CGate Commands

Hi,

we need to interact with CGate. The old version allowed us to Telnet into it and issue commands (like "get cbus networks" and "on 254/49/1").

The latest one on my machine is 2.2.4, and I can Telnet into it, but the commands that worked on the old version don't work on this version!

Are there new commands, or has the Telnet function been removed?

We would use the old version, but it shuts down after about 5 minutes and then you have to run it again! (License issue??)

 

this old forum post may help

http://www.cbusforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6719&postcount=6

aslo search the forums as there have been other discussions on this sort of thing

 

Thanks - tried it and it works!

Is there any documentation for the new commands and how they are to be used?

Or is it only the "project" stuff that has changed and all the old commands are just the same once you have the "project" running...???

 

Ok - another question...

Can I get CGate to send CBus messages to my Telnet connection?

I can connect, switch things and query their state, but rather than spend my life in an endless loop polling all the groups I'm interested in, can I get it to spit out the raw CBus messages (we already know how to decode those).

I could use the DLL, but that's a bit limited in size...

(Or is there another way to connect to CGate - DDE or sockets etc...)

 

Hi, if you telnet into C-Gates "load change" port at 20025 you will get load change messages, not quite "raw c-bus" but it should give you what you need.

 

Thanks - seems to be what I need...

 

Still banging away at this, so a new question...

(Not sure how to broach this - it's a dirty subject - the temperature sensor...)

I know all about C-Bus temperature sensors, we have used hundreds (note the past tense).

I know how to get readings from them using the PCI and a raw command string. Is there any way to do it via CGate?

i.e. can I send and recieve the required raw data via any of the CGate ports?
I have tried "get p/xxx/xxx temperature" and the "ci x get 13 xxx" with no luck - "get ... temperature" returned a temperature of 0.0 and the "ci..." just gave me an error!

On the plus side, the telnet sessions to the two ports (event and command) seem to do almost everything you could wish for!

 

do a search on this as there was a thread outlining how to poll the sensor. It may be a sticky somewhere.

 

Polling with CGate running?

I know how to get the temperature using polling, the question is how do I do this with CGate running and thus grabbing the COM port...

Is there a way to inject the poll string via a telnet port etc.

 

As a complete newbie, is there a command reference for CGate somewhere? I've found "ramp" and "on/off" as well as querying parameters, but I wondered where I can find a copy of a complete reference to work from?

TIA.
Gaz

 

The command reference is in the "pipe line" so to speak, nothing available at the moment sorry. Downloading an old version of C-Gate (1.x) from the webiste does have a lot of info that is still relevant to the current version (2.x)

 

Please, Please Richo can you look into getting this documentation done. It has been promised for many months.

I just don't want to start using the V1 documentation and keep tripping over the subtle differences.

Is there a Beta version of the documentation that I could use as a start?

 

Thanks Richo. So if I wanted to start manipulating my C-Bus sytem progamatically from another application (perl, php, etc) that talked to C-Gate, then my only reference for a command set would be the 1.x docs?

Or is it not best practice to connect to C-Gate's command port and start issuing commands? Is there a preferred method?

Cheers
Gaz.

 

Using the command port is the preferred method. Using the C-Bus Driver (DLL) is also a supported option as well. (available from website)

 

Just checked on the updated C-Gate documentation and it is being worked on at the moment. Hopefully available in a matter of just weeks now.

 

Woo Hoo!!! Great News.

 

Temperature via c-gate

Hello all. I've been using search to find an answer for this one. How do we poll c-gate to get temperature?

 

Rtfm??

From the c-gate manual:
TEMPERATURE BROADCAST temp-group-address celsius-temperature ["force"]
temp-group-address = the address of the temperature group to send the
temperature for as a C-Gate address, for example //proj/net1/$19/1
celsius-temperature = temperature in degrees celsius with a maximum of one
decimal place, with no units given

Will try when I'm on-site tomorrow and see if it works.

Regards,

Mark

 

Thanks Daniel, will give it a go.