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Namespace Brainboxes.IO

Classes​

ASCIIProtocol​

Implementation of Brainboxes.IO.IIOProtocol using the Brainboxes ASCII/DCON command protocol. This is the default protocol for ED-series devices on TCP port 9500.

BB400​

Brainboxes BB-400 Neuron Edge Controller You can develop code to run remotely against the IO over the network or to run locally on the device itself The code remains the same, only (potentially) the IP address will change

BBSerialPort​

Encapsulates a Brainboxes Serial Port, communicates over TCP rather than using the Com port API, this means no drivers are required to be installed on the computer

BBStream​

Stream wrapper which adds ability to flush and check for available data on all streams which need to be accessed. Also adds ability to have a timeout on stream read and writes without the underlying connection closing on failure

Connection​

Abstract base class for connections to Brainboxes devices. Provides caching for Brainboxes.IO.Connection.IsConnected and Brainboxes.IO.Connection.IsAvailable properties, and a background polling timer that raises Brainboxes.IO.Connection.ConnectionStatusChangedEvent when connection status changes.

DefaultSerialProtocol​

Default implementation of Brainboxes.IO.ISerialProtocol for text-based serial communication over Brainboxes Ethernet-to-Serial devices (ES-series).

Device<Conn, Proto>​

A generic Brainboxes Device

ED004​

ED-004: Ethernet to 4 DIO + Ethernet to RS232

ED008​

ED-008: Ethernet to 8 Digital IO Ports

ED038​

ED-038: Ethernet to 3 x Relay + 3 Digital Inputs

ED204​

ED-204: Ethernet to 4 DIO + Ethernet to RS232

ED516​

ED-516: Ethernet to DIO 16 Digital Inputs + Serial Gateway

ED527​

ED-527: Ethernet to DIO 16 Digital Outputs + Serial Gateway

ED538​

ED-538: Ethernet to DIO 4 Digital Relays and 8 Digital Inputs + Serial Gateway

ED549​

ED-549: Ethernet to DIO 8 Analog Inputs + Serial Gateway

ED560​

ED-560: Ethernet to DIO 4 Analog Outputs + Serial Gateway

ED582​

ED-582: Ethernet to 4 RTD Inputs + Serial Gateway

ED588​

ED-588: Ethernet to DIO 8 Digital Inputs and 8 Digital Outputs + Serial Gateway

ED593​

ED-593: Ethernet to 8 Thermocouple Inputs + Serial Gateway

EDDevice​

Base class for all Brainboxes Ethernet Remote IO devices (part numbers starting "ED-XXX"). Provides access to digital and analog IO lines, event-driven monitoring, and device management.

ES246​

Brainboxes ES-246 1 Port RS232 Ethernet to Serial Adapter

ES257​

Brainboxes ES-257 2 Port RS232 Ethernet to Serial Adapter

ES279​

Brainboxes ES-279 8 Port RS232 Ethernet to Serial Adapter

ES313​

Brainboxes ES-313 2 Port RS422/485 Ethernet to Serial Adapter

ES320​

Brainboxes ES-320 1 Port RS422/485 Ethernet to Serial Adapter

ES346​

Brainboxes ES-346 4 Port RS422/485 Ethernet to Serial Adapter

ES357​

Brainboxes ES-357 1 Port RS232 and 1 Port RS422/485 Ethernet to Serial Adapter

ES413​

Brainboxes ES-413 2 Port RS422/485 PoE Ethernet to Serial Adapter

ES420​

Brainboxes ES-420 1 Port RS422/485 PoE Ethernet to Serial Adapter

ES446​

Brainboxes ES-446 1 Port RS232 PoE Ethernet to Serial Adapter

ES457​

Brainboxes ES-457 2 Port RS232 PoE Ethernet to Serial Adapter

ES511​

Brainboxes ES-511 1 Port RS232/422/485 Industrial Ethernet to Serial Adapter

ES522​

Brainboxes ES-522 2 Port RS232/422/485 Industrial Ethernet to Serial Adapter

ES551​

Brainboxes ES-551 1 Port RS232/422/485 Isolated Industrial Ethernet to Serial Adapter

ES571​

Brainboxes ES-571 1 Port RS232/422/485 Industrial Ethernet to Serial Adapter + Switch

ES701​

Brainboxes ES-701 4 Port RS232 Ethernet to Serial Adapter

ES842​

Brainboxes ES-842 8 Port RS422/485 Ethernet to Serial Adapter

ESDevice​

Base class for Brainboxes Ethernet-to-Serial devices (part numbers starting "ES-XXX"). Provides network-accessible serial ports via the Brainboxes.IO.ESDevice.Ports collection.

ExtensionMethods​

Cast IEnumerable<IOLine> to IOList so that we can easy add and remove events from the list

IOLine​

Represents a single IO line (digital or analog, input or output) on a Brainboxes Brainboxes.IO.EDDevice. Access IO lines via the Brainboxes.IO.EDDevice.Inputs, Brainboxes.IO.EDDevice.Outputs, or Brainboxes.IO.EDDevice.IOLines collections.

IOList<T>​

List to hold any number of IOLines. Provides convenience methods for register events to all lines in the list and setting values of all outputs

ModbusTCPProtocol​

Implementation of Brainboxes.IO.IIOProtocol using the Modbus TCP binary protocol. Used for ED-series devices on TCP port 502.

Protocol​

Abstract base class for all Brainboxes communication protocols. Manages the underlying Brainboxes.IO.Protocol.Stream used for command/response communication.

SerialConnection​

A connection to a Brainboxes device via a direct COM/serial port.

TCPConnection​

A TCP/IP connection to a Brainboxes device over Ethernet. This is the most common connection type for both ED-series (Remote IO) and ES-series (Ethernet to Serial) devices.

Interfaces​

IConnection​

Interface describing a connection to a Brainboxes device.

IDevice<C, P>​

Interface to a Brainboxes Device

IEDDevice​

Remote Ethernet IO interface These devices use a command response protocol, almost every command sent to the device receives a response

IESDevice​

Interface to Brainboxes Device with an Ethernet to serial port(s)

IIOProtocol​

Defines the command interface for Brainboxes Remote IO devices (ED-series). Provides methods for reading and writing digital and analog IO lines, managing input counters and latches, and configuring device settings.

IProtocol​

Base interface for all communication protocols used by Brainboxes devices. A protocol defines how commands are formatted, sent over the underlying Brainboxes.IO.IProtocol.Stream, and how responses are parsed.

ISerialProtocol​

Protocol interface for Brainboxes Ethernet-to-Serial devices (ES-series). Provides encoding-aware send/receive methods for text-based serial communication. Implements System.ICloneable so that each Brainboxes.IO.BBSerialPort on a multi-port device gets its own protocol instance with independent state.

Enums​

AIOChangeTypes​

A type of change which can occur to a Analog IOLine

AnalogDataFormat​

Specifies the data format for analog line readings from Brainboxes ED-series analog devices (e.g. Brainboxes.IO.ED549, Brainboxes.IO.ED560).

BBSerialPortType​

The type of Serial Port

CounterMode​

Specifies the bit width of the digital input counter on Brainboxes ED-series devices.

IOChangeTypes​

A type of change which can occur to a Digital IOLine

IODirection​

IODirection either input or output, for lines which can be both input and output the flags can be combined e.g. IODirection.Input | IODirection.Output

IOType​

The type of IOLine

TemperatureUnit​

Specifies the unit of measurement for temperature readings from Brainboxes thermocouple and RTD devices (Brainboxes.IO.ED582, Brainboxes.IO.ED593).

Delegates​

AIOLineChangedEventHandler​

When the status of 1 or more Analog IO lines change on a device within a polling internal be notified of the lines for which there is a change: TYPES OF EVENT: DELTA: When the line has changed more than the specified delta since the previous sampled value TARGET: When the line has changed to go above or below the specified target since the previous sampled value TARGET RANGE: When the line has changed to either enter the delta range of the target value or exit the delta range of the target value since the previous sampled value

ConnectionStatusChangedEventHandler​

When the status of the connection changes this event is raised e.g. when IsConnected changes from false to true or when IsAvailable changes:

  • for example for a TCPConnection if the IP address is goes from online to offline
  • or for example for a SerialConnection when the COM name is no longer present or in use by another program

DeviceStatusChangedEventHandler<C, P>​

When the status of the devices' connection changes

IOLineChangedEventHandler​

When the status of an IO line changes, this can happen in 1 of 6 ways: ALL TYPES OF LINE: (1) the previous sampled value was 0 and the current sampled value is 1, RISING EDGE (2) the previous sampled value was 1 and the current sampled value is 0, FALLING EDGE ONLY INPUT LINES: (3) the previous sampled value was 1 and the current sampled value is 1, but between the 2 samplings the low latch has triggered which means the line has gone from 1 to 0 and back to 1 again, LATCHED (includes falling and rising edge) (4) the previous sampled value was 0 and the current sampled value is 0, but between the 2 samplings the high latch has triggered which means the line has gone from 0 to 1 and back to 0 again, LATCHED (includes rising and falling edge) ONLY OUTPUT LINES: (5) When the line is set changing it from a 0 to a 1, RISING EDGE (6) When the line is set changing it from a 1 to a 0, FALLING EDGE

IOLinesChangedEventHandler​

When the status of 1 or more IO lines change on a device within a polling interval be notified of all the lines for which there is a change: ALL TYPES OF LINE: (1) the previous sampled value was 0 and the current sampled value is 1, RISING EDGE (2) the previous sampled value was 1 and the current sampled value is 0, FALLING EDGE ONLY INPUT LINES: (3) the previous sampled value was 1 and the current sampled value is 1, but between the 2 samplings the low latch has triggered which means the line has gone from 1 to 0 and back to 1 again, LATCHED (includes falling and rising edge) (4) the previous sampled value was 0 and the current sampled value is 0, but between the 2 samplings the high latch has triggered which means the line has gone from 0 to 1 and back to 0 again, LATCHED (includes rising and falling edge) ONLY OUTPUT LINES: (5) When the line is set changing it from a 0 to a 1, RISING EDGE (6) When the line is set changing it from a 1 to a 0, FALLING EDGE