Informational Reports

All of the following methods are synchronous. The methods block until they return.

get_firmware_version

  def get_firmware_version(self)

    This method retrieves the Firmata firmware version

    :returns: Firmata firmware version

Example:

retrieve_firmware_version.py

Notes:

This report will return the major and minor numbers of the release and the firmware name.

get_pin_state

def get_pin_state(self, pin):
    """
    This method retrieves a pin state report for the specified pin.
    Pin modes reported:
    INPUT   = 0x00  # digital input mode
    OUTPUT  = 0x01  # digital output mode
    ANALOG  = 0x02  # analog input mode
    PWM     = 0x03  # digital pin in PWM output mode
    SERVO   = 0x04  # digital pin in Servo output mode
    I2C     = 0x06  # pin included in I2C setup
    PULLUP  = 0x0b  # digital pin in input pullup mode
    SONAR   = 0x0c  # digital pin in SONAR mode
    DHT     = 0x0f

    :param pin: Pin of interest

    :returns: pin state report
    """

Example:

retrieve_pin_state.py

Notes:

Refer to the Firmata Protocol specification for an explanation of the report data.]

get_protocol_version

 def get_protocol_version(self)

    This method returns the major and minor values 
    for the protocol version, i.e. 2.5

    :returns: Firmata protocol version

Example:

retrieve_protocol_version.py

get_pymata_version

  def get_pymata_version(self)

    This method retrieves the PyMata Express version number

    :returns: PyMata Express version number.

Example:

retrieve_pymata_version.py