Visual Basic .NET - DC Bricklet 2.0¶

Configuration¶

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Imports System
Imports System.Threading
Imports Tinkerforge

Module ExampleConfiguration
    Const HOST As String = "localhost"
    Const PORT As Integer = 4223
    Const UID As String = "XYZ" ' Change XYZ to the UID of your DC Bricklet 2.0

    Sub Main()
        Dim ipcon As New IPConnection() ' Create IP connection
        Dim dc As New BrickletDCV2(UID, ipcon) ' Create device object

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

        dc.SetDriveMode(BrickletDCV2.DRIVE_MODE_DRIVE_COAST)
        dc.SetPWMFrequency(10000) ' Use PWM frequency of 10 kHz
        dc.SetMotion(4096, _
                     16384) ' Slow acceleration (12.5 %/s), fast decceleration (50 %/s) for stopping
        dc.SetVelocity(32767) ' Full speed forward (100 %)
        dc.SetEnabled(True) ' Enable motor power

        Console.WriteLine("Press key to exit")
        Console.ReadLine()

        dc.SetVelocity(0) ' Stop motor before disabling motor power
        Thread.Sleep(2000) ' Wait for motor to actually stop: velocity (100 %) / decceleration (50 %/s) = 2 s
        dc.SetEnabled(False) ' Disable motor power

        ipcon.Disconnect()
    End Sub
End Module

Callback¶

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Imports System
Imports System.Threading
Imports Tinkerforge

Module ExampleCallback
    Const HOST As String = "localhost"
    Const PORT As Integer = 4223
    Const UID As String = "XYZ" ' Change XYZ to the UID of your DC Bricklet 2.0

    ' Use velocity reached callback to swing back and forth
    ' between full speed forward and full speed backward
    Sub VelocityReachedCB(ByVal sender As BrickletDCV2, ByVal velocity As Short)
        If velocity = 32767 Then
            Console.WriteLine("Velocity: Full speed forward, now turning backward")
            sender.SetVelocity(-32767)
        Else If velocity = -32767 Then
            Console.WriteLine("Velocity: Full speed backward, now turning forward")
            sender.SetVelocity(32767)
        Else
            ' Can only happen if another program sets velocity
            Console.WriteLine("Error")
        End If
    End Sub

    Sub Main()
        Dim ipcon As New IPConnection() ' Create IP connection
        Dim dc As New BrickletDCV2(UID, ipcon) ' Create device object

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

        ' The acceleration has to be smaller or equal to the maximum
        ' acceleration of the DC motor, otherwise the velocity reached
        ' callback will be called too early
        dc.SetMotion(4096, _
                     16384) ' Slow acceleration (12.5 %/s), fast decceleration (50 %/s) for stopping
        dc.SetVelocity(32767) ' Full speed forward (100 %)

        ' Register velocity reached callback to subroutine VelocityReachedCB
        AddHandler dc.VelocityReachedCallback, AddressOf VelocityReachedCB

        ' Enable motor power
        dc.SetEnabled(True)

        Console.WriteLine("Press key to exit")
        Console.ReadLine()

        dc.SetVelocity(0) ' Stop motor before disabling motor power
        Thread.Sleep(2000) ' Wait for motor to actually stop: velocity (100 %) / decceleration (50 %/s) = 2 s
        dc.SetEnabled(False) ' Disable motor power

        ipcon.Disconnect()
    End Sub
End Module

Basic Functions¶

Class BrickletDCV2(ByVal uid As String, ByVal ipcon As IPConnection)¶

Creates an object with the unique device ID uid:

Dim dcV2 As New BrickletDCV2("YOUR_DEVICE_UID", ipcon)

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

Sub BrickletDCV2.SetEnabled(ByVal enabled As Boolean)¶

Parameters:	enabled – Type: Boolean

Enables/Disables the driver chip. The driver parameters can be configured (velocity, acceleration, etc) before it is enabled.

Function BrickletDCV2.GetEnabled() As Boolean¶

Returns:	enabled – Type: Boolean, Default: false

Returns true if the driver chip is enabled, false otherwise.

Sub BrickletDCV2.SetVelocity(ByVal velocity As Short)¶

Parameters:	velocity – Type: Short, Unit: 100/32767 %, Range: [-215 + 1 to 215 - 1], Default: 0

Sets the velocity of the motor. Whereas -32767 is full speed backward, 0 is stop and 32767 is full speed forward. Depending on the acceleration (see SetMotion()), the motor is not immediately brought to the velocity but smoothly accelerated.

The velocity describes the duty cycle of the PWM with which the motor is controlled, e.g. a velocity of 3277 sets a PWM with a 10% duty cycle. You can not only control the duty cycle of the PWM but also the frequency, see SetPWMFrequency().

Function BrickletDCV2.GetVelocity() As Short¶

Returns:	velocity – Type: Short, Unit: 100/32767 %, Range: [-215 + 1 to 215 - 1], Default: 0

Returns the velocity as set by SetVelocity().

Function BrickletDCV2.GetCurrentVelocity() As Short¶

Returns:	velocity – Type: Short, Unit: 100/32767 %, Range: [-215 + 1 to 215 - 1], Default: 0

Returns the current velocity of the motor. This value is different from GetVelocity() whenever the motor is currently accelerating to a goal set by SetVelocity().

Sub BrickletDCV2.SetMotion(ByVal acceleration As Integer, ByVal deceleration As Integer)¶

Parameters:	acceleration – Type: Integer, Unit: 100/32767 %/s, Range: [0 to 216 - 1], Default: 10000 deceleration – Type: Integer, Unit: 100/32767 %/s, Range: [0 to 216 - 1], Default: 10000

Sets the acceleration and deceleration of the motor. It is given in velocity/s. An acceleration of 10000 means, that every second the velocity is increased by 10000 (or about 30% duty cycle).

For example: If the current velocity is 0 and you want to accelerate to a velocity of 16000 (about 50% duty cycle) in 10 seconds, you should set an acceleration of 1600.

If acceleration and deceleration is set to 0, there is no speed ramping, i.e. a new velocity is immediately given to the motor.

Sub BrickletDCV2.GetMotion(ByRef acceleration As Integer, ByRef deceleration As Integer)¶

Output Parameters:	acceleration – Type: Integer, Unit: 100/32767 %/s, Range: [0 to 216 - 1], Default: 10000 deceleration – Type: Integer, Unit: 100/32767 %/s, Range: [0 to 216 - 1], Default: 10000

Returns the acceleration/deceleration as set by SetMotion().

Sub BrickletDCV2.FullBrake()¶

Executes an active full brake.

Warning

This function is for emergency purposes, where an immediate brake is necessary. Depending on the current velocity and the strength of the motor, a full brake can be quite violent.

Call SetVelocity() with 0 if you just want to stop the motor.

Function BrickletDCV2.GetPWMFrequency() As Integer¶

Returns:	frequency – Type: Integer, Unit: 1 Hz, Range: [1 to 20000], Default: 15000

Returns the PWM frequency as set by SetPWMFrequency().

Sub BrickletDCV2.GetPowerStatistics(ByRef voltage As Integer, ByRef current As Integer)¶

Output Parameters:	voltage – Type: Integer, Unit: 1 mV, Range: [0 to 216 - 1] current – Type: Integer, Unit: 1 mA, Range: [0 to 216 - 1]

Returns input voltage and current usage of the driver.

Advanced Functions¶

Sub BrickletDCV2.SetDriveMode(ByVal mode As Byte)¶

Parameters:	mode – Type: Byte, Range: See constants, Default: 0

Sets the drive mode. Possible modes are:

• 0 = Drive/Brake
• 1 = Drive/Coast

These modes are different kinds of motor controls.

In Drive/Brake mode, the motor is always either driving or braking. There is no freewheeling. Advantages are: A more linear correlation between PWM and velocity, more exact accelerations and the possibility to drive with slower velocities.

In Drive/Coast mode, the motor is always either driving or freewheeling. Advantages are: Less current consumption and less demands on the motor and driver chip.

The following constants are available for this function:

For mode:

• BrickletDCV2.DRIVE_MODE_DRIVE_BRAKE = 0
• BrickletDCV2.DRIVE_MODE_DRIVE_COAST = 1

Function BrickletDCV2.GetDriveMode() As Byte¶

Returns:	mode – Type: Byte, Range: See constants, Default: 0

Returns the drive mode, as set by SetDriveMode().

The following constants are available for this function:

For mode:

• BrickletDCV2.DRIVE_MODE_DRIVE_BRAKE = 0
• BrickletDCV2.DRIVE_MODE_DRIVE_COAST = 1

Sub BrickletDCV2.SetPWMFrequency(ByVal frequency As Integer)¶

Parameters:	frequency – Type: Integer, Unit: 1 Hz, Range: [1 to 20000], Default: 15000

Sets the frequency of the PWM with which the motor is driven. Often a high frequency is less noisy and the motor runs smoother. However, with a low frequency there are less switches and therefore fewer switching losses. Also with most motors lower frequencies enable higher torque.

If you have no idea what all this means, just ignore this function and use the default frequency, it will very likely work fine.

Sub BrickletDCV2.SetErrorLEDConfig(ByVal config As Byte)¶

Parameters:	config – Type: Byte, Range: See constants, Default: 3

Configures the error LED to be either turned off, turned on, blink in heartbeat mode or show an error.

If the LED is configured to show errors it has three different states:

• Off: No error present.
• 1s interval blinking: Input voltage too low (below 6V).
• 250ms interval blinking: Overtemperature or overcurrent.

The following constants are available for this function:

For config:

• BrickletDCV2.ERROR_LED_CONFIG_OFF = 0
• BrickletDCV2.ERROR_LED_CONFIG_ON = 1
• BrickletDCV2.ERROR_LED_CONFIG_SHOW_HEARTBEAT = 2
• BrickletDCV2.ERROR_LED_CONFIG_SHOW_ERROR = 3

Function BrickletDCV2.GetErrorLEDConfig() As Byte¶

Returns:	config – Type: Byte, Range: See constants, Default: 3

Returns the LED configuration as set by SetErrorLEDConfig()

The following constants are available for this function:

For config:

• BrickletDCV2.ERROR_LED_CONFIG_OFF = 0
• BrickletDCV2.ERROR_LED_CONFIG_ON = 1
• BrickletDCV2.ERROR_LED_CONFIG_SHOW_HEARTBEAT = 2
• BrickletDCV2.ERROR_LED_CONFIG_SHOW_ERROR = 3

Sub BrickletDCV2.GetSPITFPErrorCount(ByRef errorCountAckChecksum As Long, ByRef errorCountMessageChecksum As Long, ByRef errorCountFrame As Long, ByRef errorCountOverflow As Long)¶

Output Parameters:	errorCountAckChecksum – Type: Long, Range: [0 to 232 - 1] errorCountMessageChecksum – Type: Long, Range: [0 to 232 - 1] errorCountFrame – Type: Long, Range: [0 to 232 - 1] errorCountOverflow – Type: Long, Range: [0 to 232 - 1]

Returns the error count for the communication between Brick and Bricklet.

The errors are divided into

• ACK checksum errors,
• message checksum errors,
• framing errors and
• overflow errors.

The errors counts are for errors that occur on the Bricklet side. All Bricks have a similar function that returns the errors on the Brick side.

Sub BrickletDCV2.SetStatusLEDConfig(ByVal config As Byte)¶

Parameters:	config – Type: Byte, Range: See constants, Default: 3

Sets the status LED configuration. By default the LED shows communication traffic between Brick and Bricklet, it flickers once for every 10 received data packets.

You can also turn the LED permanently on/off or show a heartbeat.

If the Bricklet is in bootloader mode, the LED is will show heartbeat by default.

The following constants are available for this function:

For config:

• BrickletDCV2.STATUS_LED_CONFIG_OFF = 0
• BrickletDCV2.STATUS_LED_CONFIG_ON = 1
• BrickletDCV2.STATUS_LED_CONFIG_SHOW_HEARTBEAT = 2
• BrickletDCV2.STATUS_LED_CONFIG_SHOW_STATUS = 3

Function BrickletDCV2.GetStatusLEDConfig() As Byte¶

Returns:	config – Type: Byte, Range: See constants, Default: 3

Returns the configuration as set by SetStatusLEDConfig()

The following constants are available for this function:

For config:

• BrickletDCV2.STATUS_LED_CONFIG_OFF = 0
• BrickletDCV2.STATUS_LED_CONFIG_ON = 1
• BrickletDCV2.STATUS_LED_CONFIG_SHOW_HEARTBEAT = 2
• BrickletDCV2.STATUS_LED_CONFIG_SHOW_STATUS = 3

Function BrickletDCV2.GetChipTemperature() As Short¶

Returns:	temperature – Type: Short, Unit: 1 °C, Range: [-215 to 215 - 1]

Returns the temperature as measured inside the microcontroller. The value returned is not the ambient temperature!

The temperature is only proportional to the real temperature and it has bad accuracy. Practically it is only useful as an indicator for temperature changes.

Sub BrickletDCV2.Reset()¶

Calling this function will reset the Bricklet. All configurations will be lost.

After a reset you have to create new device objects, calling functions on the existing ones will result in undefined behavior!

Sub BrickletDCV2.GetIdentity(ByRef uid As String, ByRef connectedUid As String, ByRef position As Char, ByRef hardwareVersion() As Byte, ByRef firmwareVersion() As Byte, ByRef deviceIdentifier As Integer)¶

Output Parameters:

uid – Type: String, Length: up to 8 connectedUid – Type: String, Length: up to 8 position – Type: Char, Range: ["a"C to "h"C, "z"C] hardwareVersion – Type: Byte Array, 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 Array, 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: Integer, 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.

Callback Configuration Functions¶

Sub BrickletDCV2.SetEmergencyShutdownCallbackConfiguration(ByVal enabled As Boolean)¶

Parameters:	enabled – Type: Boolean, Default: false

Enable/Disable EmergencyShutdownCallback callback.

Function BrickletDCV2.GetEmergencyShutdownCallbackConfiguration() As Boolean¶

Returns:	enabled – Type: Boolean, Default: true

Returns the callback configuration as set by SetEmergencyShutdownCallbackConfiguration().

Sub BrickletDCV2.SetVelocityReachedCallbackConfiguration(ByVal enabled As Boolean)¶

Parameters:	enabled – Type: Boolean, Default: false

Enable/Disable VelocityReachedCallback callback.

Function BrickletDCV2.GetVelocityReachedCallbackConfiguration() As Boolean¶

Returns:	enabled – Type: Boolean, Default: false

Returns the callback configuration as set by SetVelocityReachedCallbackConfiguration().

Sub BrickletDCV2.SetCurrentVelocityCallbackConfiguration(ByVal period As Long, ByVal valueHasToChange As Boolean)¶

Parameters:	period – Type: Long, Unit: 1 ms, Range: [0 to 232 - 1], Default: 0 valueHasToChange – Type: Boolean, Default: false

The period is the period with which the CurrentVelocityCallback callback is triggered periodically. A value of 0 turns the callback off.

If the value has to change-parameter is set to true, the callback is only triggered after the value has changed. If the value didn't change within the period, the callback is triggered immediately on change.

If it is set to false, the callback is continuously triggered with the period, independent of the value.

Sub BrickletDCV2.GetCurrentVelocityCallbackConfiguration(ByRef period As Long, ByRef valueHasToChange As Boolean)¶

Output Parameters:	period – Type: Long, Unit: 1 ms, Range: [0 to 232 - 1], Default: 0 valueHasToChange – Type: Boolean, Default: false

Returns the callback configuration as set by SetCurrentVelocityCallbackConfiguration().

Callbacks¶

Callbacks can be registered to receive time critical or recurring data from the device. The registration is done by assigning a procedure to an callback property of the device object:

Sub MyCallback(ByVal sender As BrickletDCV2, ByVal value As Short)
    Console.WriteLine("Value: {0}", value)
End Sub

AddHandler dcV2.ExampleCallback, AddressOf MyCallback

The available callback property and their type of parameters are described below.

Event BrickletDCV2.EmergencyShutdownCallback(ByVal sender As BrickletDCV2)¶

Callback Parameters:	sender – Type: BrickletDCV2

This callback is triggered if either the current consumption is too high (above 5A) or the temperature of the driver chip is too high (above 175°C). These two possibilities are essentially the same, since the temperature will reach this threshold immediately if the motor consumes too much current. In case of a voltage below 3.3V (external or stack) this callback is triggered as well.

If this callback is triggered, the driver chip gets disabled at the same time. That means, SetEnabled() has to be called to drive the motor again.

Note

This callback only works in Drive/Brake mode (see SetDriveMode()). In Drive/Coast mode it is unfortunately impossible to reliably read the overcurrent/overtemperature signal from the driver chip.

Event BrickletDCV2.VelocityReachedCallback(ByVal sender As BrickletDCV2, ByVal velocity As Short)¶

Callback Parameters:	sender – Type: BrickletDCV2 velocity – Type: Short, Unit: 100/32767 %, Range: [-215 + 1 to 215 - 1]

This callback is triggered whenever a set velocity is reached. For example: If a velocity of 0 is present, acceleration is set to 5000 and velocity to 10000, the VelocityReachedCallback callback will be triggered after about 2 seconds, when the set velocity is actually reached.

Note

Since we can't get any feedback from the DC motor, this only works if the acceleration (see SetMotion()) is set smaller or equal to the maximum acceleration of the motor. Otherwise the motor will lag behind the control value and the callback will be triggered too early.

Event BrickletDCV2.CurrentVelocityCallback(ByVal sender As BrickletDCV2, ByVal velocity As Short)¶

Callback Parameters:	sender – Type: BrickletDCV2 velocity – Type: Short, Unit: 100/32767 %, Range: [-215 + 1 to 215 - 1]

This callback is triggered with the period that is set by SetCurrentVelocityCallbackConfiguration(). The parameter is the current velocity used by the motor.

The CurrentVelocityCallback callback is only triggered after the set period if there is a change in the velocity.

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.

Function BrickletDCV2.GetAPIVersion() As Byte()¶

Output Parameters:	apiVersion – Type: Byte Array, 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.

Function BrickletDCV2.GetResponseExpected(ByVal functionId As Byte) As Boolean¶

Parameters:	functionId – Type: Byte, Range: See constants
Returns:	responseExpected – Type: Boolean

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:

• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_ENABLED = 1
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_VELOCITY = 3
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_MOTION = 6
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_FULL_BRAKE = 8
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_DRIVE_MODE = 9
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_PWM_FREQUENCY = 11
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_ERROR_LED_CONFIG = 14
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_EMERGENCY_SHUTDOWN_CALLBACK_CONFIGURATION = 16
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_VELOCITY_REACHED_CALLBACK_CONFIGURATION = 18
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_CURRENT_VELOCITY_CALLBACK_CONFIGURATION = 20
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_WRITE_FIRMWARE_POINTER = 237
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_STATUS_LED_CONFIG = 239
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_RESET = 243
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_WRITE_UID = 248

Sub BrickletDCV2.SetResponseExpected(ByVal functionId As Byte, ByVal responseExpected As Boolean)¶

Parameters:	functionId – Type: Byte, Range: See constants responseExpected – Type: Boolean

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:

• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_ENABLED = 1
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_VELOCITY = 3
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_MOTION = 6
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_FULL_BRAKE = 8
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_DRIVE_MODE = 9
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_PWM_FREQUENCY = 11
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_ERROR_LED_CONFIG = 14
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_EMERGENCY_SHUTDOWN_CALLBACK_CONFIGURATION = 16
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_VELOCITY_REACHED_CALLBACK_CONFIGURATION = 18
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_CURRENT_VELOCITY_CALLBACK_CONFIGURATION = 20
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_WRITE_FIRMWARE_POINTER = 237
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_SET_STATUS_LED_CONFIG = 239
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_RESET = 243
• BrickletDCV2.FUNCTION_WRITE_UID = 248

Sub BrickletDCV2.SetResponseExpectedAll(ByVal responseExpected As Boolean)¶

Parameters:	responseExpected – Type: Boolean

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

Internal Functions¶

Internal functions are used for maintenance tasks such as flashing a new firmware of changing the UID of a Bricklet. These task should be performed using Brick Viewer instead of using the internal functions directly.

Function BrickletDCV2.SetBootloaderMode(ByVal mode As Byte) As Byte¶

Parameters:	mode – Type: Byte, Range: See constants
Returns:	status – Type: Byte, Range: See constants

Sets the bootloader mode and returns the status after the requested mode change was instigated.

You can change from bootloader mode to firmware mode and vice versa. A change from bootloader mode to firmware mode will only take place if the entry function, device identifier and CRC are present and correct.

This function is used by Brick Viewer during flashing. It should not be necessary to call it in a normal user program.

The following constants are available for this function:

For mode:

• BrickletDCV2.BOOTLOADER_MODE_BOOTLOADER = 0
• BrickletDCV2.BOOTLOADER_MODE_FIRMWARE = 1
• BrickletDCV2.BOOTLOADER_MODE_BOOTLOADER_WAIT_FOR_REBOOT = 2
• BrickletDCV2.BOOTLOADER_MODE_FIRMWARE_WAIT_FOR_REBOOT = 3
• BrickletDCV2.BOOTLOADER_MODE_FIRMWARE_WAIT_FOR_ERASE_AND_REBOOT = 4

For status:

• BrickletDCV2.BOOTLOADER_STATUS_OK = 0
• BrickletDCV2.BOOTLOADER_STATUS_INVALID_MODE = 1
• BrickletDCV2.BOOTLOADER_STATUS_NO_CHANGE = 2
• BrickletDCV2.BOOTLOADER_STATUS_ENTRY_FUNCTION_NOT_PRESENT = 3
• BrickletDCV2.BOOTLOADER_STATUS_DEVICE_IDENTIFIER_INCORRECT = 4
• BrickletDCV2.BOOTLOADER_STATUS_CRC_MISMATCH = 5

Function BrickletDCV2.GetBootloaderMode() As Byte¶

Returns:	mode – Type: Byte, Range: See constants

Returns the current bootloader mode, see SetBootloaderMode().

The following constants are available for this function:

For mode:

• BrickletDCV2.BOOTLOADER_MODE_BOOTLOADER = 0
• BrickletDCV2.BOOTLOADER_MODE_FIRMWARE = 1
• BrickletDCV2.BOOTLOADER_MODE_BOOTLOADER_WAIT_FOR_REBOOT = 2
• BrickletDCV2.BOOTLOADER_MODE_FIRMWARE_WAIT_FOR_REBOOT = 3
• BrickletDCV2.BOOTLOADER_MODE_FIRMWARE_WAIT_FOR_ERASE_AND_REBOOT = 4

Sub BrickletDCV2.SetWriteFirmwarePointer(ByVal pointer As Long)¶

Parameters:	pointer – Type: Long, Unit: 1 B, Range: [0 to 232 - 1]

Sets the firmware pointer for WriteFirmware(). The pointer has to be increased by chunks of size 64. The data is written to flash every 4 chunks (which equals to one page of size 256).

This function is used by Brick Viewer during flashing. It should not be necessary to call it in a normal user program.

Function BrickletDCV2.WriteFirmware(ByVal data() As Byte) As Byte¶

Parameters:	data – Type: Byte Array, Length: 64, Range: [0 to 255]
Returns:	status – Type: Byte, Range: [0 to 255]

Writes 64 Bytes of firmware at the position as written by SetWriteFirmwarePointer() before. The firmware is written to flash every 4 chunks.

You can only write firmware in bootloader mode.

This function is used by Brick Viewer during flashing. It should not be necessary to call it in a normal user program.

Sub BrickletDCV2.WriteUID(ByVal uid As Long)¶

Parameters:	uid – Type: Long, Range: [0 to 232 - 1]

Writes a new UID into flash. If you want to set a new UID you have to decode the Base58 encoded UID string into an integer first.

We recommend that you use Brick Viewer to change the UID.

Function BrickletDCV2.ReadUID() As Long¶

Returns:	uid – Type: Long, Range: [0 to 232 - 1]

Returns the current UID as an integer. Encode as Base58 to get the usual string version.

Constants¶

Const BrickletDCV2.DEVICE_IDENTIFIER¶

This constant is used to identify a DC Bricklet 2.0.

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.

Const BrickletDCV2.DEVICE_DISPLAY_NAME¶

This constant represents the human readable name of a DC Bricklet 2.0.