# ARK 1221 GPIO Control UBUNTU 20.04

**URL:** <https://forum.aim-linux.advantech.com/t/ark-1221-gpio-control-ubuntu-20-04/797>\
**Category:** Technical Supports\
**Created:** [July 2, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.aim-linux.advantech.com/t/ark-1221-gpio-control-ubuntu-20-04/797 "2024-07-02T11:42:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sukesh\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Sukesh\_D](https://forum.aim-linux.advantech.com/u/Sukesh_D)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.aim-linux.advantech.com/t/ark-1221-gpio-control-ubuntu-20-04/797/1 "2024-07-02T11:42:44Z")

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Hi Team,  
i would like to control the GPIO of ARK1221 but unable to find any documentation related to Ubuntu.

Would be great if someone can help me find it?

Also i would like to know if there is any python library to control the GPIO.

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**Author:** ![Leif\_Tsai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac8455/32.png) [@Leif\_Tsai](https://forum.aim-linux.advantech.com/u/Leif_Tsai)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2024, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.aim-linux.advantech.com/t/ark-1221-gpio-control-ubuntu-20-04/797/2 "2024-07-03T10:14:02Z")

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Hi Sukesh\_D,

please download the SUSI API from following link,

> **[SUSI/ReleasePackage/x86/Standard/Ubuntu/ARK/ARK-1221L/Ubuntu Desktop 20.04...](https://github.com/ADVANTECH-Corp/SUSI/tree/master/ReleasePackage/x86/Standard/Ubuntu/ARK/ARK-1221L/Ubuntu%20Desktop%2020.04%20LTS/x64)**
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> A Bridge to Simplify &amp; Enhance H/W &amp; Application Implementation Efficiency - ADVANTECH-Corp/SUSI

if you need python lib, please refer to following link to call SUSI API,  
[How to Call a C Function in Python (tutorialspoint.com)](https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tutorialspoint.com%2Fhow-to-call-a-c-function-in-python&data=05%7C02%7CLeif.Tsai%40advantech.com.tw%7C244ffbd00afa4df8ed3408dc4a38068f%7Ca77d40d9dcba4ddab5715f18e6da853f%7C0%7C0%7C638466851708374865%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=hNW%2BliYBiY%2BFcLhUQWCY90EYAsOXticWekLwwWNg%2BWY%3D&reserved=0)

thank you.

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**Author:** ![Sukesh\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Sukesh\_D](https://forum.aim-linux.advantech.com/u/Sukesh_D)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.aim-linux.advantech.com/t/ark-1221-gpio-control-ubuntu-20-04/797/3 "2024-07-04T18:07:28Z")

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Thats very helpful. It would be great if these are included in the user manual.

Thank you very much @Leif_Tsai .