Send a Bolt serial request and capture its reply
Schedule a UART exchange so the outgoing message and immediate device response arrive together in a run report.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Bolt IoT Serial Write & Read
Tool to send serial data and read the response on a bolt device. use when you need to transmit ascii data over uart and capture its reply immediately.
Why this helps
Sending a serial request and then checking separately for its reply creates extra steps and room to lose context.
- Send and read in one action
- Keep the request and immediate reply together
- Run the exchange on a recurring schedule
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Ably and Bolt IoT once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation named Scheduled UART exchange.
- 3Tell Notis: Send the specified ASCII data to the specified Bolt device over UART and summarize its immediate reply.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real device after UART has been initialized with serialbegin.
Questions about this workflow
What does this action return?
It sends ASCII data over UART and reads the response immediately.
What setup is required on the device?
UART must be initialized with serialbegin before the serial write and read action is used.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Ably to Bolt iot. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Ably triggers
Bolt iot actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Webhook trigger
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Bolt IoT Serial Read
Tool to read incoming serial data from a bolt device. use when you've initialized uart with serialbegin and need to retrieve serial data.
Bolt IoT Serial Write
Tool to send serial data to a bolt device. use when you need to transmit ascii data over uart after initializing uart with serialbegin.
Bolt IoT Serial Write & Read
Tool to send serial data and read the response on a bolt device. use when you need to transmit ascii data over uart and capture its reply immediately.
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