I am trying to write data in RFX9600 extender serial port without the TSU9600. I want to use a program from PC directly (C# program o java program) via Wi-Fi.is this posible?
thanks

Yes it is technically possible, but the protocol has not been documented by Philips. It would have to be reversed engineered using a sniffer or similar tool.

I use a device very similar to the Philips extender, except that the TCPIP protocol is fully documented. Like the extender it handles RS232, IR and relays. It is called a Global Cache, and comes in various models differing in the number of ports, relays or IR zones. Just do a yahoo or google

There's an ongoing open source project named ProntoNIC that was intended to do just that. Google for it.

Thanks Barry,
I'm working on a domotic project and just need this feature


On 1216527164, Barry Gordon said...

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Thanks Lyndel
This information is very important to me

On 1216528755, Lyndel McGee said...

Note that because the protocol is NOT public-domain, it is possible that a firmware change on the Pronto could break your code at any time.

Any luck with ProntoNIC and sniffing commands? I would like to control the RFX9600 relays from a PC. I have a few 5V - 240V relays so I can switch on and off equipment with the RFX9600. I would like to have a timer that closes everything down after a few hours from the last send command from the Pronto. The problem with the Pronto is that it goes to sleep and I have a server that is up all the time.

can't you set the pronto to never sleep? i have one TSU9600 currently running in a system (i'm a custon installer) and it's logged into the network 24/7. the battery life is still pretty good, i'd say they need to put it on the charger about every other day.

OT: could anyone give me a simple solution to have the pronto execute some macros at a specific time? i'd like it to run a plamsa's scrolling feature for 20 minutes every night to eliminate burn-in. thx!

How did you set the Pronto to never sleep? Are you setting to "On" on the info screen after loading the xcf?

under system properties, wireless settings, i set wireless timeout to 24 hours. maybe i'm misunderstanding the word sleep here?

Yes I think you are. The Pronto goes to sleep after a specific amount of time. Sleep means the CPU stops running code, all timers are frozen and a few other things stop. In the latest firmware release it wakes up every 57-58 seconds (an inaccurate minute) for a few seconds and starts the CPU.

I am not sure exactly what the state is during sleep (Lyndel?) regarding sockets and timers, amd what state they are in when it wakes up, but when it wakes up the CPU is running and then it goes back to sleep after a short time (5-10 seconds). You can observe this by putting the system in a loop based on a timer, the page timer for example, and monitoring the clock to the diagnostic log. Set the loop to one second and write the time every iteration to the log. You will see the behavior.

It is a real problem if you are trying to keep a session alive as when dealing with a music server that is sending asynchronous messages. AFAIK the Pronto has no way of listening at a socket for a connection like a real computer, but rather it must always initiate the connection.

I guess the basic factor is that the developers do not think of it as a computer which seems to limit its overall capability by what they chose to include.

thanks for the school barry, i haven't gotten into the prontoscript much yet. i took an intro class to C++ in college a long time ago, but writing custom javascript is way over my head.
sooner or later i'm going to need to learn to at least set up different button graphics for different system states (like stereo, dolby, dts), but i'm not sure it's worth it to learn to do it in javascript, when i have 500 other things to keep track of on a job, and it looks like RTI is about to come out with a similar capability with no coding required. any thoughts?

Answering Barry's question 2 posts up...

Sockets are still connected and incoming data is buffered until the Socket IO Buffer fills up (8KB???). When unit wakes up, buffered data starts spooling in to your scripts.