Learn how to build apps with events from your foot pedal.
Foot pedals are IoT devices that can be connected to Tulip through a Tulip Edge Device. The foot pedal can have either a USB or I/O connections.
There is one foot pedal that will work with the Tulip Player when plugged into a Windows computer via USB: The iKKEGOL USB Foot Pedal.
USB Foot Pedal
In order to setup a USB foot pedal, please connect the foot pedal with your Tulip Edge Device. Now you can access the foot pedal via triggers created using the Tulip App Editor. Make sure that you are access the right station.
The foot pedal will create an output every time the foot pedal is pressed and your Tulip app will recognize and Trigger the appropriate response. Foot pedals are a great way to control apps and keep operators hands free.
An I/O foot pedal works like a switch. In most cases, when the foot pedal is pressed down, a current is running, also known as the Pin up state. This is based on the foot pedal’s configuration but is true in most cases.
To trigger a response to this state of the foot pedal, add/create a Trigger in the Tulip App Editor within the appropriate app and choose the device “GPIO” as shown in the image below.
Make sure you know the pin number that the foot pedal is connected to on the Tulip I/O Gateway or Edge IO The If condition allows you to choose the specific pin associated with the I/O Gateway or Edge IO and the Then condition allows you to define the action that you would like to trigger.
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Edge Device
Edge Devices are any hardware intended to connect physical things to the cloud. This can include entirely mechanical devices, older machines without network functionality, PLCs, and more.
Tulip sells the Edge IO and Edge MC that interface directly into Triggers in a breeze, but Tulip can also support other Edge Devices.
Tulip Player
Tulip Player is the Windows/Mac executable program where users can run Tulip apps. Tulip player allows you to create a more seamless user experience by removing the need for a web browser and allows increased IT controls.
Edge Device
Edge Devices are any hardware intended to connect physical things to the cloud. This can include entirely mechanical devices, older machines without network functionality, PLCs, and more.
Tulip sells the Edge IO and Edge MC that interface directly into Triggers in a breeze, but Tulip can also support other Edge Devices.
Trigger
Triggers are the mechanism to do things in Tulip Apps. Store data, move users between Steps, Interface with hardware, Etc.
Triggers can be added to widgets, machines, devices, apps, and steps.
Trigger
Triggers are the mechanism to do things in Tulip Apps. Store data, move users between Steps, Interface with hardware, Etc.
Triggers can be added to widgets, machines, devices, apps, and steps.
App Editor
The web interface used for building applications. Where you design a user interface, add logic, and connect your applications to Tables.
Edge IO
Edge IO is a Tulip-developed Edge Device. Interface with digital inputs directly from Triggers, flip digital outputs, run Node-RED flows, and more!
Edge IO can also act as a Connector Host or OPC-UA Broker
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