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Flows & automation

Script the bus — blocks or Python

Automate handshakes, polling and conditional replies. Build flows visually or in a Python-flavoured DSL, trigger them on the events you care about, and run them safely in a sandbox.

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Visual blocks

Build logic as blocks — send, set, read, branch and loop — no syntax to memorise.

…or write Python

Flip to a Python-flavoured DSL and back; the blocks and code are two views of one flow.

Triggers

Run on RX match, timeout, connect or on a periodic schedule.

Sandboxed

Built-ins only, with step and wall-clock budgets — and a trust gate for external actions.

One flow, two views

Blocks and code, always in sync

Compose a flow from blocks when you want speed, or drop into code when you want precision. They're the same flow underneath, so nothing is lost switching between them.

  • Send, set, read-until, branch and loop as visual blocks
  • Switch to the Python-flavoured DSL for the same logic
  • Run log shows each step; sandboxed with step + time budgets
Build flows with AI
Omni Console — Flow editor
Edit flow Autobaud Enabled
Blocks Python Trigger: Manual only
SEND "/?!\r\n"
SET response = read_until(1500, "\n")
SET ch = response[4]
SEND ("<ACK>0" + ch + "6")
+ block
Run logclear
✓ baud negotiated → 19200 ▋
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Block palette

The building blocks

Every action is a block — and each block is one line of the DSL behind the scenes.

Serial actions

  • Send data
  • Send sequence
  • Read
  • Read until text
  • Read N bytes
  • Set baud rate
  • Wait
  • Beep

Logging

  • Log event
  • Print

Logic & control

  • Set variable
  • If
  • For
  • While
  • Break
  • Continue
Python-style syntax

Built-in string handling

Reshape the bytes you read with familiar, Python-style expressions — slicing, indexing and a set of built-in string functions. No imports, all sandboxed.

Text

len()upper()lower()strip()replace()find()startswith()endswith()substr()

Index & slice

response[4]response[2:6]

Convert

int()float()str()hex()ord()chr()

Match & loop

match()extract()range()
flow · python view
send("/?!\r\n")
response = read_until(1500, "\n")
# pull fields out of the reply
vendor   = upper(substr(response, 1, 3))
baud_z   = response[4]
serial   = extract(response, r"\((\d+)\)")
if startswith(response, "/"):
    send("<ACK>0" + baud_z + "6")
    log("vendor=" + vendor + " sn=" + serial)
What people automate

Flows for everyday bus work

Auto-baud handshake

Send the sign-on, read the reply, extract a byte and answer at the negotiated rate.

Periodic polling

Every few seconds, send a Modbus read and log the decoded registers.

Conditional reply

Watch for a pattern in the RX stream and respond only when it matches.

Unattended capture

On connect, start a sequence and let it run within a safe time budget.

Flow questions

Flows, answered

Is it real Python?
It's a Python-flavoured DSL — familiar syntax with a curated set of built-ins, run in a sandbox with step and wall-clock budgets. That keeps flows safe to run unattended; it is not a full Python runtime.
Blocks or code — do I have to pick?
No. The visual block graph and the DSL are two views of the same flow. Edit either; switch whenever you like.
When do flows run?
On a trigger: an RX pattern match, a timeout, on connect, or on a periodic schedule. One flow runs at a time.
Can an AI agent create flows?
Yes — over MCP, an agent can create, update and run flows, which then fire on their triggers while Omni Console is open.

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