Brian Milinski | St. Norbert College CSCI 460
4/10/2012
I began working with a device called a "phidget" tonight. It is a small circuit board with outputs and inputs which can be toggled on and off. I studied and reviewed the documentation and product manual before getting things started. On the manufacturer's website there is alot of useful documentation. I was able to connect to the Phidget device and turn on one of the digital outputs through action script. I ran into a few problems with security errors... Flash needs permission to access different folders in order to work correctly, which is somewhat of a burden. I have run into this issue multiple times now throughout the production of my program. After troubleshooting this and getting around the error by adding a security exception in the global flash settings, I ran the web service on the machine and paired the phidget to it. The web service is provided for you by downloading the phidget drivers from the manufacturer's website. I am able to toggle the led on the phidget board on and off by clicking a button on the flash stage. I need to now get a device wired to the board to see if this will power the device on and off like I am expecting it to.
More information about "Phidgets" can be found here:
PhidgetsHere is a snippet on how turn on a port on the Phidget:
Phidget Source