iClickerPoll

iClickerPoll is a Python interface to the iClicker base unit. It should be compatible with an operating system that supports libusb, and in particular, GNU/Linux.

Requirements

• Python 2.x/3.x
• pyusb

Usage

To start a poll, run iclickerpoll.py with the desired arguments. For example:

./iclickerpoll.py --type alpha --dest polldata.csv

To stop the poll, use Ctrl+C to terminate iclickerpoll.py. At this point, iclickerpoll.py will send the closing sequence to the iclicker base station and save any data if requested (with --dest).

Full options:

 optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --debug               Display debug information about the USB transactions
  --type TYPE           Sets the poll type to alpha, numeric, or alphanumeric
  --duration DURATION   Sets the duration of the poll in minutes and seconds.
                        0m0s is unlimited.
  --dest DEST           Sets the file to save polling data to.
  --frequency FREQUENCY
                        Sets the two base-station frequency codes. Should be
                        formatted as two letters (e.g., 'aa' or 'ab')