HOST = "localhost" PORT = 4223 UID = "XYZ" # Change to your UID from tinkerforge.ip_connection import IPConnection from tinkerforge.bricklet_multi_touch import MultiTouch if __name__ == "__main__": ipcon = IPConnection() # Create IP connection mt = MultiTouch(UID, ipcon) # Create device object ipcon.connect(HOST, PORT) # Connect to brickd # Don't use device before ipcon is connected # Get current touch state touch_state = mt.get_touch_state() s = '' if touch_state & (1 << 12): s += 'In proximity, ' if (touch_state & 0xFFF) == 0: s += 'No electrodes touched\n' else: s += 'Electrodes ' for i in range(12): if touch_state & (1 << i): s += str(i) + ' ' s += 'touched\n' print(s)