Phidget Network Server

General Overview

- what is the network service

- how does it work

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- how to set it up

- it can be mobile, too

WebService on the Phidget Single Board Computer

The Phidget Single Board Computer (SBC) can provide a compact, inexpensive way to easily run the WebService. It runs the WebService in the background automatically from the moment you turn it on, and allows you to read from and control all Phidgets attached to it:

This can allow for a compact, mobile-based system like this:

The SBC runs Linux, which provides a full operating system on which to develop code, serve web pages, and control Phidgets.

Using The Network Service

Each Operating System page has a section on how to use the Network Service on that operating system:

• Windows
• Mac OS
• Linux
• Linux on the Phidget SBC
• iPhone/iPad iOS

The operating systems pages have complete examples on how to set up a network service process and using it to remotely control or gather data from Phidgets. The pages also tell you how to start and stop the Network Service on your computer, and how to run it with or without mDNS (Bonjour, avahi, etc).

Examples

Below are some quick examples showing how simple it is to open a Phidget remotely over the Network Service:

C/C++

Phidget_setDeviceSerialNumber((PhidgetHandle) device, 37299);
Phidget_setIsRemote((PhidgetHandle) device, 1);

Phidget_open((PhidgetHandle) device);
CPhidget_openRemoteIP ((CPhidgetHandle) device, serial_number, "127.0.0.1", 5001, NULL);

Troubleshooting

When using the Network Service, both the client and server should have the same version of the Network Service installed. The easiest way to ensure this is to update your libraries on both ends.

For other troubleshooting tips, try our General Troubleshooting page, in its Network Service section.