How to manually invoke a route in ember.js RC1 - ember.js

Question

I have the following controller and I'd like to bubble up an event using send
App.PersonController = Ember.ObjectController.extend({
page: function(page) {
var model = PersonApp.Page.create({id: page});
this.send("person.page", model); //should bubble up ...
}
});
here is my route setup
PersonApp.Router.map(function(match) {
this.resource("person", { path: "/" }, function() {
this.route("page", { path: "/page/:page_id" });
});
});
here is the simple page model (shim basically)
PersonApp.Page = Ember.Object.extend({
});
although I'm using the route "person.page" and I'm passing a valid model I get the following error (seemingly the router does not have this route?)
Uncaught Error: Nothing handled the event 'person.page'.
If it helps debug the controller / router relationship I noticed inside my controller if I dump this.get('target') ...
_debugContainerKey: "router:main"
and if I dig further ... and print this
this.get('target').get('router')
I see a router w/ my route under the currentHandlerInfos array ... not sure if I should be this deep though
... another slight update
If I do this (full blown) it seems to modify the window.location but my model/setupController hooks on the route are never hit
this.get('target').get('router').transitionTo(route, model);

Answer 1

I think, send is just used for events of a route. Assuming your controller would call send like this:
//in the controller
this.send("personPage", model);
// a matching Route
App.PersonRoute = Ember.Route.extend({
events : {
personPage : function(page){
// this should be called
}
}
});
For your case you need to leverage transitionTo (your access on the router property was too much, i think. The router instance of Ember.Router has again a router property. Pretty confusing :-)).
this.get("target").transitionTo("person.page", model);