FIFO question = how to?! about alertr HOT 4 CLOSED

The protocol for the FIFO is defined here: https://github.com/sqall01/alertR/wiki/Protocol#protocol_schematics_fifo_sensor_sensoralert. There are also command lines to trigger an alert. But I think you already looked there.

In the scripts_example directory inside the installation there is the file mac_address_whitelist.py which contains also an example how to write into a FIFO file directly (actually, now when I see this I do not know why I did not use the json module ... definitely have to change this).

When you would use the json module of python for this script it would look something like this:

import json

fifo_dict = dict()
fifo_dict["message"] = "sensoralert"

payload = dict()
payload["state"] = 1
payload["dataType"] = 0
payload["hasLatestData"] = False
payload["changeState"] = False
payload["hasOptionalData"] = True

optional_data = dict()
optional_data["message"] = "Something I want to tell someone."
payload["optionalData"] = optional_data

fifo_dict["payload"] = payload

with open("/your/fifo/file", 'w') as fifo_file:
    fifo_file.write(json.dumps(fifo_dict))

Is this sufficient for now? Or do you have problems somewhere else?

Regarding the upload page. I actually thought about it. For example I thought about creating a subreddit alertr for everyone who wants to post something alertr related like tutorials or cool setup ideas. Another idea I had was to create an AlertR misc github repository and anyone with something cool can add it there via a pull request. However, since no one seemed to be interested until now, I did not pursue it further. Personally I think the subreddit would be a better choice since it is like a internet forum software. What do you think?

Cheers
sqall

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Hi,

I added new Developer Tutorials to the Tutorials list in the wiki. The tutorial showing how to write a script for a FIFO sensor is placed here

Since this should answer your question, I will close this issue. However, if you have any further questions or a suggestion on the question of my last post post feel free to open it again.

Cheers
sqall

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Hey, just to let you know. I just created a subreddit where everyone can post there tutorials.

Cheers,
sqall

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