Is it possible to send the following TCP request using KM?

[Ahwman]

I’d like to send TCP commands to my Global Cache WI2IR from KM. Currently I’m using my ISY home automation controller. Below is a sample:

[peternlewis]

I believe the nc tool can do this.

See:

Can we do tcp request in keyboard maestro?

Yes and no. Basically, you can use Keyboard Maestro to get a web resource, or to run a script, and the script can communication via TCP, but Keyboard Maestro does not have direct support for a TCP channel. The protocol looks relatively straight forward, but it would likely require writing a script to handle it or alternatively finding a command line tool that someone has made for controlling the device. You can use the command nc to connect to the device: nc DEVICEIP 9990 You can probably …

[Ahwman]

I followed the guide, however I don’t seem to be getting a response when I execute the command via KM. Have I missed something?

[peternlewis]

That S should be a $ as in $KMVAR_Command.

Also you should use double quotes around it so "$KMVAR_Command".

The \r will probably work because Keyboard Maestro will parse it in the Set Variable action, and then it should survive to the echo command.