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

**URL:** <https://forums.digi.com/t/unable-to-connect-and-send-rci-commands-to-xbee-gateway-x2e-zb-over-http/19887>\
**Category:** Digi Remote Manager\
**Tags:** xbee-gateway, xbee, zigbee\
**Created:** [September 19, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/unable-to-connect-and-send-rci-commands-to-xbee-gateway-x2e-zb-over-http/19887 "2018-09-19T15:39:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![ganondalf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f05b48/32.png) [@ganondalf](https://forums.digi.com/u/ganondalf)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/unable-to-connect-and-send-rci-commands-to-xbee-gateway-x2e-zb-over-http/19887/1 "2018-09-19T15:39:54Z")

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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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**Author:** ![michaelt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.digi.com/michaelt/32/92_2.png) [@michaelt](https://forums.digi.com/u/michaelt)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/unable-to-connect-and-send-rci-commands-to-xbee-gateway-x2e-zb-over-http/19887/2 "2019-03-08T18:12:37Z")

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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!