[PD] physical computing: Lanbox

[Martin Peach]

tim wrote:
> Hi,
>
> LanBox + switchpack + pd works !
>
> One thing I still haven't figured out though:
> When the tcpclient connection dies after a while I can only restore it 
> by sending |disconnect( first and then connecting again.
> I can do this every 12 messages or so (see patch below), but this 
> can't be the good way, because in the real situation, the messages 
> will have variable timings.
> Disconnecting and reconnecting before every message seems to get messy 
> and some messages get lost.
> Why doesn't the 'keep connection alive' section of the lanbox patch 
> take care of this ?
> I'm under the impression that tcpclient doesn't actively send a 0 on 
> its outlet when the connection dies on its own, but only when you send 
> it a disconnect message.
> What's the best way make sure there is a connection before sending a 
> message ?
>

[tcpclient] outputs the connection state on its third outlet. Does this 
work for you? I would [select 0] on that outlet and use the bang to 
reconnect. Any idea why the connection dies?


Martin