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Steve Karg 94b3809a58 Bugfix/confirmed handlers empty service request (#885)
* Added reject in all confirmed service handlers, except GetEventInformation, when confirmed services with zero length occur which rejects with required parameters are missing message.

* Refactored errno use in service using debug_perror. Changed debug_perror usage to debug_fprintf. 

* Updated file and function headers in basic/service modules.

* Changed NDPU priority on confirmed messages to use requested NDPU priority.

* Renamed debug_aprintf to debug_printf_stdout for clarity.

* Convert most debug_fprintf usage to debug_print to reduce text bloat in AVR build
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Raspberry Pi connected to a Blinkt! RGB card demo

This demo includes a BACnet server with Color objects and service handlers for the eight RGB (red-green-blue) LEDs attached to the Blinkt! card.

Installation

The demo uses pigpiod (Pi GPIO Daemon) and developer library. To install and run the daemon at powerup (and immediately):

$ sudo apt install libpigpio-dev libpigpiod-if-dev pigpiod
$ sudo systemctl enable pigpiod
$ sudo systemctl start pigpiod

WiFi Power

If you are using a Raspberry Pi with WiFi, you will likely want to disable WiFi Power saving. Under Raspberry Pi OS, so the following.

Startup service in systemd

To manage to start programs you should use systemd Unit files.

File name: /etc/systemd/system/wlan0pwr.service

You can edit the file using the systemd edit:

rpi ~$ sudo systemctl --full --force edit wlan0pwr.service

In the empty editor insert these statements, save them and quit the editor:

[Unit]
Description=Disable wlan0 powersave
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/sbin/iw wlan0 set power_save off

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable the new service with:

rpi ~$ sudo systemctl enable wlan0pwr.service

Building the Blinkt! BACnet Application

Build from the root folder:

$ make blinkt

Running the Blinkt! BACnet Application

Run from the bin/ folder:

$ ./bin/bacblinkt 9009

Blinkt! as a Startup service with systemd

To manage to start programs you should use systemd Unit files. Here is a very simple template you can use to start to solve your problem. Create a new service with:

rpi ~$ sudo systemctl --full --force edit bacnet.service

In the empty editor insert these statements, save them and quit the editor:

[Unit]
Description=BACnet Service
After=network-online.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/home/pi/bacnet.sh

[Install]
WantedBy=network-online.target

Enable the new service after the next reboot with:

rpi ~$ sudo systemctl enable bacnet.service

Create your bacnet.sh shell script in your home folder (change from pi if that is not your home folder). Use the shell script to set any environment variables that you want, or configuration settings for the bin/bacblinkt application such as a specific device ID.

A simplistic bacnet.sh script will look like this (with stdout/stderr to /dev/null):

#!/bin/bash
/home/pi/bacnet-stack/bin/bacblinkt 9009 > /dev/null 2>&1