4.2 The TCP/IP remote control interface

Controlling the beacon receiver through the network is done by means of HTTP GET requests. Setting parameter values or querying readings or settings, all is done by requesting HTTP documents from the receiver. The message to the receiver thereby is coded into the URL as a CGI form parameter. The receiver replies a one line document of the MIME type 'text/plain'.

The document name for remote control is /rmt , hence (assuming the beacon receiver is listening to the IP address 10.0.0.1), requesting a document with the URL

http://10.0.0.1/rmt?levl=?

will let the receiver reply the actual beacon level in a one line text document:

levl=-52.31

This way all parameters may be queried or set, you may use your favorite web browser to try out the remote control of the receiver manually.