Hello all,

I am trying to use Sense and Control Dashboard 2.0 to have a sensor relay results to an actuator and upon receiving certain results, the actuator performs a task.  For example, if the sensor detects a temperature that is too high (say above 30 degrees celsius), the actuator is informed that this condition has been met and proceeds to flash a series of LEDs and start a buzzer.

Currently, I am able to have the sensors results displayed on the Sense and Control Dashboard 2.0.  I am also able to set up an actuator that is being sent information based on if the sensor's results meet certain conditions.  My problem is How do I have the actuator process information being sent to it and execute a method? 

For more details my setup is as follows (all parts are from the PSoC FirstTouch Starter Kit with CyFi Low-Power RF or the Environmental Sensing Kit):

1) Actuator: AAA Battery Pack --- RF Expansion Board --- Multifunction Board

2) Sensor: AAA Battery Pack --- RF Expansion Board --- Weather Station Expansion Board

(I think my problem has to do with relaying information from the RF Expansion Board to the Multifunction Board)

Thanks in advance,

Cyphez

 Another possible topic of interest would be using the same setup, how would one go about directly transmitting the information from the sensor to the actuator, without the use of the PC as the middle man?

 I can send a signal to the Actuator, however, I do not know how to have the actuator process the signal it is receiving.

I can currently receive a signal from a sensor (such as temperature or humidity), send this information to the PC to be viewed by the  Cypress Sense and Control Dashboard, analyze the information, and if the information meets a certain criteria (such as a temperature being too high), a specific value is sent to the actuator.  The value that is sent to the actuator is what I am having problems handling. My goal is to examine the value and trigger a buzzer on the Multifunction Board.

My problem is, how do I have the actuator (which has received a value) process the received value?

I think my problem might be better phrased as:

How do I relay the data received on the RF Expansion board to the MultiFunction Board?

 1) Use the Console tool of Dashboard, send message to actuator, and check it.

This is what I am currently trying to do. The message is sent to the actuator. The problem is how do I get the actuator to handle the value sent to it.

You HAVE got the actuator firmware (it's on the accompanying CD) and you'll have to change that. The sensor (actuator) boards contain usual members of PSoC1-family and are programmable as well but they lack the additional hardware you are talking about (LEDs, buzzer).

Bob

The basic kit you have looks like -

The hub can both act as a hub or to program the node boards.

So basically you take the node board of interest and modifiy its code to effect actuator

behaviour. The firmware for the node is located on kit CDROM. So you would open up

that firmware in Designer and modifiy it. Note the projects, if I am not mistaken, are

5.1 or 5.0 Designer projects. Look at user manual for the procedure to program a node

board. You have to make sure you pick the right PSOC to insure you are not re-programming

the hub firmware device.

Regards, Dana.

 This sounds like what I am looking for!

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My only question now is how do I go about programming the node board?As a reminder my setup is:  AAA Battery Pack --- RF Expansion Board --- Multifunction Board

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I have opened the firmware for the Multifunction Board in Designer and I am able to program the MultiFunction board to do various tasks on its own (such as flash an LED and buzz a buzzer in sync).  I have also opened the firmware for the RF Expansion Board but I still do not understand how to have the RF expansion board communicate with the Multifunction board based on the data it is receiving (I also do not even know how to have the RF Expansion board examine the data being received from the Hub)

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In terms of what is actually going on, the weather station sends temperature measurements to the SCD, the SCD analyzes the temperature, if the temperature is found to be in a given range a certain command is sent to the RF Expansion Board, The problem is here. How do I have the RF Expansion Board forward the command for the MultiFunction board to process and perform a certain action?

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Sorry for so many questions but I am completely new to PSoC programming.

 In-System Programming

The master CY8C24894 on the hub side doubles as a programmer for the PSoC connected to it -
the application CY8C24794 on the hub board or the PSoC on an FTRF Expansion card. You can use
this feature to download the firmware hex file onto the PSoC CY8C27443 processor on the RF
Expansion board.

The manual has a section dedicated on this. Basically the usb hub can program its own application

processor (there are 2 in the hub, one to handle USB, the other as an application processor or as a

programmer for external boards plugged into it). When you program you make sure you have the correct

part number for the FTRF board set in the programmer, or you will wind up programming the processor

in the hub, which in general you do not do unless you decide to modify its firmware.

Regards, Dana.

PSoC73 is correct to a point. If you are just using the Cypress boards, and

no need to pass info from one node to another, just node to hub, you can

pretty much handle that with SCD.

But if you want to add your own sensors with more than simple signal conversion,

then you will have to do firmware mods.

Regards, Dana.