This integrated integration discovers Global Caché infrared devices on the network.
Multiple devices are supported and can be used as network based IR emitters.
Supported devices using the Unified TCP API:
- GC-100
- iTach
- Flex
- Global Connect
Supported features:
- IR sending
Relay control and serial features are currently not supported but planned.
Requirements
- Only devices in the same network can be discovered. Otherwise the manual setup with entering the device address must be used.
- The Global Caché devices send a beacon message to make them discoverable on the network. The beacon is a UDP packet sent to the multicast IP address 239.255.250.250 on UDP port number 9131
- The TCP port 4998 needs to be accessible if the device is behind a routed network or in a VLAN.
- See general Network requirements for further information.
Limitations and known issues
- Relay control and serial features are not yet supported.
- Avoid using DHCP for Global Caché devices. We observed that Global Caché devices frequently get a new IP address after power loss and don’t keep the old assignement.
- Configure a static IP address or assign a fixed IP address with a DHCP lease to avoid connectivity issues.
- iTach, Flex and Global Connect devices support 8 TCP connections.
- GC-100 device:
- Only allows one TCP connection!
- Does not seem to support TCP keep-alive option.
- The integration has only been tested with IP2IR and GC-100-12 devices, but it should work with any of the Global Caché product family devices.
More information
This integration is open sourced. It can also be run on a PC on your network and used as an external integration.