halocode-tools

Upload and log script for the makeblock halocode MFF-K00-01
Source code has been extracted from this project

Upload python scripts and show console log

# on linux
./upload.py samples/test.py 

# on windows
python upload.py samples\test.py 

Code snippets for VS Code

Copy .vscode\python.code-snippets to directory .vscode/ of your project. Generate code snippets with api/transform.awk.

Run with python embedded

• Download Python embedded: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3104/
• Unzip to halocode-tools/python
• Download Serial module:
• Install Serial module to halocode-tools/python/Lib/site-packages: python\python.exe setup.py install
• Add Lib and Lib/site-packages to halocode-tools/python/pythonXX._pth
• Run python\python.exe upload.py samples\test.py

Message Broadcasting

halocode uses MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) to broadcast messages:
Broker -> Server
Client -> Send and receive
Subscribe -> Topic

# install server
apt install mosquitto

# edit /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf:
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allow_anonymous true
listener 1883 0.0.0.0
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# start server
systemctl status mosquitto 
systemctl start mosquitto 

# install clients
apt install mosquitto-clients

# subscribe to test
mosquitto_sub -t "test"

# publish message
mosquitto_pub -t "test" -m "test

samble script: samples/wlan.py

Links

• Python Mu Editor for halocode
• Python Mu Editor original
• halocode API reference

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