Detecting TellStick

[PaulMcGowan]

Is there anyway I can check if a TellStick is connected without issuing an ON/OFF command ?

If I do a 'tdtool --list' I get a list of known switches whether or not the TellStick is connected.

Is there a 'tdtool --status' command that says whether a TellStick is connected ?

I'm currently having to read the USB device list for 'TellStick', but it would be nice if tdtool did this.

[micke.prag]

There will be functions in the API for this in the next versions of the software. Currently there is no functions for it.

[PaulMcGowan]

OK, thanks Micke.....

I downloaded the source and hacked a quick 'status' option into tdtool, it does what I need.

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C:\Program Files\Telldus\tdtool --status

TellStick connected
C:\

And when the TellStick is unplugged

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C:\Program Files\Telldus\tdtool --status

TellStick disconnected
C:\

I kept the output simple as I use PHP to run the script, and I get a simple 2 part array returned [0]=TellStick and [1]=connected/disconnected. Does just what I need.

[micke.prag]

You could parhaps return one of the error-codes from tdtool?
TELLSTICK_SUCCESS if the TellStick is found, TELLSTICK_ERROR_NOT_FOUND if it's not.

That would make it even easier to parse from a script.

[micke.prag]

And btw, http://developer.telldus.com/wiki/Guides/Contributing