Send a Bolt serial command from an email request
Have Notis send the requested ASCII data over UART and return the device reply in the run report.
Trigger
New Email Received
Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox
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 device command and checking the response can get separated from the request that prompted it.
- Keep a serial request connected to its device response.
- Send ASCII data and capture the reply in one action.
- Read the run result from your chosen report channel.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Agent mail and Bolt iot once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Describe in one instruction which device and ASCII data to use for an email request.
- 4Pick New Email Received as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real request for a device with UART initialized.
Questions about this workflow
What does this action do?
It sends ASCII data over UART and reads the device response immediately.
Does the workflow initialize UART?
No. UART must already be initialized with serialbegin on the device.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Agent mail to Bolt iot. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Agent mail 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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New Email Received
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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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Agent mail and Bolt iot, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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