Digi Connect IT 4 User Manual page 617

Applications
1. Select a device in Remote Manager that is configured to allow shell access to the admin user,
and click Actions > Open Console. Alternatively, log into the Connect IT 4 local command line
as a user with shell access.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection
menu. Type shell to access the device shell.
2. At the shell prompt, use the python command with no parameters to enter an interactive
Python session:
# python
Python 3.10.1 (main, Mar 30 2023, 23:47:13) [GCC 11.2.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
3. Import the location submodule:
>>> from digidevice import location
4. Update the location object with the latest location data:
>>> loc = location.Location()
>>> loc.position
>>> (44.926195299999998, -93.397084499999999, 292.39999399999999)
>>> loc.update()
>>> loc.position
44.926231, -93.397923, 289.439229
>>>
5. Use Ctrl-D to exit the Python session. You can also exit the session using exit() or quit().
Output location data in json format
The location submodule takes a snapshot of the current location and stores it in the runtime
database. You can update this snapsot
1. Select a device in Remote Manager that is configured to allow shell access to the admin user,
and click Actions > Open Console. Alternatively, log into the Connect IT 4 local command line
as a user with shell access.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection
menu. Type shell to access the device shell.
2. At the shell prompt, use the python command with no parameters to enter an interactive
Python session:
# python
Python 3.10.1 (main, Mar 30 2023, 23:47:13) [GCC 11.2.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
3. Import the json submodule:
>>> import json
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