Controlling GPIOs and LED

IoT Connector provides an easy to use rules based mechanism to control the reader GPOs and LED. User can create multiple rules and actions combo and save them on the reader. The reader will monitor for those events and take the configured actions automatically.

Important

IoT Connector can only control the App LED (LED3) on the device.

Configuring using Web Console

The GPIO-LED configuration page can be accessed by navigating to Communication > Zebra IoT Connector > GPIO Config. This page allows the users to add any number of rules that will control the GPOs and the LED based on certain conditions.

The page consists of the following sections:

• Defaults : Specifies the default state of the GPOs and LED.

• Event : Specifies the event of interest.

• Condition: Specifies the additional conditions to check for before taking the action on an event.

• Action: The action to be taken

The following table provides more info on each of the above items.

GPIO-LED Configuration Parameters

Section	Control	Description	Values
Defaults	GPO1	Specifies the default state of the GPO 1.	LOW, HIGH
Defaults	GPO2	Specifies the default state of the GPO 2.	LOW, HIGH
Defaults	GPO3	Specifies the default state of the GPO 3.	LOW, HIGH
Defaults	GPO4	Specifies the default state of the GPO 4.	LOW, HIGH
Defaults	LED3	Specifies the default state of the LED 3.	OFF, RED, AMBER, GREEN
Event	Event	Specifies the event of interest.	GPI, Cloud Connect, Cloud Disconnect, Tag Read, Radio Start, Radio Stop. In case of a GPI events the Port Number and state can be specified. Note: GPI Events are not reported unless mode is set to portal and the corresponding GPI is set as the start trigger.
Event	Number	Specifies the Port Number of the GPI. This is valid only if Event is selected as GPI
Event	State	Specifies the State of the GPI to be monitored. When the GPI goes to the specified state, then the event is trigerred. This is valid only if the Event is selected as GPI.	HIGH, Low
Conditions	Cloud Connected	If checked, the configured action is taken only if the IoT Connector is connected to the endpoints.
Conditions	Cloud Disconnected	If checked, the configured action is taken only if the IoT Connector is disconnected from the endpoints.
Conditions	Radio Ongoing	If Checked, the configured action is taken only if the reader is currently trying to read tags (Start is issued).
Conditions	Radio Notongoing	If Checked, the configured action is taken only if the reader is not trying to read tags (Stop is issued).
Conditions	Operand	More than one condition can be specified in which the case operand to apply must also be specified. If AND Operand is selected, then the action will be applied only if all the conditions specified have been met. If OR Operand is selected, then if one of the conditions is met, the configured action will be taken.	AND, OR
Action	Entity	Entity to be controlled when the event occurs.	LED3, GPO1, GPO2, GPO3, GPO4
Action	State	specifies what state to put the control entity into.	For GPOs the state can be HIGH or LOW. for LED, the State can be set to GREEN, RED or AMBER.
Action	Post Action State	specifies what State the Entity must be left in after performing the action.	For GPOs the Post Action State can be HIGH or LOW. For LED, the Post Action State can be set to GREEN, RED or AMBER.
Action	On	This is part of the blink parameters. Specifies how long in milli-seconds the entity must be in the state configured. For GPOs and LED the On state is what is configured in State field in Action section.	A valid integer
Action	Off	This is part of the blink parameters. Specifies how long in milli-seconds the entity must be in the off state. For GPOs the Off state is the opposite of the state configured in State field in the Action section. For LED, the Off state is when LED is OFF.	A valid integer
Action	Blink Duration	Specifies the duration in milli-seconds for which to perform On/Off of the entity.	A valid Integer

Managing GPIO-LED Configuration

Once the required configuration parameters for GPO-LED control is entered in the UI, User can click on the Add button. This will add the current configuration to the list of configuration at the bottom of the page as shown below.

User can click on any of the added configurations to view the details. Upon clicking the Delete icon, the configuration will be deleted. Once the required configuration is all set, then the user must click on Save. Only then will the changes be pushed to the reader.

Example

In this example, the following control logic will be set on the reader.

• By default all GPOs will be low and LED will be OFF

• When a tag is read, if the cloud is disconnected, then GPO 1 will be set to HIGH for 100ms.

• After 100ms GPO1 will be set back to LOW

The above configuration can be set on the reader as indicated below.