Facility Control

Hi Kai.
There are a few tricks involved with NK Router Custom Panels but we can probably get you going.

Here is an example of custom panel that performs a number of different switch commands on the selected router using the nk.doSwitch command.

The NK scripting object is only available within an NK Custom Panel or a part of a panel specified as an "nk-router" context type (you'll see that happening in the top line of the example)

<abs contexttype="nk-router" objectid="YOU CAN SPECIFY AN IPS SERIAL HERE">
   <simplegrid height="71" left="9" rows="1" style="bg#dark;bdr:etched;" top="12" width="687">
      <ipslist style="style:toggleButton;"/>
      <nkfunction function="config"/>
   </simplegrid>
   <button buttontype="push" height="54" left="8" name="Run Switch Commands" top="83" width="695">
      <task tasktype="nk">nk.doSwitch(0, 15, 1);</task>
      <task tasktype="pause">500</task>
      <task tasktype="nk">nk.doSwitch(1, 14, 1);</task>
      <task tasktype="nk">nk.doSwitch(2, 13, 1);</task>
      <task tasktype="pause">500</task>
      <task tasktype="nk">nk.doSwitch(3, 12, 1);</task>
      <task tasktype="pause">500</task>
      <task tasktype="nk">nk.doSwitch(4, 11, 1);</task>
      <task tasktype="pause">500</task>
      <task tasktype="nk">nk.doSwitch(5, 10, 1);</task>
      <task tasktype="pause">500</task>
      <task tasktype="nk">nk.doSwitch(6, 9, 1);</task>
      <task tasktype="pause">500</task>
      <task tasktype="nk">nk.doSwitch(7, 8, 1);</task>
      <task tasktype="pause">500</task>
      <task tasktype="nk">nk.doSwitch(8, 7, 1);</task>
      <task tasktype="pause">500</task>
      <task tasktype="nk">nk.doSwitch(9, 6, 1);</task>
      <task tasktype="pause">500</task>
      <task tasktype="nk">nk.doSwitch(10, 5, 1);</task>
      <task tasktype="pause">500</task>
      <task tasktype="nk">nk.doSwitch(11, 4, 1);</task>
      <task tasktype="pause">500</task>
      <task tasktype="nk">nk.doSwitch(12, 3, 1);</task>
      <task tasktype="pause">500</task>
      <task tasktype="nk">nk.doSwitch(13, 2, 1);</task>
      <task tasktype="pause">500</task>
      <task tasktype="nk">nk.doSwitch(14, 1, 1);</task>
      <task tasktype="pause">500</task>
      <task tasktype="nk">nk.doSwitch(15, 0, 1);</task>
   </button>
   <lvlstatus dst="all" height="467" left="9" scroll="vertical" showlabel="true" style="font:mono;size:small;bg#efffbe;fg#000000;t:bg#c8d5a0;t:fg#000000;" top="139" width="693"/>
</abs>

You can embed a context/component like this inside of another non-NK Custom Panel to gain access to other regular Custom Panel features like parameters.

Take a look at the code in the example and see if that moves you closer to what you're trying to do. If you want any clarification on anything that is being done or have specific questions, we can continue to help you along in your project.

Cheers.

James

If you create a new Custom Panel, you can open it in edit mode, double-click anywhere in the custom panel, and select the "source" tab at the top to paste-in the example code.

Hi James,

does this have to be done from an nk custom panel or can i use the tcp string control function to allow me to use parameters?

Currently my panel is based around the idea that I could use:

<button buttontype="push" height="64" id="TAKE" left="797" name="TAKE" top="552" width="150">
      <task tasktype="ogscript">
rosstalk.sendMessage("param_DESTNK IP ADDRESS", "TBC", "nk.doSwitch(param_DESTDestination, param_DESTSource, 1)", null);
</task>
   </button>

With other buttons that set the destination and source parameters?

I don't have access to an NK right now but was hoping this would work?

Hi James,

Im trying to make sense of this and it is going straight over my head at the moment.

If I create an NK panel I can still create parameters using OG and declaring these

<params>
         <param access="1" constrainttype="INT_NULL" name="Source" oid="0x2" precision="0" stateless="true" type="INT16" value="1" widget="default"/>
         <param access="1" constrainttype="INT_NULL" name="Destination" oid="0x3" precision="0" stateless="true" type="INT16" value="1" widget="default"/>
      </params>

Then buttons to set these parameters to numbers and then from this a separate button with

<task tasktype="nk">nk.doSwitch(param_DESTDestination, param_DESTSource, 1);</task>

although I think i have to use the OID's for these instead of names?

Thanks,
Kai

Hi Kai.
Here is an example panel that uses a "Destination" and "Source" parameter.

<abs contexttype="opengear" virtualheight="914" virtualwidth="1408">
   <meta>
      <params>
         <param access="1" constraint="0.0;100.0;0.0;100.0;1" constrainttype="INT_STEP_RANGE" name="Dest" oid="Dest" precision="0" type="INT32" value="0" widget="spinner"/>
         <param access="1" constraint="0.0;100.0;0.0;100.0;1" constrainttype="INT_STEP_RANGE" name="Source" oid="Source" precision="0" type="INT32" value="0" widget="spinner"/>
      </params>
   </meta>
   <abs bottom="0" contexttype="nk-router" left="0" right="0" top="0" virtualheight="914" virtualwidth="1408">
      <simplegrid height="83" left="2" right="8" rows="1" top="4">
         <ipslist/>
      </simplegrid>
      <lvlstatus dst="all" height="732" left="843" right="8" scroll="vertical" showlabel="true" style="font:mono;size:small;bg#efffbe;fg#000000;t:bg#c8d5a0;t:fg#000000;" top="88"/>
      <label height="33" left="16" name="Destination: " style="txt-align:east" top="98" width="110"/>
      <label height="33" left="16" name="Source: " style="txt-align:east;" top="147" width="110"/>
      <param expand="true" height="47" left="133" oid="Dest" top="94" width="122"/>
      <param expand="true" height="45" left="133" oid="Source" top="149" width="123"/>
      <button buttontype="push" height="104" left="267" name="Go!" top="94" width="123">
         <task tasktype="ogscript">nk.doSwitch(params.getValue('Dest', 0), params.getValue('Source', 0), 1);</task>
      </button>
   </abs>
</abs>

Your code was close, you just needed to get the parameter value:

<task tasktype="ogscript">nk.doSwitch(params.getValue('Dest', 0), params.getValue('Source', 0), 1);</task>

James