System Overview

What Voodoo Integrates With

Voodoo Robotics Cloud Display Devices work with any warehouse management system (WMS), enterprise resource planning system (ERP), or custom application that can make HTTP requests. Integration is straightforward — your system sends commands via a simple API, and the devices light up, flash, display text, barcodes, QR codes, arrows, and quantities to guide workers on the warehouse floor.

Common integration partners include SAP, Oracle WMS, Manhattan Associates, Blue Yonder, Infor, Fishbowl, and dozens of custom-built systems. If your platform can issue an HTTP GET or POST request, it can drive Voodoo devices.

Before building a connector, review the existing integration examples. Voodoo publishes reusable code for several common WMS, ERP, accounting, and shipping platforms.

System Architecture

The Voodoo Robotics system consists of four layers: your application, the server, Turbos (signal routers), and Cloud Display Devices. Here's how they connect:

• Your WMS/ERP sends API requests (REST or QueryString) to the Voodoo server.
• Big Block Server (on-premise) or www.voodoodevices.com (cloud) processes commands, manages devices, and handles sequencing.
• Turbos act as signal routers, bridging WiFi/Ethernet to the proprietary radio protocol used by devices. Plan roughly ~100 ft per Turbo (site dependent). Use more for redundancy and tougher RF environments.
• Cloud Display Devices receive commands and display text, barcodes, QR codes, icons, and quantities. Workers press the button to acknowledge picks.

Watch the Architecture Series

This four-video playlist gives you a guided tour of the Voodoo system architecture. You can play the entire series here or open the playlist on YouTube. The series calls the Device, Turbo, and server the three Voodoo layers; the diagram above also includes your application as the fourth integration layer.

Integration Options

Voodoo Robotics supports two different APIs for interacting with Cloud Display Devices:

Server Choices

Voodoo Robotics provides two server deployment options:

What IT Needs to Provide

To deploy Voodoo Robotics in your facility, your IT team will need to provide:

Quick Example

In just five lines of Python, you can send a command to a Cloud Display Device:

import requests, json

session = requests.Session()
url = "https://www.voodoodevices.com/api/"

# Login
x = session.post(url + "user/login/",
    json={'username': 'yourusername', 'password': 'yourpassword'})
z = json.loads(x.text)

# Send a command to a device
session.post(
    url + "device/E8D008:619874/",
    headers={'referer': url, 'x-csrf-token': z['token']},
    json={'command': 'flash', 'line1': 'Hello', 'line2': 'World', 'seconds': 60}
)

# Using API-KEY authentication
curl -X POST "https://www.voodoodevices.com/api/device/E8D008:619874/" \
  -H "API-KEY: your-api-key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"command": "flash", "line1": "Hello", "line2": "World", "seconds": 60}'

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