Question for Velleman Support…
Why VM201 status.cgi page output is non standard xml?
Because it works
Working only for you, but can not be used in other applications, since the xml does not meet standards!!!
It would be nice if you improve?
The status.cgi page is only for use by the web interface. There is a separate protocol for other applications.
It would be very nice if you could tell me how can I get the channel status using the “Separate protocol”?
The VM201 listens on a special port that is configurable from the web interface
VM201 Protocol spoken over that port:
velleman.eu/images/tmp/VM201 … otocol.pdf
In your case it would probably be easier just to write/use a parser that can use the xml from the status page. Even if it wasn’t designed to be used by other applications, it’s perfectly fine xml.