pifacedigital-scratch-handler

Allows Scratch to control PiFace Digital through MESH.

Install

Make sure you are using the lastest version of Raspbian::

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade

Install pifacedigital-scratch-handler (for Python 3 and 2) with the following command::

$ sudo apt-get install python3-pifacedigital-scratch-handler

Use

First you must enable Mesh in Scratch.

The shift-click the Share menu-item and select Host Mesh.

Now run the scratch handler:

$ pifacedigital-scratch-handler

Scratch

The handler will make available inputs 1 through 8 via the sensor values. If you want to control PiFace Digital's outputs you must create a variable for each pin named like so:

piface-output1
piface-output2
piface-output3
piface-output4
piface-output5
piface-output6
piface-output7
piface-output8

Here is an image of a example Scratch program.