Tcp strings

[Club Chapin]

Can someone point me to how to send a tcp string with HS2? I've searched and cannot find it.

I need to open a connection, send a string, then close a connection. I have all of the info for this and can do it with putty. How do I do this in HS2?

Thanks, Pete

[sparkman]

Hi Pete, this plugin may be able to help: http://board.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=155438.

Cheers
Al

[mrhappy]

In here http://board.homeseer.com/showthread...373#post851373 you will find steva's rather excellent SocketSendText.vb file, that script enables you to send simple TCP strings to a socket and then closes the socket again.

[Club Chapin]

Tcp strings

These look like just what I was looking for, thanks!

I'm surprised something this basic isn't baked into HS. Maybe it is in HS3?

Pete


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[mrhappy]

These look like just what I was looking for, thanks!

I'm surprised something this basic isn't baked into HS. Maybe it is in HS3?

Pete


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No it isn't in HS3 either, even though I am sure I put it in the 'what you want in HS3' thread. Serial ports are naturally becoming less and less prevalent and HS should step up to TCP IMHO.

[Club Chapin]

I wanted to loop back and report that I first tried drules plug in and it worked great. I did not try the script, but might, just to check it out.

At any rate, thanks for the help and tips.

[sparkman]

Glad it worked for you.

Cheers
Al

[Alejandro]

No it isn't in HS3 either, even though I am sure I put it in the 'what you want in HS3' thread. Serial ports are naturally becoming less and less prevalent and HS should step up to TCP IMHO.

I have the same opinion. Homeseer developers should think about that and implement a API like the ComPort for working with sockets. It would make many of the integration tasks much easier without the need of a plugin for everything.