Changing output format from Status Port ?

Hi.

Is there a way to adjust the way the C-Gate Status port provides dimmer level information for on/off events ?

For instance, if you manually query the Command Port with a "get 254/56/XX level", it responds with a string including level value from 0-255 which can be parsed easily.

When you are getting real time feedback from the Status Port, the string includes a level value of 1-254, or "off" instead of 0, and "on" instead of 255.

This has not been an issue for any interface I've worked with, as a few conditional rules can resolve it in most software interfaces, but I'm trying a new control platform which has limited conditional logic options that can be implemented based on feedback.

So is there a way to configure the connection to give Status Port level information as 0-255, rather than off/1-254/on ?

Thanks

 

The status port outputs messages in the form of commands that you can record and play back which is why you get the ON OFF and RAMP prefixes. I am not aware of anyway this can be changed. I agree it is a bit annoying, considering the help file says the format was designed to make it easy to parse programmatically. Having separate commands for Lighting, Trigger control and Enable control is also a bit annoying since they all generate the same bus commands.

I find it takes less code to handle output directly from a serial interface compared to cgate.

On the other hand, at least they provide the information and document it's format which is more than you can say for a lot of manufacturers

 

OK.

Thanks for the prompt feedback anyway. I thought maybe there was some obvious option I had not thought to read/ask about.

I often try connecting a number of devices/interfaces, so using C-Gate has historically made more sense for me.

R