If you've ever wanted to integrate another program with InControl, one way to do it would be to use CURL to consume the hosted service. This page will outline the steps needed to perform such a task.
This tutorial will assume you are doing this from a Windows computer. It should still work in a similar fashion on other OSes though.
Step 1: You need to get a copy of CURL. Some OSes such as Linux might already have this. If not, visit the CURL web page to download the appropriate version for your operating system.
Once you have that downloaded, extract the curl.exe to your hard drive. To make this easier, put your CURL.EXE file in your C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 folder. This isn't required, but makes it easier for the sake of this tutorial and helps prevent the "COMMAND IS NOT RECOGNIZED" errors that are common.
Step 2: Find out what your computer's IP address is. This is the computer where you have InControl installed. The quickest way to find this is to open up a CMD window (by clicking Start/Run and typing CMD). Once the window is open, type in ipconfig and hit enter. You should get output similar to this:
The important information is found on the line that says IPv4 address. In my case, it's 10.4.3.178 - make a note of this number because you'll need it later on. Note: if you see many of these listed like I do, the most likely bet is that it's the only one with a value for Default Gateway.
Step 3: Figure out your the scene's Guid ID that you want to activate. A Guid is just a simple way to identify an object. Each scene in your system is assigned something unique.
Go back to your CMD window now and be prepared to type in this command:
curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type:application/json;charset=utf-8" -d "{\"password\":\"yourPassword\"}" http://10.4.3.178:1178/zwave/getScenes
I've highlighted certain portions of the command that you'll need to change specifically for your own setup. If you use a password, replace yourPassword to match the password you setup. Just delete the text if you don't have one a password.
Replace 10.4.3.178 with the IP Address you noted from step 2.
Execute the command by hitting ENTER. Here's how it should look -- and I want to point out that this may not be for the faint of heart! Indeed, it could appear to be as cryptic as the vertical lines from the Matrix. Don't worry though, I'll help you sort it out:
Look for your scene in that list. I've highlighted mine for example purposes. The one I'm interested in is named "Portable Sonos." What you want is the sceneID associated to that scene, in this case, it's the series of numbers/characters that starts with 90f18. Grab the entire set of characters, including dashes up until the final quote and make a note of it.
This ID will never change, so once you have it you can store it away somewhere and always use it to activate that scene.
Step 4: Activate the scene.
It's now time to use another curl command to activate the scene we picked. I'll once again highlight the portions that you'll need to change to match your own setup.
curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type:application/json;charset=utf-8" -d "{\"password\":\"yourpassword\",\"sceneId\":\"90f18fea-bd80-4c53-96a3-5b04429ca790\",\"activate\":\"1\"}" http://10.4.3.178:1178/zwave/activateSceneByGuid
That's it! If everything went well your scene should now be active. You can repeat this command anytime to turn that scene on again.