Integrate the ci200 your way —
introducing the RCI

At cilab, we designed the ci200 to fit into your workflow, not the other way around. That’s why the ci200 comes with an RCI (Remote Control Interface): a JSON-based API accessible over a standard TCP/IP connection.

What this means in practice

Instead of writing low-level code tied to a specific SDK or platform, you send plain JSON commands to the ci200 over the network and get JSON responses back:

// Request
{ "method": "nfc.set_power", "params": { "power": 15 } }

// Response
{ "method": "nfc.set_power", "error": 0 }

That’s it. No drivers to install, no hardware registers to learn, no vendor toolchain to set up.

While JSON is an easy-to-handle, human-readable format, it has no impact on the real-time execution speed of testing. The ci200 delivers the highest test throughput — including mixed-signal and protocol applications.

Why it matters

Works with any language or platform. Every modern programming language can open a TCP socket and parse JSON. Whether your team works in Python, C#, JavaScript or LabVIEW, integration with the ci200 is straightforward from day one.

Faster integration, lower barrier. You don’t need embedded-systems expertise to build a robust integration. A software engineer unfamiliar with the ci200’s internals can have a working interface running in a matter of hours.

Easy to debug and automate. JSON is human-readable, so troubleshooting an integration means reading plain text, not decoding binary protocols. Automated test suites and CI pipelines can exercise the full API without any special hardware test infrastructure.

Future-proof. Because your application code talks to the RCI rather than directly to hardware, firmware updates to the ci200 don’t break your integration as long as the API contract is maintained.

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The RCI is one of the ways the ci200 is built to be a long-term, low-friction part of your system. Get in touch to learn more or request the full API documentation.