OPENXTRA HotSpot SDK

The OPENXTRA HotSpot SDK provides an easy to use programming interface for the Sensatronics range of temperature & environmental monitoring equipment. Using a simple programming interface you can read the probe values from one or more monitors. Numerous samples are provided to get you up and running quickly.

Features

Example

The following example in VBScript illustrates how easy it is:
Dim Device
Set Device = CreateObject("HotSpot.Sensor")
Device.Address = "192.168.2.1"
Device.Poll
Dim Reading
for each Probe in Device.Probes
  Set Reading = Probe.LatestReading
  If Reading Is Nothing Then
    Wscript.Echo "Probe number: " & Probe.Number & " Value: "
  Else
    Wscript.Echo "Probe number: " & Probe.Number & " Value: " & Reading.Value & " Unit: " & Reading.Unit
  End If
next

Or, if you want to use Windows PowerShell, you can retrieve the readings from a EM1 or E4/E16 using the Get-HSReading cmdlet like this:

Get-HSReading -Address 192.168.2.1

 You can retrieve the readings from a Model F with the following command:

Get-HSReading -ComPort 3

 Once you have retrieved the readings you can then process the information any way you want. As standard, Windows PowerShell can write the readings to CSV files for importing into Microsoft Excel as well as a whole raft of other things. Things really start to get interesting when you take a look at things like PowerGadgets, a third party extension to Windows PowerShell that supports, amongst other things, outputting graphs, maps, gauges of various types.

Installation Instructions

To install OPENXTRA HotSpot SDK double-click the downloaded .exe file and follow the instructions.

Requirements

The OPENXTRA HotSpot SDK requires Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3 or above. Microsoft Windows XP. Windows PowerShell supports Windows XP SP2 or above.

Download

Download the OPENXTRA HotSpot SDK Installer
Download the OPENXTRA HotSpot SDK Lite Installer*
Download the OPENXTRA HotSpot SDK Manual

* Installs (and registers) only the HotSpot SDK dll. The target machine must already have the Microsoft C++ 2005 libraries installed (version 8.0.50727.762 or higher) and a minimum of MDAC 2.8.

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