MQTT - Sound Intensity Bricklet

This is the description of the MQTT API bindings for the Sound Intensity Bricklet. General information and technical specifications for the Sound Intensity Bricklet are summarized in its hardware description.

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

Examples

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

Simple

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# Change XYZ to the UID of your Sound Intensity Bricklet

setup:
    # Get current intensity
    subscribe to tinkerforge/response/sound_intensity_bricklet/XYZ/get_intensity
    publish '' to tinkerforge/request/sound_intensity_bricklet/XYZ/get_intensity

Callback

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# Change XYZ to the UID of your Sound Intensity Bricklet

setup:
    # Handle incoming intensity callbacks
    subscribe to tinkerforge/callback/sound_intensity_bricklet/XYZ/intensity
    publish '{"register": true}' to tinkerforge/register/sound_intensity_bricklet/XYZ/intensity # Register intensity callback

    # Set period for intensity callback to 0.05s (50ms)
    # Note: The intensity callback is only called every 0.05 seconds
    #       if the intensity has changed since the last call!
    publish '{"period": 50}' to tinkerforge/request/sound_intensity_bricklet/XYZ/set_intensity_callback_period

Threshold

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# Change XYZ to the UID of your Sound Intensity Bricklet

setup:
    # Get threshold callbacks with a debounce time of 1 second (1000ms)
    publish '{"debounce": 1000}' to tinkerforge/request/sound_intensity_bricklet/XYZ/set_debounce_period

    # Handle incoming intensity reached callbacks
    subscribe to tinkerforge/callback/sound_intensity_bricklet/XYZ/intensity_reached
    publish '{"register": true}' to tinkerforge/register/sound_intensity_bricklet/XYZ/intensity_reached # Register intensity_reached callback

    # Configure threshold for intensity "greater than 2000"
    publish '{"option": "greater", "min": 2000, "max": 0}' to tinkerforge/request/sound_intensity_bricklet/XYZ/set_intensity_callback_threshold

API

All published payloads to and from the MQTT bindings are in JSON format.

If an error occures, the bindings publish a JSON object containing the error message as member _ERROR. It is published on the corresponding response topic: .../response/... for .../request/... and .../callback/... for .../register/....

Basic Functions

request/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/get_intensity
Request:
  • empty payload
Response:
  • intensity – Type: int, Range: [0 to 212 - 1]

Returns the current sound intensity.

The value corresponds to the upper envelop of the signal of the microphone capsule.

If you want to get the intensity periodically, it is recommended to use the register/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/intensity callback and set the period with request/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/set_intensity_callback_period.

Advanced Functions

request/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/get_identity
Request:
  • empty payload
Response:
  • uid – Type: string, Length: up to 8
  • connected_uid – Type: string, Length: up to 8
  • position – Type: char, Range: ["a" to "h", "z"]
  • hardware_version – Type: [int, ...], Length: 3
    • 0: major – Type: int, Range: [0 to 255]
    • 1: minor – Type: int, Range: [0 to 255]
    • 2: revision – Type: int, Range: [0 to 255]
  • firmware_version – Type: [int, ...], Length: 3
    • 0: major – Type: int, Range: [0 to 255]
    • 1: minor – Type: int, Range: [0 to 255]
    • 2: revision – Type: int, Range: [0 to 255]
  • device_identifier – Type: int, Range: [0 to 216 - 1]
  • _display_name – Type: string

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. If symbolic output is not disabled, the device identifier is mapped to the corresponding name in the format used in topics.

The display name contains the Sound Intensity's name in a human readable form.

Callback Configuration Functions

request/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/set_intensity_callback_period
Request:
  • period – Type: int, Unit: 1 ms, Range: [0 to 232 - 1], Default: 0
Response:
  • no response

Sets the period with which the register/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/intensity callback is triggered periodically. A value of 0 turns the callback off.

The register/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/intensity callback is only triggered if the intensity has changed since the last triggering.

request/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/get_intensity_callback_period
Request:
  • empty payload
Response:
  • period – Type: int, Unit: 1 ms, Range: [0 to 232 - 1], Default: 0

Returns the period as set by request/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/set_intensity_callback_period.

request/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/set_intensity_callback_threshold
Request:
  • option – Type: char, Range: See symbols, Default: "x"
  • min – Type: int, Range: [0 to 216 - 1], Default: 0
  • max – Type: int, Range: [0 to 216 - 1], Default: 0
Response:
  • no response

Sets the thresholds for the register/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/intensity_reached callback.

The following options are possible:

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

The following symbols are available for this function:

For option:

  • "off" = "x"
  • "outside" = "o"
  • "inside" = "i"
  • "smaller" = "<"
  • "greater" = ">"
request/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/get_intensity_callback_threshold
Request:
  • empty payload
Response:
  • option – Type: char, Range: See symbols, Default: "x"
  • min – Type: int, Range: [0 to 216 - 1], Default: 0
  • max – Type: int, Range: [0 to 216 - 1], Default: 0

Returns the threshold as set by request/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/set_intensity_callback_threshold.

The following symbols are available for this function:

For option:

  • "off" = "x"
  • "outside" = "o"
  • "inside" = "i"
  • "smaller" = "<"
  • "greater" = ">"
request/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/set_debounce_period
Request:
  • debounce – Type: int, Unit: 1 ms, Range: [0 to 232 - 1], Default: 100
Response:
  • no response

Sets the period with which the threshold callback

is triggered, if the thresholds

keeps being reached.

request/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/get_debounce_period
Request:
  • empty payload
Response:
  • debounce – Type: int, Unit: 1 ms, Range: [0 to 232 - 1], Default: 100

Returns the debounce period as set by request/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/set_debounce_period.

Callbacks

Callbacks can be registered to receive time critical or recurring data from the device. The registration is done with the corresponding .../register/... topic and an optional suffix. This suffix can be used to deregister the callback later.

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.

register/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/intensity
Register Request:
  • register – Type: bool
Callback Response:
  • intensity – Type: int, Range: [0 to 212 - 1]

A callback can be registered for this event by publishing to the .../register/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/intensity[/<SUFFIX>] topic with the payload "true". An added callback can be removed by publishing to the same topic with the payload "false". To support multiple (de)registrations, e.g. for message filtering, an optional suffix can be used.

If the callback is triggered, a message with it's payload is published under the corresponding .../callback/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/intensity[/<SUFFIX>] topic for each registered suffix.

This callback is triggered periodically with the period that is set by request/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/set_intensity_callback_period. The callback payload is the intensity of the sensor.

The register/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/intensity callback is only triggered if the intensity has changed since the last triggering.

register/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/intensity_reached
Register Request:
  • register – Type: bool
Callback Response:
  • intensity – Type: int, Range: [0 to 212 - 1]

A callback can be registered for this event by publishing to the .../register/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/intensity_reached[/<SUFFIX>] topic with the payload "true". An added callback can be removed by publishing to the same topic with the payload "false". To support multiple (de)registrations, e.g. for message filtering, an optional suffix can be used.

If the callback is triggered, a message with it's payload is published under the corresponding .../callback/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/intensity_reached[/<SUFFIX>] topic for each registered suffix.

This callback is triggered when the threshold as set by request/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/set_intensity_callback_threshold is reached. The callback payload is the intensity of the encoder.

If the threshold keeps being reached, the callback is triggered periodically with the period as set by request/sound_intensity_bricklet/<UID>/set_debounce_period.