetResponseExpected(byte functionId, bool responseExpected)¶

Parameters:	functionId – Type: byte, Range: See constants responseExpected – Type: bool

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:

• BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7.FUNCTION_SET_SEGMENTS = 1
• BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7.FUNCTION_START_COUNTER = 3

void BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7.SetResponseExpectedAll(bool responseExpected)¶

Parameters:	responseExpected – Type: bool

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

Constants¶

int BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7.DEVICE_IDENTIFIER¶

This constant is used to identify a Segment Display 4x7 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.

string BrickletSegmentDisplay4x7.DEVICE_DISPLAY_NAME¶

This constant represents the human readable name of a Segment Display 4x7 Bricklet.