I need to be able to send commands to my PC without using EventGhost.
I tried using EventGhost, which works… kinda. I was experiencing a lot of problems which I posted in their dedicated EventGhost thread here:
Does anyone have any other ideas to send commands/events to PC?
I basically need to be able to shut off my PC monitor without doing a hard shutoff by using an outlet controller.
If I’m not mistaken, Event Ghost works on the PC side to receive commands, so would still be needed.
WebCoRE can send HTTP commands to Event Ghost.
Do you have an example of how I could send a HTTP command to EventGhost?
Maybe the EventGhost SmartApp is the problem.
I know the IP and port of the PC, how does the piston look when sending a HTTP command to it?
No idea what the http syntax needs to be… but if the EG ST smartapp can do it, webCoRE can…
Hopefully someone familiar with EG can chip in.
Just a thought:
I spent many hours getting EventGhost (on PC) to respond to commands from ST app (via the EventGhost Smartapp). I went through the setup numerous times and read all posts of the particular thread at least 3 times. Even though my setup was 100% according to the instructions, I could not get it to work.
Eventually, I realised that my issue was caused by the PC (which I wanted to control) not using the same gateway as other devices on my network. (I have a backup gateway (with IP 192.168.0.2 in my case) and the PC was pointing to that gateway. After changing it to the default gateway, everything started working just fine.)
Using the IP and port on your computer, the code for webCoRE is:
Make a GET request to IpAddress:port/?Keyword
Such as:
Make a GET request to 192.168.1.2:80/?DryerDone
Make a GET request to 192.168.1.2:80/?ArriveHome
Make a GET request to 192.168.1.2:80/?MotionDetected
The results in EventGhost is:
(I would avoid using spaces in your keywords)