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Posted: September 02 2007 at 03:21 | IP Logged Quote sharby
For those with a Stargate system, here is the direct interface to bringing it back to life with an ELK IP232 connected to the SG cable on COM1.

1. Use ELK-IP utility to set 9600 and no handshake on port 2401

2. Set up Plugin like this:

ID        PluginType      LaunchData&nbs p;         &nbs p;InitData

SG-WEBX     ActiveX  &nbs p;     PH_SOCKET.phsocket 10.1.0.235 2401


Fill in your ip address above


3. Register the attached plugin ocx with Regsvr32




2007-09-02_031947_ph-socket-Plugin.zip
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Posted: September 11 2007 at 20:04 | IP Logged Quote UpstateMike
Cool but what does it do exactly? Is there a readme doc?
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Posted: September 11 2007 at 21:33 | IP Logged Quote sharby
No readme doc. I can write one when I have more time. Basically, the above plugin gives you direct control to the Stargate system. You can do everything in Stargate via their protocol specification at http://jdstechnologies.com/protocol.html

Now you can use PH to change flags, variables, Keypad functions, etc.

So far, I've been able to update temperature settings, changes LEDs from Red to Green, and trigger IR functions on my existing SG system.

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Posted: September 11 2007 at 22:20 | IP Logged Quote UpstateMike
How about the other way... Can I use a Stargate input to trigger PH to send an insteon command?

Also wondering about the Elk IP232 to SG COM1... couldn't PH just talk to SG through the WEB Expander?
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Posted: September 12 2007 at 23:12 | IP Logged Quote sharby
Negative. Stargate has no output interface (besides the 2 serial ports) to communicate with other devices. The best that can be done today is have the ELK-IP232 connected to COM1 so that you can "IP" to it and issue commands. By coding in the Stargate WINEVM, you can issue ASCII commands out to COM1 and PH will be able to respond to them.

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Posted: September 12 2007 at 23:50 | IP Logged Quote UpstateMike
Too bad. I thought there might be a way to emulate the HomeRunner touch screen interface which talks through WebX. I'll have to order an Elk-IP232 so I can try this out!
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Posted: September 13 2007 at 00:52 | IP Logged Quote sharby
Mike,

If the machine running PH has a DB9 serial port on it, you can use the NEW Raw Comm plugin (PH_Comm.phcomm) that will link you physically to the Stargate Com1 (via the SG cable).

settings are 9600,N,8,1

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Posted: September 13 2007 at 09:29 | IP Logged Quote UpstateMike
This might work better since I will need to switch between PH and WinEVM sometimes. This way I won't need to change the connection... just stop one program and start the other. I think there is even a program for letting 2 applications share a serial port so I could have both running at the same time!
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Posted: September 13 2007 at 18:56 | IP Logged Quote sharby
I'll ask Dave about a serial "pass-through" that will allow you to use the same serial comm for 2 applications.

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Posted: October 04 2007 at 10:35 | IP Logged Quote UpstateMike
So I read up on the Elk IP232 and noticed it supports up to 12 simultaneous sessions. If I understand this correctly, I could connect PH to stargate using the IP232 and ALSO run WinEVM at the same time (from a different PC) connecting to the IP 232 on a second session (would need a utility running on the WinEVM PC to establish this connection). Am I understanding this correctly?
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Posted: October 07 2007 at 01:11 | IP Logged Quote sharby
Affirmative. It's so awesome.

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Posted: November 03 2007 at 08:11 | IP Logged Quote UpstateMike
OK, I have ordered the ELK IP232 and should have it next week. Sometime after that I will be looking for some help writing SG variables. First thing I want to do is copy the data from my PH weather station variables into SG variables whenever the value changes. This way I can trigger things in SG schedules based on wind gust, etc.

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Posted: November 10 2007 at 11:17 | IP Logged Quote sharby
Ok sounds good,

Here are two command I have for triggers to change "FLAGS" and actual "VALUE" of the counters in Stargate

ph_picmd(5,"SG-WEBX",1,0,0,"##%2601" + right(ph_numtohex(ph_getvar_n(2,4)),2) + "01~r","")

under the protocol spec

Direct Variable Command

This command will instruct the TimeCommander to modify a particular variable.

>##%26aabbcc[cr] /* Direct Variable Command */

aa - Variable number
bb - Load Value (if loading variable)
cc - *Variable CMD is:

0 - NOP
1 - Load Variable
2 - Clear Variable
3 - Increment Variable
4 - Decrement Variable

The TimeCommander will respond with:
##0






Then I can toggle a flag on Stargate by doing this:

ph_picmd(5,"SG-WEBX",1,0,0,"##%250101~r","")


based on the protocal spec of

Direct Flag Command

This command will instruct the TimeCommander to set/clear the specified flag.

>##%25xxyy[cr] /* Direct flag Command */

where xx is the flag number (hex)

where yy is the state to change the flag to. 00 = clear, 01 = set.

The TimeCommander will respond with:

##0






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