Changing output format from Status Port ?

Discussion in 'C-Bus Toolkit and C-Gate Software' started by Roti, May 7, 2017.

  1. Roti

    Roti

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    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
     
    Roti, May 7, 2017
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    Ashley

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    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 :)
     
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    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
     
    Roti, May 8, 2017
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