IP Temp Monitor in Lookout 5.1

[neilius77]

I am trying to use Lookout 5.1 to communicate with an IP based Temp. Monitor from Sensatronics. The device sends data over TCP on port 80. Any suggestions on how best to set up this device to be monitored by Lookout? An unformatted string is produced when http://ipaddress/temp is entered into a web browser. The string looks like this: Office Temp|67.2|Garage Temp|-99.9|Probe 3|-99.9|Probe 4|-99.9

[cous]

Hi Neilius77,
In order to communicate over TCP with your IP based temperature monitor, you'll want to use the IPASCII object found under the Driver category. The IPASCII object will allow you to create your own driver that sends and receives TCP strings to the IP address and port that you specify.
Thanks for contacting NI,
Marcus G.
Applications Engineer
National Instruments

[neilius77]

Any suggestions on how best to retrieve the data into lookout? I have the device setup with the IPASCII driver as was suggested. However, I am having difficulty getting the device to bring back the data. I think I need a way to sent the /get command to the device in order to get my readings back. So far I have not been able to accomplish this in the program.

[cous]

Hi neilius77,
I'm glad to hear that you decided to use the IPASCII object. Instructions for how to send commands to your device are included in the object help file. To access the help file:
1) Add an IPASCII object to your process.
2) Right click on the object to access the properties.
3) Click on help.
The help file will detail how to use Request, RequestFormat, and Send datamembers which should allow you to send the /get command to your device.
I hope this helps you get the communication working properly.

Thanks for contacting NI,
Marcus G.
Applications Engineer
National Instruments