Dear,
I have been started with trying to program API commands in python for controlling some I2C boards.
The main board is the BridgeX5, on port 1 there is attached: Relay Controller + HYT-939 sensor + PCA9531 2-Channel 8-bit PWM with 8 Outputs.
The connection to the BridgeX5 is using a Ethernet Lantronix Port
This setup is used to control a 12V DC Fan of max 1A according to the temperature of HYT-939
First question: Is this fan also a source of high inductive loads and can it be handled by the same power source as where the I2C boards are attached to? Or should i also find an other power source for the fan.
Second question: is there some kind of API command needed to flush the boards before asking new information? I experience problems when i want to turn on and off the relay with the use of the PCA9531 board. In AnyI2C it works and i can control it, but my programming seem to have some trouble. When i only asks for activate relay on and off in my program, that works. When aksing for PWM controls ( for instance a test led ) this also works. But the 2 together active in the run list, the relay will not switch on.
Third: When sending API in Decimal encoded data, i get some other type of string back.
Anybody any idea how to decode this back? ‘UTF-8’ does not seem to work.
For instance, i get a lot of this :b’\xaa\x01U\x00
in witch i suppose it means number 85 ( Output of AnyI2C command log )
I need to know how to again decode the outcomming of the HYT-939 sensor when using API commands. Can’t seem to find this on the internet.
Thank you very much.
Here is a copy of the data:
TCP_IP = '192.168.12.184'
TCP_PORT = 2101
BUFFER_SIZE = 1024
FANPWROFF = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,64,9,0,0,236))
FANPWRON = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,64,9,1,0,237))
PWMON = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,5,2,0,106))
PWM0 = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,2,255,0,100))
PWM5 = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,2,242,0,87))
PWM10 = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,2,229,0,74))
PWM15 = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,2,216,0,61))
PWM20 = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,2,203,0,48))
PWM25 = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,2,190,0,36))
PWM30 = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,2,178,0,23))
PWM35 = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,2,165,0,10))
PWM40 = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,2,152,0,253))
PWM45 = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,2,139,0,240))
PWM50 = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,2,127,0,228))
PWM55 = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,2,114,0,215))
PWM60 = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,2,101,0,202))
PWM65 = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,2,88,0,189))
PWM70 = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,2,76,0,177))
PWM75 = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,2,63,0,164))
PWM80 = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,2,50,0,151))
PWM85 = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,2,37,0,138))
PWM90 = bytes ((107,7,188,51,3,192,2,25,0,126))
PWM95 = bytes ((107,7,188,51,3,192,2,12,0,113))
PWM100 = bytes ((170,7,188,51,3,192,2,0,0,101))
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect((TCP_IP, TCP_PORT))
s.send(PWMON)
s.send(PWM100)
s.send(FANPWRON)
time.sleep(5)
s.send(PWMON)
s.send(PWM80)
time.sleep(2)
s.send(PWM60)
time.sleep(2)
s.send(PWM40)
time.sleep(2)
s.send(PWM20)
time.sleep(2)
s.send(PWM0)
time.sleep(2)
s.send(FANPWROFF)
data = s.recv(BUFFER_SIZE)
s.close()
print ("received data:", data)