Serial Input

name	Serial Input
version	v1.0.1
docker image	weevenetwork/serial-input
tags	Python, Flask, Docker, Weeve
authors	Ghassen Barbouchi

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Table of Content

• Serial Input
  • Table of Content
  • Description
    • Features
  • Environment Variables
    • Module Specific
    • Set by the weeve Agent on the edge-node
  • Dependencies

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Description

This module reads data input from specified serial interface.

Features

1. Open serial of a host machine
2. Read received serial data
3. Forward received serial data

Environment Variables

Module Specific

The following module configurations can be provided in a data service designer section on weeve platform:

Name	Environment Variables	Type	Description	Mandathory/Option
Serial Port	PORT	string	eg: /dev/ttyUSB0	Mandathory
Serial Baud_Rate	BAUD_RATE	integer	The data baud rate	Mandathory
Number of data bits	DATA_BITS	string	Port number for tbe broker	Option
Parity	PARITY	string	Enable parity checking	Option
Stop bits	STOP_BITS	string	Number of stop bits	Option

Other features required for establishing the inter-container communication between modules in a data service are set by weeve agent.

Set by the weeve Agent on the edge-node

Environment Variables	type	Description
EGRESS_URL	string	HTTP ReST endpoint for the next module
MODULE_NAME	string	Name of the module

Dependencies

requests==2.27.1
pyserial==3.5

RECOMMENDED: Make sure you have virtual environment