- dingtian-relay: relay+input controller (4ch on hand). Inputs are decoupled from relays (configurable via input_link_relay) — solves the access-controller-button-flow blocker the UHPPOTE couldn't. Full protocol from the SDK (UDP string control :60001, `00` status parse, input_link_url push, multicast discovery). Driver + hardware test still to build. - dingtian-vs-mqtt: use direct HTTP/UDP now; MQTT skipped (broker = extra infra + failure mode + overkill at one-host/few-devices scale) but kept for later multi-lane scale. - autonomous-direction: record the roadmap to fully unmanned (no booth) and how it reshapes the threat model (operator-fraud -> unattended-machine threats), makes host-in-the-loop entry mandatory, and raises fail-state stakes. - threat-model: note the unmanned shift. index + log. gitignore the vendor SDK (dingtian/, 71MB of binaries/examples) — reference only, protocol captured in the wiki.
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Dingtian Relay Controller
A network relay + input board (the unit on hand is the 4-channel variant: 4 relays + 4 inputs). Chosen to drive the entry/exit lane because — unlike the uhppote-controller — its inputs are independent of its relays, which solves the access-controller-button-flow blocker (a button on an input does not auto-open a relay; the host decides).
SDK: dingtian/4ch/sdk_v2_0_0/ (programming manual, examples). MIT-compatible use; no vendor
runtime needed.
⚠️ The one gotcha: input_link_relay
By default the device links each input to auto-fire its matching relay (input_link_relay: 1,
on_action_on: [[0],[1],…] in the config) — i.e. the same auto-open problem as the UHPPOTE.
The difference: it is configurable. Set input_link_relay: 0 (or clear the action mappings)
so an input only reports and the host commands the relay. This config step is mandatory for
the ticket-first entry flow. See autonomous-direction.
Protocol (Dingtian string — what we use)
Transport options: UDP/TCP string, UDP binary, HTTP CGI, Modbus, MQTT. We use HTTP + UDP — see dingtian-vs-mqtt.
- Relay control — UDP ASCII, port 60001:
1+ch = ON,2+ch = OFF,T+ch = toggle. Pulse/jog11*(default 500 ms), delay11:30(30 s then off), flash11F5.X= all relays. Intent-only pulse for a barrier =pulseOpen(barrier-not-a-door). - Status / inputs — send
00→「relays」:「inputs」:「count」, e.g.0000:1111:4(4ch: relays off, inputs high).0= OFF/Low,1= ON/High. Poll-based. - Input push —
input_link_url: device HTTP POSTs to a host URL on input change — the push path for button events without a broker. - Discovery: UDP multicast
224.0.2.11:60000, send\x05\xAA(devices reply). Defaults: IP192.168.1.100, UDP60000(binary) /60001(string). - Binary protocol (port 60000) adds optional password + multicast; bitmask relay/input maps.
Status
Protocol understood from the SDK; driver + on-hardware test not built yet. Next: a dingtian
relay driver in device-registry (UDP control + status parse) and the input-push endpoint,
with input_link_relay disabled on the device. Needs the device IP + LAN to test.