Unable to connect and send RCI commands to XBEE GATEWAY X2E ZB over HTTP

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I am attempting to send RCI commands to the XBee Gateway X2E ZB. I have tried with both Java and Python. I am able to successfully issue commands and set settings when the command is requested from a Python script running locally on the device.

However, I would like to be able to send the device RCI requests from another device over HTTP. When I try to open the connection in Java I receive a FileNotFoundException: http://[IPv4 Address Here]/UI/rci

The following is resulting in error for me:

[Java]
URL url = new URL(“http://” + IP + “/UE/rci”);
URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();

[Python]
conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(“http://” + IP)
conn.request(“POST”, “/UE/rci”, msg)

I have also tried /UI/rci without success. Is this something to do with passing authorization credentials to the device?

The following works when running locally:

[Python]
request = ‘. . .’
response = rci.process_request(request)

Does the Gateway require an OS firmware update to provide HTTP rci functionality? (I cannot seem to find an OS version on the Gateway’s Device Configuration and Management portal).

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There are a couple ways you can do this.

This is the command you’d use to disable the Factory Default meaning of the Faceplate Button from the Commandline/python user of the Gateway, or from within a python program:

/userfs/WEB/python $ rci_request ’ none ’

And this is how you could send the same command from Digi Remote Manager, wrapped within an SCI POST Request:

        none

Hope that helps!

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