NAME¶
pdsend - send messages to pd on this or a remote machine
SYNOPSIS¶
pdsend port-number [
hostname] [udp|tcp]
DESCRIPTION¶
Pdsend sends messages to pd(1), via a socket conection, from pdsend's standard
input. This input can be any stream of Pd messages separated by semicolons.
This is probably the easiest way to control pd from another application. The
protocol used is easy to implement and is called FUDI.
The
port number should agree with the port number of a
"netreceive" object within pd. The
hostname is
"localhost" by default and can be a domain name or an IP address.
The protocol is "tcp" by default; this does a handshake to guarantee
that all messages arrive complete and in their correct order; if you are
sending messages locally or point-to-point you can often get away with the
faster udp protocol instead.
You can also use this to talk to a Max "pdnetreceive" object or even
just a "pdreceive" in another shell. If you're writing another
program you're welcome to just grab the sources for pdsend/pdreceive and adapt
them to your own ends; they're part of the Pd distribution.
SEE ALSO¶
pd(1),
pdreceive(1)