Hey guys,

Just trying some testing by trying to connect my automation controller(ELKM1G) to the casatunes software.  Are you aware of anyone that has used the telnet configuration to connect to this type of controller?

The controller has a TCPIP interface that allows it to send commands through its own serial port out through the TCP/IP interface.  I was able to get it to work if I created a ‘virtual Serial port’ (on my casatunes server) that directly connects to the controller’s IP.  So I know that the communication is possible. I just wanted to see if I could eliminate the ‘virtual serial port’ and see if Casatunes would connect by sending and receiving messages from the controller directly.

I edited this line:
<add key =“CSISocketsPort” value=”[23],xxxx”> to read

<add key=“CSISocketsPort” value=“2101,192.168.1.103” >

Is there anything else that I may need to look at?  Port 2101 is where all messages go out on the controller.

Thanks
Kevin

Kevin, this is a known issue and is addressed in the next release.

By the way, in the key above, simply add the port number (not the ip address), so in your case it would be:

<add key=“CSISocketsPort” value=“2101” >

And, also make sure you use a closing slash character (”/”)

We apologize for the inconvenience.

In the future update, you expect this type of senario to work?  The only thing I am a little confused about is how the two could talk if no IP is configured anywhere.  There is no where that I can configure the controller to send the messages to an IP address.

I guess thats why creating a virtual serial connection to the controllers IP address made sense because there is that specific communication link.

as usual Thanks for the quick response! 8-)

Kevin

Kevin, it sounds like your ELK controller allows it to be controlled through Telnet, which is different than using your controller to telnet to CasaTunes.  You should probably verify with the ELK whether this is the case.