Launching telnet commands under homeseer : Possible ?

[nslmanu]

Hello,

I'd like to launch some simple telnet commands under homeseer , but it's really simple as expected.

I don't found any help on the support web site
http://www.homeseer.com/support/home...2/homeseer.htm


I tried to put it in a .bat file , but doesn't work too :

telnet musicserver 9090
player count ?
or other commands
exit
</pre>Do you think it's possible ? with a simple way ?

Thanks a lot ...

Regards

[drozwood90]

I've use a script that I got from the board.

Take a peek around the board.

If you can't find it, I'll look through my scripts directory for you.

--Dan

[nslmanu]

The only thing i've found is "how to keep a telnet session open" just it , and after watching, don't found something about executing telnet commands ...

sorry but thanks for your proposition.

[drozwood90]

Here you go:

I use this to access ZoomPlayer on another machine from my server.

I hard code the IP and Port, then you just parse out the param object to what you want. Again, this one is designed to just send specific commands to ZoomPlayer.

It is a .vb file, so rename it. Enjoy!

--Dan

[mterry63]

Launching telnet would be different than supplying a scripted input to the telnet application after it is launched. Unix supports such input to telnet, but I don't believe MS's windows telnet app supports it. Basically you are just redirecting 'std input'.

That being said you could you Cygwin on your HA server. It's a Unix-on-windows implementation that is easy to use that supports the bash shell.

I've used the unix command 'expect' successfully to script telnet under Cygwin, much more control than simply redirecting std input. It supports branching and other logic.

[nslmanu]

Yes mterry63, i alrready have installed cygwin on my computer ( and it works fine for my netcams plugin scripts ) ... but before using something OUT of hs2, just prefer to know in there is something IN ready to use ...

I agree that if there isn't , cygwin is another way ( a good ) to use telnet with stdin/out.

[drozwood90]

nslmanu,

Try that script I posted. That's "IN" Homeseer!

:-)

[nslmanu]

It's good ..... a little hard to understand ( for me, bad knowledge under windows ) but it's ok , just delete your zoom commands and replace with mine

Thanks