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RE: [ECS] ECS not responding with status?
Dan Hoehnen
Thu, 3 Feb 2000 22:10:28 -0500

Thu, 3 Feb 2000 22:10:28 -0500

Joe,

First, I think you should ask these questions in the ACE list.  All the
commands you are refering to are ACE commands.  ECS is a very open ha
program.  While it is true that Mark made some changes to accommodate my ACE
interface (thanks Mark) it is basically ACE that supports ECS, not ECS that
supports ACE.  As such, you will only find the commands you are asking about
documented in the ACE doc's.

I think that most ace/ecs users are NOT checking the option to "Update item
states at startup" in the ace client ecs config window.  They ARE checking
the option to "Update this ECS item with client status" in the same window,
though.  This causes the specified ecs item to change values when the client
connects to the server.  You the write code in ecs to detect this change and
then have ecs send the ECSUIS command to that client so that the client then
requests the status of each item from ecs.  I hope an ace/ecs user can
verify this.

The "update item states at startup" option may not work when the client
starts if it doesn't connect quickly to the ace server.

I hope this helps.

Dan

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Joseph Schwartz [mailto:jjsmd@yahoo.com]
  Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 8:55 AM
  To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
  Subject: [ECS] ECS not responding with status?


  I am trying to use ECS with ACE. On the ACE side I have enabled ECS and
requested a status update on startup of ACE.

  when ACE starts it tries to get a status update from ECS and then gives me
an error that ECS not responding within 5 seconds and therefore cancels the
update. Am I doing anything wrong?

  Joe

  jjsmd@concentric.com



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Joe,

First, I think you should ask these questions in the ACE list. All the commands you are refering to are ACE commands. ECS is a very open ha program. While it is true that Mark made some changes to accommodate my ACE interface (thanks Mark) it is basically ACE that supports ECS, not ECS that supports ACE. As such, you will only find the commands you are asking about documented in the ACE doc's.

I think that most ace/ecs users are NOT checking the option to "Update item states at startup" in the ace client ecs config window. They ARE checking the option to "Update this ECS item with client status" in the same window, though. This causes the specified ecs item to change values when the client connects to the server. You the write code in ecs to detect this change and then have ecs send the ECSUIS command to that client so that the client then requests the status of each item from ecs. I hope an ace/ecs user can verify this.

The "update item states at startup" option may not work when the client starts if it doesn't connect quickly to the ace server.

I hope this helps.

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Schwartz [mailto:jjsmd@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 8:55 AM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: [ECS] ECS not responding with status?

I am trying to use ECS with ACE. On the ACE side I have enabled ECS and requested a status update on startup of ACE.

when ACE starts it tries to get a status update from ECS and then gives me an error that ECS not responding within 5 seconds and therefore cancels the update. Am I doing anything wrong?

Joe

jjsmd@concentric.com

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