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Send data to a NAO

It is possible to send 3 kind of data:

• A 8 bits unsigned integer (0-255)
• A 32 bits unsigned integer (0-4294967295)
• An IP address (eg "192.168.0.56")

To do that use respectively the 3 following bound methods:

        /**
        * Function sendIpAddress is called to send an IP address
        * @param pIP: string containing an IP address (eg "127.0.15.129")
        */
        void sendIpAddress(const std::string& pIP);
        
        /**
        * Function send8 is called to send 1 octet
        * @param pOctet : Integer containing an octet
        */
        void send8(const int& pOctet);
        
        /**
        * Function send32 is called to send 4 octets
        * @param pData_IR: string containing a 4 octet value (be careful it's a string)
        */
        void send32(const std::string& pData_IR);
        
        // OR
        
        /**
        * Function send32 is called to send 4 octets
        * @param pOctet1 : 1st octet of the 32 bits value
        * @param pOctet2 : 2nd octet of the 32 bits value
        * @param pOctet3 : 3rd octet of the 32 bits value
        * @param pOctet4 : 4th octet of the 32 bits value
        */
        void send32(const int& pOctet1, const int& pOctet2, const int& pOctet3, const int& pOctet4);
      

Python example to send successively the 3 kinds of data:

        import naoqi 
        from naoqi import ALProxy
        import time
        
        lirc=ALProxy("ALInfrared","127.0.0.1",9559) # change IP with NAO IP
        
        lirc.sendIpAddress("127.0.0.1") # Send IP address
        time.sleep(0.5) # Delay necessary for a reliable transfer
        lirc.send8(42) # Send the number 42
        time.sleep(0.5) 
        lirc.send32(0x42, 0x2A, 0x13, 0x0D) # Send four 8 bits numbers
        time.sleep(0.5) 
        lirc.send32("36757575") # Send one 32 bits number  
      

Warning:	It takes around 0.5 seconds to send an octet and around 2 seconds to send 4 octets or an IP address.

Warning:	A delay (~0.5'') between every sending is necessary for a reliable transfer.

After sending a data, the corresponding data will be saved in ALMemory:

Event / Data	Type	ALMemory	Description
Data	int	"Device/SubDeviceList/IR/LIRC/Data/IP/Actuator/Value/"	IP address
Data	int	"Device/SubDeviceList/IR/LIRC/Data/uInt8/Byte/Actuator/Value/"	Unsigned 8 bits integer
Data	int	"Device/SubDeviceList/IR/LIRC/Data/uInt32/Byte1/Actuator/Value/"	1st octet of the 32 bits unsigned integer
Data	int	"Device/SubDeviceList/IR/LIRC/Data/uInt32/Byte2/Actuator/Value/"	2nd octet of the 32 bits unsigned integer
Data	int	"Device/SubDeviceList/IR/LIRC/Data/uInt32/Byte3/Actuator/Value/"	3rd octet of the 32 bits unsigned integer
Data	int	"Device/SubDeviceList/IR/LIRC/Data/uInt32/Byte4/Actuator/Value/"	4th octet of the 32 bits unsigned integer

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