Extending/Interfacing/Programming RoboRealm

VBScript / Python - Embedded within RoboRealm as one of the modules are the VBscript and Python modules. These modules provide you with a simple scripting functionality to modify RoboRealm variables to perform tasks like image point to motor value mapping. These modules are used when small calculations or quick programming tasks need to be performed and is one of the easiest ways to customize RoboRealm.

Plugins - New RoboRealm modules can be created and embedded in RoboRealm using RoboRealm Plugins which allow you to interface RoboRealm to a number of other languages like Java, C#, VB.Net, etc. in order to create new modules. These new modules can then be accessed from RoboRealm like any other module and serve to extend the filtering capabilities of RoboRealm.

API - RoboRealm offers a complete API that can be used to control RoboRealm from external applications. The API communicates over a socket based XML protocol so that it can be used to access RoboRealm on the same machine or over a network. The API can be used to acquire images, send images to RoboRealm for processing, access variables, set variables, etc. Note that while RoboRealm plugins are used to extend RoboRealm the API is used to control it. The two differ in terms of who is in "charge". With the API your application is in charge, with plugins RoboRealm is in charge.

FTP - RoboRealm provides an FTP module that allows you to send your images to remote machines or websites.

Email - RoboRealm provides an Email module that allows you to send your images and text to any email address.

OSC - RoboRealm provides an Open Sound Control module that transmits RoboRealm variables to other applications via UDP. The OSC protocol is a simple data transmission protcol often used to transmit midi type signals between applications and devices.

Modbus Slave - RoboRealm provides a Modbus slave module that accepts modbus master requests over TCP/IP. The Modbus protocol is a simple data transmission protocol often used to transmit signals between PCs and PLC type devices.

Write Image / Load Image - The Write and Load Image modules can be used to save any image within RoboRealm to disk for other applications to process or load any image into RoboRealm for it to process.

Write Variables / Read Variables - The Read and Write Variable modules can be used to save any number of variables within RoboRealm to disk for other applications to process or read back information into RoboRealm from disk. (like Excel)

Write Clipboard / Read Clipboard - The Read and Write Clipboard modules can be used to read and write images from RoboRealm to the clipboard.

Serial Port - While there are many modules to communicate directly with known robotic hardware, RoboRealm also has a generic Serial module used to communicate to unknown serial devices and can transmit variables like image Center_Of_Gravity to those devices.

Parallel Port - In addition to serial communication you can also transmit information over the computer Parallel port in a bitwise manner.

Execute Command - The Execute Command module can be used to execute a console based program and pass it variables to either process, save, or transmit. The Execute Command module will redirect standard input and standard output pipes normally used in console based programming to provide applications an easy way to access RoboRealm information.

Virtual Camera - Often RoboRealm is not the only program that needs access to the webcam. The virtual camera driver embedded within RoboRealm can be used to provide webcam images to more than just RoboRealm. The VCam can also be used to send other applications processed images from RoboRealm for further analysis or display in other contexts.

Web Server - RoboRealm contains an integrated WebServer that can be used to deliver images and variable values to any web service or receive HTTP requests from other systems to get and set variables.

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