Utilities and Helpers

Engine comes packaged with some handy helper functions that make interfacing with the wide variety of IoT protocols out there easier.

Functions and Constants

These can be included into your driver class

include ::Orchestrator::Constants

Helper	Type	Description
On, Down, Open	bool true	Constants that can make code more readable
Off, Up, Close, Short	bool false	Constants that can make code more readable
in_range(input_number, max, min = 0)	returns a number in the range	if input exceeds the limits, the limit is returned
is_affirmative? value	returns true if value is affirmative	values such as: true 'yes' :On
is_negatory? value	returns true if value is negative	values such as: false 'no' :Inactive

The Constants include module also contains Configuration Helpers

include ::Orchestrator::Transcoder

Helper	Type	Description
hex_to_byte(data)	returns binary string	accepts any string containing hex characters and supports common formatting such as "0xDEADBEEF", "De:ad:Be:ef" etc
byte_to_hex(data)	returns an ascii string	accepts binary strings or arrays of bytes
str_to_array(data)	returns an array of bytes	accepts strings
array_to_str(data)	returns a binary string	accepts array of bytes

Protocols

Telnet

Implements the telnet standard so that it is easy to communicate with devices that implement control codes or require negotiation.

require 'protocols/telnet'

class TelnetClient
    def on_load
        new_telnet_client

        # Telnet client returns only relevant data for buffering
        config before_buffering: proc { |data|
            @telnet.buffer data
        }
    end

    def disconnected
        # Ensures the buffer is cleared
        new_telnet_client
    end


    def some_request
        # Telnet deals with end of line characters
        # (may have been negotiated on initial connection)
        send @telnet.prepare('some request')
    end

    protected

    def new_telnet_client
        # Telnet client needs access to IO stream
        @telnet = Protocols::Telnet.new do |data|
            send data
        end
    end
end

KNX

Constructs KNX standard datagrams that make it easy to communicate with devices on KNX networks.

For more information see: https://github.com/acaprojects/ruby-knx

OAuth

For secure delegated access to services that implement it see wikipedia for details

require 'protocols/oauth'

class HttpClient
    # =====================================
    # Hook into HTTP request via middleware
    # All requests will be sent with OAuth
    # =====================================
    def on_update
        connected
    end

    # This is called directly after on_load.
    # Middleware is not available until connected
    def connected
        @oauth = Protocols::OAuth.new({
            key:    setting(:consumer_key),
            secret: setting(:consumer_secret),
            site:   remote_address
        })
        update_middleware
    end

    protected

    def update_middleware
        # middleware is service helper function
        mid = middleware
        mid.clear
        mid << @oauth
    end
end

Wake on Lan

Wake on lan is available to drivers of all types

# Supports any string with the correct number of hex digits
#  as well as common formats (these are some examples)
mac_address_string = '0x62f81d4b6f00'
mac_address_string = '62:f8:1d:4b:6f:00'
mac_address_string = '62-f8-1d-4b-6f-00'

# Defaults to broadcast address `'255.255.255.255'`
wake_device(mac_address_string)

# You can define a VLan gateway for a directed broadcast (most common in enterprise)
wake_device(mac_address_string, '192.168.3.1')