Can some one help me with this:
I have .dat files on a FTP server "ftp.ejemplo.com" i want to configure RTMCPro using "manage data sources" to look into the ftp server to use the data:
For the server addres i try with the direction of the ftp server: "ftp.ejemplo.com" and also with the IP direction of the server "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" and nothing .....the data source is always with a red X so is not working............
My question is: Is possible to do that?? and if possible wat im doing wrong?
Thank you very much!
RTMCPro file datasources don't do FTP.
You will need to create a scheduled task in the Task Master to get the file on an interval. curl.exe is installed with RTMCPro and can be used like this to get a file via FTP:
curl.exe -u user:password "ftp://ftp.ejemplo.com/myfile.dat -o "c:\data\myfile.dat"
Then, you would setup a file datasource in RTMCPro to point at the file on the local system at c:\data\myfile.dat.
Hope that helps.
Thank you for the help, i look for that curl.exe program in the PC but cant find it (i have installed the RTMCPro version on the PC)...can you guide me where i can find it or download from a trusted place? there is a way to use this Curl.exe program if i have incremental files on the FTP server? in example:
Measurement1.dat, Measurement2.dat..........Measurement178.dat...
Thank you
Best Regards
PD.- I have windows 8.1 64 bits PC
* Last updated by: XxVashxX on 10/6/2014 @ 10:29 AM *
If RTMC is installed in the "c:\program files (x86)\campbellsci\RTMC" directory, the curl.exe program can be found at "c:\program files (x86)\campbellsci\common".
Hello,
If you can't find curl.exe in your computer, you can try with the command ftp. You can execute it throught a .bat file. For it, you need to create a new file .bat an open it with a text processor. You write your commands in it (for example, ftp://ftp.ejemplo.com/myfile.dat -o "c:\data\myfile.dat) an finally you have to make a schedule task with the windows task manager.
I hope it will be usefull.