Input change not working

Eanna

Hi

im getting the hang of the UniPi 1.1
But i'm having difficulty changing the input state.
Could anyone give a hand?

#!/usr/bin/python3
import http.client
conn = http.client.HTTPConnection("192.168.173.209:8080")

payload = "{"input":"1","circuit":5","bitvalue":"1",:"rising","rising":["string"],"counter":"0","mode":"Simple","modes":["Simple"],"ds_mode":"string (optional)","ds_modes":["string"],"glob_dev_id":"number (required)","alias":"string (optional)"}"

payload = "{"input":"5"""bitvalue: 1""}"

headers = { 'content-type': "application/json" }

conn.request("POST", "/json/input/circuit: 1", payload, headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

this is my code.

Eanna

this is the error message I'm getting.
has anyone seen this?

{"status": "fail", "data": "Input is malformed; could not decode JSON object."}

TomasKnot

Hi @Eanna!

The error indicates that your message is not valid JSON. But first - inputs do not have an "input" state which could be changed; they are purely used for reading signals. Only outputs have an output state which can be set.

Second of all: you should either delete or comment out (with ##) your fourth line, though this will not by itself fix your problems

Third of all: you should be able to set the output with the following:

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPConnection("192.168.173.209:8080")

payload = "{\"value\":1}"

headers = { 'content-type': "application/json" }

conn.request("POST", "/json/relay/1", payload, headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

Eanna

@TomasKnot
Will this code change an input to an output?
How would I do this?

Thanks

TomasKnot

@Eanna
Changing an input into an output is not possible

Eanna

@TomasKnot
Can I send a pulse or anything out?
Or is this only through analogue pins?

TomasKnot

@Eanna
You can use the relays to send a pulse out, or the analog output