ArduinoLiquidCrystal

Setting up an Arduino

1. Materials Required

2. Putting the required script on the Arduino

   1. Download and install the Arduino IDE from https://www.arduino.cc/en/software

   2. Connect the arduino using the USB cable to the computer

   3. Open the IDE and make sure your device is connected. Your board should appear near the red line

4. Locate the Arduino liquid crystal ino File from the support folder  ArduinoLiquidCrystal\TCPReadWriteAllPinOutput_NoDigiRead_FastPWM.ino

5. Copy the file to your local drive as you want to make edits

6. Open the file in the IDE and edit the following - 

8. For the IP Address

   1. Make sure that the Arduino is connected to your PC using an Ethernet Cable

   2. Navigate to Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center

   3. Click on the ethernet connection of your Arduino device

5.   Select Internet protocol Version 4 (TCP/IP) and click properties or double click and change the settings to a an ip address that you can use (Similar to setting up a GigE camera, you may refer to the drop net schedule as well for allowable IP Addresses). Click okay

6. In the script, go to the IP Address section and input the IP Address you can assign to the device. (For example the last digit in the IP address maybe be one more than the Ethernet Port address/Gateway Address)

9. You can now disconnect the USB Cable from the arduino and the computer.

Setting up Transmission Voltage Calibration

1. The default calibration file is for device - LCC1622

2. You can get the curve/data from the manufacturers website. It then needs to be formatted into the following way as a csv file, with voltage values on the left and transmission% values on the right.

3. You can then put the file in the active directory 

Setup on Database Editor for a GEECS Device

1. Setup a new device in the DB Manager by Navigating to Device Ops > Device >  Device(Add)

2. Select the DeviceType as ArduinoLiquidCrystal and fill out the rest of the details

3. Navigate to Device Ops > Device variable Ops > Device Variables (Add/Edit/Delete)

4. Navigate to the correct Devicetype and Device

5. Set the following variable

   • ResourceName - Set as the IP Address of the arduino

   • TransmissionValueTablePath - Path to the Calibration csv you had created. Leave it as is if using  LCC1622.

   • Make sure local port is set as 8888