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POST request is used to query and to change current settings of the monitoring system. In this case, a request is made from the client part (web interface in the browser) to the server part (CGI-program). Current parameters are returned by the server part in xml format. AJAX technology can be used for exchange.

Query format

When accessing the server, you need to specify the CGI-program to which the request is being sent. For general queries, this is "engine.htm". Thus, the full path will be http://192.168.0.193/engine.htm.

The query is sent as a HTTP POST request and consists of fields. The query field is the field name and field value separated with '=' sign. A query can contain multiple fields, in this case the fields are separated with '&' sign.

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