CGate bug? Ramp to %age

Code:

201 Service ready: Clipsal C-Gate Version: v2.8.0 (build 2309) #cmd-syntax=1.0
ramp 254/56/0 98 0
200 OK: //TESTRIG/254/56/0
ramp 254/56/0 98% 0
400 Syntax Error: Invalid integer parameter : <level>

Am I doing something wrong? The documentation for RAMP suggests this should work unless I'm doing something silly.

 

CGate doesn't recognise the '%' symbol and that is what is returning the invalid integer error.

To send a ramp command via CGate you must select a value between 0 and 255, where 0 is off and 255 is on (100%) and also your time function should include an 'm' to state minutes.

It should look something like:

ramp 254/56/0 250 2m

but if you want you want it to be instant, you can just drop the time parameter.

ramp 254/56/0 250

 

In that case the docs are wrong (maybe I have old docs but it seems odd this would have been removed); they say that either 100% or 255 can be used.

That's useful, thanks, I'll look again at that parameter (it was seconds I was after but I've obviously not fully grasped the ramp time). To be honest I think I'm going to be only using instantaneous ramps in my project anyway (I think they only have relay outputs anyway). I was just testing some library code and this came out of the testing.

 

It must be a bug because the Ramp-Time is also optional but if you don't specify it then the command also fails.

Code:

ramp //MIDSTRM/254/56/0 255
400 Syntax Error: Missing parameter : <time>

Code:

101-Help: The ramp time parameter is optional. If not given, then the ramp time is set 
101-Help:   to 0 seconds and the ramp is immediate.

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