Justyn... Yes your completely right and sorry if you feel I wasnt being as forthcoming with some info..
I was short on time and it just seemed easier and quicker to message a good friend than put it up here in the first instance..
Anyway..
the way I have it working ..
In widget.. connections menu / remoting turn on the HTTP Listener(third box down) win xp only huh?? nope im on win 10.
my widget machine is IP 10.0.0.21 i have a fader ID 1..
in the streamdeck software
add a button from the system menu type website
check the box that says "access in background"
the URL request is
HTTP://10.0.0.21/?{wdfaderup(1,1)}
done.. so basically standard WD commands piceked up by the HTTP listener
I have not tested this in the currrent 3.1 version of streamdeck - but I will and report back..
The last version I used was version 2.2.0.5165..
V2.3 of streamdeck did not work and I reported it to Elgato and they could see the issue and said they would fix.. also should say that elgato support were really quick to reply and super helpful.
so thats my current 'work around' but like everyone else has said.. I would also love to see native support of this into WD..