Sequence Commands
Categories of commands you can use in a sequence
The next pages include detailed information for all of the commands you can use in a sequence, organized by category. When using the web app, hover over the icon in the top right of any sequence step to view quick-access usage information.
| Movements | |
|---|---|
| Move | Move FarmBot’s X, Y, and Z axes to various locations |
| Find home | Use FarmBot’s stall detection features to find the home position |
| Set home | Manually set the home position |
| Find axis length | Use FarmBot’s stall detection features to find the length of an axis |
| Control servo | Set the angle of a servo |
| Peripherals and Sensors | |
| Control Peripheral | Control FarmBot’s peripherals such as the solenoid valve |
| Toggle Peripheral | Toggle FarmBot’s peripherals |
| Read Sensor | Read sensors such as the soil moisture sensor |
| Image Processing | |
| Take Photo | Takes a photo using the FarmBot’s camera |
| Detect Weeds | Takes a photo and detects any weeds in view |
| Measure Soil Height | Takes several photos and calculates the average height of the soil in view |
| Logic | |
| Wait | Pauses sequence execution for the specified amount of time |
| If Statement | Evaluates a condition and then executes a subsequence |
| Mark as | Updates the properties of plants, points, weeds, and more |
| Sends a message to any number of available channels such as email | |
| E-stop | Emergency stops FarmBot |
| Reboot | Reboots FarmBot |
| Shutdown | Shuts FarmBot down |
| Advanced | |
| Assertion | Tests if a condition is true or false for automated testing purposes |
| Lua | Execute Lua code fragments for custom advanced functionality |
Subsequences
In addition to adding individual commands to a sequence, you can also add subsequences. This allows you to re-use smaller, simpler sequences in different combinations to create far more complex, larger sequences that are easier to manage and modify later because of their modularity.
For example, you could make a sequence to Mount the watering nozzle, another sequence to Water the plant, and a third sequence to Unmount the watering nozzle. Then, in a new sequence, you could add all three of these sequences to execute all the steps needed to take care of a plant.
