Livespaces
Clipsal C-Bus

Written by Paul Leicester, June 2009

Clipsal C-Bus and Livespaces

Installing the components required by the Livespace Service, livespace.services.lights

1. Connect the C-Bus serial data cable to the Extron IP Link COM1 port (9600-8-N-1-NoFlowCtrl)

2. Copy from somewhere to Windows client hosting this service:

   • C:\XYNTServices\ICS-C-Gate
   • C:\Clipsal\C-Gate

3. Edit C:\Clipsal\C-Gate\Config\Networks.txt:

   • if required comment out the line: "1 serial COMn" (where *n* is the COM port number the C-BUS data cable was attached to).
   • add the line: "1 socket ics-rack-ipl0:2001"

4. Edit C:\XYNTServices\ICS-C-Gate\XYNTService.ini:

   [Settings]

   ServiceName = ICS-C-Gate

   ProcCount = 1

   CheckProcess = 1

   [Process0]

   CommandLine = java.exe -Xrs -jar C:\CLIPSAL\C-Gate\cgate.jar

   WorkingDir = C:\Clipsal\C-Gate

   UserInterface = No

   Restart = Yes

5. Install and start the ICS-C-Gate as a Windows service. From a command line:

   • C:\XYNTServices\ICS-C-Gate\XYNTService.exe -i
   • C:\XYNTServices\ICS-C-Gate\XYNTService.exe -r ICS-C-Gate