The LUA engine of the NETx BMS Core Server provides different runtime functions for network communication, e.g. e-mail, TCP, or FTP. In order to correctly send e-mails, the outgoing SMTP server has to be configured within the System Configuration file (cf. Section 4.2.2.5).
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xcon.Close (string)
Closes a connection.
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xcon.Create (string, number, string, number, string, number)
This function can be used to create a socket in LUA.
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xcon.CreateCOM (string, string, number, number, number, number, number, number)
This function can be used to create a serial connection in LUA.
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bool xcon.CreateFTP (string, string, number, string, string)
This function creates an FTP client socket.
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xcon.CreateHTTP (string)
This function can be used to create an HTTP connection in LUA.
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xcon.CreateTCP (string, string, number, string, number)
This function can be used to create a TCP socket in LUA.
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xcon.CreateRSS (string)
This function can be used to create an RSS feed in LUA.
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xcon.CreateUDP (string, string, number, string, number)
This function can be used to create a UDP socket in LUA.
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bool xcon.Download (string, string, number)
This function initiates an asynchronous FTP download. If a download is already taking place on this connection (identified by host, port, user, and password), the transfer is enqueued and commenced once the current transfer is finished. Provide _OnDoneEvent and _OnErrorEvent callback functions to be notified on transfer completion and errors (ref. section 4.6.11).
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bool xcon.IsConnected (string)
This function determines whether the connection is established.
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bool xcon.Send (string, string, number)
This function can be used to send data via an established connection.
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bool xcon.SendTo (string, string, number, string, number)
This function can be used to send data via an established connection.
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xcon.SendAdminEmail (string, string, string)
This function can be used to directly send an e-mail to the specified admin e-mail address.
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xcon.SendEmailTo (string, string, string, string)
This function can be used to directly send an e-mail within LUA.
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bool xcon.SendHex (string, string)
Sends binary data given as hex-bytes via an established connection.
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bool xcon.SendTextTo (string, string, string, number)
Sends binary data given as hex-bytes via an established connection.
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xcon.SendSystemEmail (string, string, string)
This function can be used to directly send an e-mail to the specified systen e-mail address.
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bool xcon.SendText (plain string over socket connection) (string, string)
This function can be used to send data via an established connection.
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bool xcon.SendText (HTTP POST with JSON string) (string, string, number, number, string)
This function can be used to send data via an established connection.
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bool xcon.SendText (HTTP POST with JSON string and MIME type provided) (string, string, number, number, string, string)
This function can be used to send data via an established connection.
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bool xcon.SendText (HTTP POST with XML string) (string, string, number, number, string, string)
This function can be used to send data via an established connection.
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bool xcon.SendTextTo (string, string, string, number)
This function can be used to send data via an established connection.
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xcon.SendUserEmail (string, string, string)
This function can be used to directly send an e-mail to the specified user e-mail address.
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bool xcon.Upload (string, string, number)
This function initiates an asynchronous FTP upload. If an upload is already taking place on this connection (identified by host, port, user, and password), the transfer is enqueued and commenced once the current transfer is finished. Provide _OnDoneEvent and _OnErrorEvent callback functions to be notified on transfer completion and errors (ref. section 4.6.11).
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