XMC CLI Task - sleep X seconds

[M_Nees]

using XMC execute CLI commands …

searching for a command which makes a pause between 2 commands like:

show port X error no-refresh

pause 10

show port X error no-refresh

(sleep X or time.sleep X from XMC scripting does not work!)

Any ideas ?

[StephanH · Accepted solution]

Hello Matthias, 

you can't switch to TCL in CLI Command, that's correct. As far as I know CLI Command is a plain command input option without an intepreter, therefore you have to switch to task an TCL.

But as I wrote in difference to python no further code is necessary (only three lines from your example) therefore the code part is not realy complexe only the menus to start a script and select an name and usergroup is more complexe.

[M_Nees]

Hi Stephan,

i cannot select TCL in a CLI Command Task. If yes how ?

Switch over to Tasks - add script … this enters the compexity of scripts … (if i do that i use python - time.sleep X)

It seems XMC cannot handle this at this point.

BR,
Matthias

[StephanH]

Hello Matthias,

TCL is the trick. You have to hide your “sleep X” command from the switch CLI.

Therefore select TCL (not CLI) and use (for a test):

show time
sleep 15
show time

Should work fine.

[M_Nees]

You are right but python scripts are too complicated for much customers/users.

So i am looking for a way with the easy “Executing CLI commmads”.

As a workaround sometimes i use a “save config” but this is not very smart.

Your approach is much more smart, but works only on EXOS - no VSP, no EOS, …