AMX ViewStat User Manual

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Using the NetLinx Module to Program the ViewStat

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ViewStat Communicating Thermostat

Command Interface - SEND_COMMANDs (Cont.)

Command Description

'T-<tstat> MSG-<text>'

Displays text on thermostat window when MENU is enabled.

'T-<tstat> OUTHUM?'

Query for current outside humidity.

Parameter:

• <tstat> : id of thermostat/zone

Example:

'T-14 OUTHUM?'

'T-<tstat> OUTTEMP?'

Query for current outside temperature.

Parameter:

• <tstat> : id of thermostat/zone

Example:

'T-2 OUTTEMP?'

'T-<tstat> PASSTHRU-<data>'

Send data to thermostat with no processing by the module.
The user can use this to send commands directly to the ther-
mostat.

Parameters:

• <tstat>: id of thermostat/zone

• <data> : data to send to thermostat

Example:

'T-1 PASSTHRU-SOME COMMAND TO SEND'

'T-<tstat> TEMP?'

Query for current inside temperature.

Parameter:

• <tstat> : id of thermostat/zone

Example:

'T-4 TEMP?'

'T-<tstat> TIME-<val>'

Set time.

Parameters:

• <tstat> : id of thermostat/zone

• <val>: HHMMSS (24-hour clock)

Example:

'T-1 TIME-163248'

'T-<tstat> TIME?'

Requests current time on thermostat.

'T-<tstat> TXT-<line>,<val>'

Set text message to be displayed in rolling message.

Parameters:

• <tstat> : id of thermostat/zone

• <line>: 1-4 = message number to be set

• <val> : string of text

Example:

'T-8 MSG-1,Hello World!'

'T-<tstat> TXT?<line>'

Read text to be displayed on thermostat.

Parameters:

• <tstat> : id of thermostat/zone

• <line>: 1-4 = message number to read

• <val> : string of text

Example:

'T-8 MSG-1,Hello World!'

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