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MQTT - UV Light Bricklet¶

This is the description of the MQTT API bindings for the UV Light Bricklet. General information and technical specifications for the UV Light 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¶

Download (example-simple.txt)

# Change XYZ to the UID of your UV Light Bricklet

setup:
    # Get current UV light
    subscribe to tinkerforge/response/uv_light_bricklet/XYZ/get_uv_light
    publish '' to tinkerforge/request/uv_light_bricklet/XYZ/get_uv_light

Callback¶

Download (example-callback.txt)

# Change XYZ to the UID of your UV Light Bricklet

setup:
    # Handle incoming UV light callbacks
    subscribe to tinkerforge/callback/uv_light_bricklet/XYZ/uv_light
    publish '{"register": true}' to tinkerforge/register/uv_light_bricklet/XYZ/uv_light # Register uv_light callback

    # Set period for UV light callback to 1s (1000ms)
    # Note: The UV light callback is only called every second
    #       if the UV light has changed since the last call!
    publish '{"period": 1000}' to tinkerforge/request/uv_light_bricklet/XYZ/set_uv_light_callback_period

Threshold¶

Download (example-threshold.txt)

# Change XYZ to the UID of your UV Light Bricklet

setup:
    # Get threshold callbacks with a debounce time of 10 seconds (10000ms)
    publish '{"debounce": 10000}' to tinkerforge/request/uv_light_bricklet/XYZ/set_debounce_period

    # Handle incoming UV light reached callbacks
    subscribe to tinkerforge/callback/uv_light_bricklet/XYZ/uv_light_reached
    publish '{"register": true}' to tinkerforge/register/uv_light_bricklet/XYZ/uv_light_reached # Register uv_light_reached callback

    # Configure threshold for UV light "greater than 75 mW/m²"
    publish '{"option": "greater", "min": 750, "max": 0}' to tinkerforge/request/uv_light_bricklet/XYZ/set_uv_light_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/uv_light_bricklet/<UID>/get_uv_light¶

Request:	empty payload
Response:	uv_light – Type: int, Unit: 1/10 mW/m², Range: [0 to 3280]

Returns the UV light intensity of the sensor. The sensor has already weighted the intensity with the erythemal action spectrum to get the skin-affecting irradiation.

To get UV index you just have to divide the value by 250. For example, a UV light intensity of 500 is equivalent to an UV index of 2.

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

Advanced Functions¶

request/uv_light_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 UV Light's name in a human readable form.

Callback Configuration Functions¶

request/uv_light_bricklet/<UID>/set_uv_light_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/uv_light_bricklet/<UID>/uv_light callback is triggered periodically. A value of 0 turns the callback off.

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

request/uv_light_bricklet/<UID>/get_uv_light_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/uv_light_bricklet/<UID>/set_uv_light_callback_period.

request/uv_light_bricklet/<UID>/set_uv_light_callback_threshold¶

Request:	option – Type: char, Range: See symbols, Default: "x" min – Type: int, Unit: 1/10 mW/m², Range: [0 to 2³² - 1], Default: 0 max – Type: int, Unit: 1/10 mW/m², Range: [0 to 2³² - 1], Default: 0
Response:	no response

Sets the thresholds for the register/uv_light_bricklet/<UID>/uv_light_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/uv_light_bricklet/<UID>/get_uv_light_callback_threshold¶

Request:	empty payload
Response:	option – Type: char, Range: See symbols, Default: "x" min – Type: int, Unit: 1/10 mW/m², Range: [0 to 2³² - 1], Default: 0 max – Type: int, Unit: 1/10 mW/m², Range: [0 to 2³² - 1], Default: 0

Returns the threshold as set by request/uv_light_bricklet/<UID>/set_uv_light_callback_threshold.

The following symbols are available for this function:

For option:

"off" = "x"
"outside" = "o"
"inside" = "i"
"smaller" = "<"
"greater" = ">"

request/uv_light_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 callbacks

register/uv_light_bricklet/<UID>/uv_light_reached,

are triggered, if the thresholds

request/uv_light_bricklet/<UID>/set_uv_light_callback_threshold,

keep being reached.

request/uv_light_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/uv_light_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/uv_light_bricklet/<UID>/uv_light¶

Register Request:	register – Type: bool
Callback Response:	uv_light – Type: int, Unit: 1/10 mW/m², Range: [0 to 32800000]

A callback can be registered for this event by publishing to the .../register/uv_light_bricklet/<UID>/uv_light[/<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/uv_light_bricklet/<UID>/uv_light[/<SUFFIX>] topic for each registered suffix.

This callback is triggered periodically with the period that is set by request/uv_light_bricklet/<UID>/set_uv_light_callback_period. The callback payload is the UV Light intensity of the sensor.

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

register/uv_light_bricklet/<UID>/uv_light_reached¶

Register Request:	register – Type: bool
Callback Response:	uv_light – Type: int, Unit: 1/10 mW/m², Range: [0 to 32800000]

A callback can be registered for this event by publishing to the .../register/uv_light_bricklet/<UID>/uv_light_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/uv_light_bricklet/<UID>/uv_light_reached[/<SUFFIX>] topic for each registered suffix.

This callback is triggered when the threshold as set by request/uv_light_bricklet/<UID>/set_uv_light_callback_threshold is reached. The callback payload is the UV Light intensity of the sensor.

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