Re: [LCtalk] Go and next step through UDP?

[Matthijs van Duin]

On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 02:51:39PM -0500, mdoucet wrote:
> Hi all,
> Does anyone know of a way to send a go or next step to the lanbox (lcx) 
> through udp?

No, UDP is only used for fast data transfer, not for actions / commands.  
Arbitrary commands can be done via TCP instead.

If you really want to perform actions via UDP instead of TCP you could 
perhaps use it to change some channels and have a continuously running 
control cue detect it and perform the next-step.

Keep in mind that UDP does not check if the packet was actually 
received, so if for whatever reason it drops, the action will not be 
performed.  (This is why it's not used for command but only for data 
distribution, which transmits continuously so it's not really a huge 
problem if a packet occasionally gets lost.)

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