Documentation forKiwi CatTools

Meta Variables

Several Activities allow you to enter a list of commands which are issued to your selected devices. Device.CLI.Send commands, Device.CLI.Modify Config and Device.Update.Banner are examples of these activities.

Within the commands you send, you can include a number of CatTools Meta Data variables that are translated when the activity is run.

For example, in the Device.Update.Banner activity you could set the following text and apply it to all your devices:

Hello, I am %ctDeviceName. Contact %ctContactName on %ctContactPhone to gain access to me.

Available Meta Variables

Variable Value
%ctDeviceName

The device name

%ctGroupName The device group name
%ctHostName The device host address
%ctModel The device model field
%ctAddress1 The device Address1 field
%ctAddress2

The device Address2 field

%ctAddress3

The device Address3 field

%ctContactName

The device Contact name field

%ctContactPhone

The device Contact phone field

%ctContactEmail

The device Contact email field

%ctTimeHHMM

Current time in HHMM format

%ctDateISO

Current date in YYYYMMDD format

%ctBaseFile

Device base file name

%ctAppPath

File system path of the CatTools executable including a trailing "\"

%ctCR

Carriage return

%ctLF

Line feed

%ctTAB Tab
%ctCTRL-Z Control key & Z. Normally used to exit config mode.

The variable names are case sensitive and must be entered as shown.