C-Gate2 Documentation.

Has the C-Gate2 Documentation been released yet?

I've has a look around the CIS site and can't see it, but I may have missed the announcement.

 

Not yet.. its been worked on at the moment, so expect something soon.. in the meantime, if you have any specific questions we're only too happy to explain commands, results etc..

 

Thanks Duncn,

I don't have any specific questions at this point, I just wanted to read over it and get it all in my head.

I have written stuff for C-Gate V1 so I am mainly interested in the differences and additional features available in V2.

 

Docs any closer?

I have an application which uses the TREE command to retrieve the status of all units from C-Gate. I can't seem to get the TREE command to work with C-Gate2. Can you point me in the right direction?

 

here is a snippet of some internal notes I wrote on C-gate 2. This should give you a leg up with the commands Daniel mentions

The following commands and process shows how to get a network up and running ready to use like V1.5


With a new install of CGate2

Code:

Tx : project dir
Rx : 123 project=CLIPSAL
Tx : project new MYPROJ
Rx : 200 OK.
Tx : project start MYPROJ
Rx : 200 OK.
Tx : project use MYPROJ
Rx : 200 OK.
Tx : net create LocalNetwork serial COM7
Rx : 200 OK.
Tx : get LocalNetwork state
Rx : 300 //MYPROJ/LocalNetwork: state=new
Tx : get cbus networks
Rx : 300 //MYPROJ/cbus: networks=LocalNetwork

(
Id you want to connect to a CNI replace the NET CREATE command as follows

Code:

Tx : net create LocalNetwork cni {IP Address}

where {IP Address} is the IP Address of the cni e.g. 192.168.0.3
)

Now Save the project for later use

Code:

Tx : net save db
Rx : 200 OK.
Tx : project save MYPROJ
Rx : 200 OK.

When restarting Cgate2

Code:

Tx : project dir
Rx : 123-project=CLIPSAL
Rx : 123 project=MYPROJ
Tx : project load MYPROJ
Rx : 200 OK.
Tx : Project use MYPROJ
Rx : 200 OK.
Tx : project start MYPROJ
Rx : 200 OK.
Tx : get LocalNetwork state
Rx : 300 //MYPROJ/LocalNetwork: state=new
Tx : get cbus networks
Rx : 300 //MYPROJ/cbus: networks=LocalNetwork

The process of loading and setting the default project can be automated by setting the following parameters in the "C-GateConfig.txt" file.

Code:

  
  project.default=MYPROJ
  project.start=MYPROJ

Now when restarting CGate the project MYPROJ gets loaded, set as the default and the network is opened.

 

Thanks guys. The bit I was missing was to use LocalNetworks instead of 1 for the name of the network.

 

Ok, so I'll be the one to rock the boat.

Hows the C-Gate2 documentation going?

 

Another question

My V1.5 project uses a network startup file in the \NET directory to add a whole bunch of phantom groups. How do I get the same thing happening in C-Gate2? I tried simply placing a copy of the NET directory into the C-GATE2 directory and restarting C-Gate2, but it doesn't seem to do the trick.