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Yes, the 1017 0/0/8 Relay board can be directly connected to your Mac via USB and should work with the Phidgets plugin without an SBC. However, I have just found a small bug that would have prevented the 1017 outputs from being defined as individual devices. Please download a copy of v0.4.7 from dropbox. Then delete your existing 1017 device and add a new one. In the device creation dialog you should now see a button that says: Read ifKit Config. Click that, then save, close and reload the plugin. You can then create individual devices for each of the 1017 output relays.
Regarding the web service. It is possible to connect directly with the Phidget from the plugin using USB. However, since a USB connection is exclusive, you would not be able to see that Phidget with the Phidgets Preferences pane or any other application. Use of the Web Service allows the Phidgets to be shared and is recommended. Note that the direct USB connection has not been thoroughly tested. If you decide to use a USB connection and have problems, please post the issues to this forum. Thanks.
Otis wrote:...If the USB connection is exclusive, does that mean that if I successfully access the 1017 with the Preference Pane to set its communication mode to USB, will doing that prohibit the Plugin from seeing it via USB? If so, that sounds like a problem because as far as I know I have to use the Preference pane to set the communication to USB instead of the default web service before defining the unit in the Plugin. Am I wrong?
I'm seeing a number of different Phidgets error messages in the logs and I can't easily reconstruct the scenarios for each. I can't justify the cost of the SBC board for this application, and USB would do everything I need, so I'll put the 1017 aside for now and monitor the forum to see if there's any news. If you'd like me to try any specific tests, I'd be glad to help....
Otis wrote:...when I create an action with one of these devices, the Edit Action pane only gives two choices for Output Action: Pulse On/Off and Pulse Off/On. Should I see a Turn On and Turn Off action, too? The pulse actions do turn the relays on and off, and perhaps that's the intent of the design.
Also, the Action settings include a pulse time in ms. But this setting seems to have no effect on the actual pulse length. The relay pulses either on or off for a very short time regardless of that setting. For example, controlling relay 7 with a pulse length of 1000ms,...
Otis wrote:...Setting the action to Control Light/Appliance / Turn On / PhidgetDevice causes this error in the log:
Trigger Phidget
Phidgets Error Error in plugin execution ExecuteAction:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "plugin.py", line 322, in actionControlDimmerRelay
<type 'exceptions.NameError'>: global name 'metaMode' is not defined
loafbread wrote:Your plugin keeps getting better. The best Digital Input system for Indigo.
thanks for your work
loafbread wrote:I am trying to define a Digital Output on a 0/16/16 1012_2. I get the errors below when I click "Click to Continue" ...
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