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    Default Help with Qprocess and sending commands to terminal

    Hello Everyone,

    This is my first time posting, so bear with me as I get used to the format.

    I am using Qt 5.4.2 and red hat Linux 7.2
    Description:

    1. I am creating a GUI that basically has some buttons to turn some relays on and off. (I'm done with the gui part)

    2 . Now this device is on the network and is user/password protected which I know both.

    3. I am creating a QProcess to communicate through Telnet and pass commands to turn on/off or enter credentials.

    This is what I am doing (please assume I call this in the main):

    void Example::process()
    {
    QString prog = "telnet";
    QStringList arguments;
    arguments << "123.456.78.90" << "23"; // ip and port
    QProcess telnet;

    telnet.start(program, arguments);
    if(telnet.waitForStarted())
    telnet.write("set 8 1");// which sets relay on

    telnet.closeWriteChannel();

    if(telnet.waitForFinished())
    qDebug() << telnet.readAllStardardOutput();
    }

    //-------------------------Output--------------------------
    Trying 123.456.78.90
    Connected to 123.456.78.90
    Escape Character is '^]'
    "
    //-----------------------------end of output ------------

    Now if I put telnet.execute(...) instead of telnet.start(...)
    //-------------------------Output--------------------------
    Trying 123.456.78.90
    Connected to 123.456.78.90
    Escape Character is '^]'

    Synacces Inc. Telnet Session V6.1
    //-----------------------------end of output ------------
    which is how it looks when I do that in the terminal, but program hangs waiting.

    Now my question is:

    How can I make it that it can receive more commands without closing that process? I don't want to close telnet because I have to tell it the ip and port again.
    Mainly notice that when I say telnet.write(command) it doesn't do anything. and I have put that line outside of the if and nothing.

    I would be running the terminal in the background while GUI is displaying buttons, but like I said GUI part is done.

    Thanks for any help and I hope it makes sense what I'm trying to accomplish
    Last edited by Oz; 22nd December 2017 at 21:19.

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    Default Re: Help with Qprocess and sending commands to terminal

    The subprocess communication for QProcess is typically handled asynchronously by connecting to the readyRead() signal etc.

    If you want a top-to-bottom synchronous telnet session then you should look at the waitForBytesWritten() and waitForReadyRead() function on the QProcess object.
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    Default Re: Help with Qprocess and sending commands to terminal

    Thanks Chris,

    I have read the documentation on QProcess. I've also used waitForBytesWritten() and saw it returns the numbers of bytes the device wants to write or 0 in some cases.

    Now I will experiment more with readyRead () and see what I can come up with.

    If any one else has extra suggestions they are welcomed too.

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