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- Client Control Protocol |
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- Client Data Protocol |
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Conventions |
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All protocols in this document assume a valid connection of |
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character. For example: |
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[OK|ERROR] |
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Indicates that the message "OK" OR the message "ERROR" will |
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be sent depending on the result of the last action. |
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{lastmodified} |
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Indicates that data for use as 'last modified' will be |
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returned. |
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Indicates that data for use as 'last modified' will be |
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returned. |
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If [ERROR] is sent back at any time, this indicates that all |
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If [ERROR] is sent back at any time, this indicates that all |
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communication is over. EXCEPT where otherwise specified! |
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Host Connection Protocol |
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The initial connection of a host to the i-scream server is |
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[STARTCONFIG]----------> Requests to start |
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receiving config |
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information |
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<---------- [OK|ERROR] If the server ok's |
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the request or not |
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(used when checking |
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if the config has |
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changed) |
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<---------- [{lastmodified}Returns a long int |
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|ERROR] time since epoch |
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eg, 123456789 |
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"measured in milli |
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-seconds since the |
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epoch" |
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[FILELIST] ----------> Asks the server for |
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the list of files |
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that were used to |
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(used when checking |
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if the config has |
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changed) |
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<---------- [{filelist} Returns a semi-colon |
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|ERROR] separated list of |
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filenames |
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retrieved from the |
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config file |
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eg, UDPUpdateTime |
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<---------- [{value}|ERROR]Returns the value of |
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the requested config |
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property |
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find the requested |
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property it returns |
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ERROR to indicate |
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that fact, but |
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communication still |
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that fact, but |
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communication still |
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proceeds |
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********** LOOP UNTIL ********** |
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The loop continues until the host |
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sends the following message |
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[ENDCONFIG] ----------> Indicates that the |
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host requires no |
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more config |
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********** LOOP END ********** |
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Communication continues |
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<---------- [OK] Indicates that the |
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server is ready to |
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proceed |
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[FILTER] ----------> Asks the server to |
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send it the host |
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information of a |
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filter that it |
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should connect to |
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<---------- {filter} Returns a semi-colon |
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separated list of |
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FQDN hostname, UDP |
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server that the host |
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has finished an will |
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disconnect |
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<---------- [OK|ERROR] Indicates that the |
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server is either ok |
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or that it thought |
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there was an error |
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Host Heartbeat Protocol |
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When a host is configured after it has connected it should |
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[HEARTBEAT] ----------> Starts the |
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heartbeat protocol |
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off |
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<---------- [OK|ERROR] Indicates that the |
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server is ok or not |
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server that the host |
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has finished an will |
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disconnect |
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<---------- [OK|ERROR] Indicates that the |
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server is either ok |
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or that it thought |
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The client control protocol channel is opened by the client |
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and allows a variety of actions to be carried out by the |
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client at anytime. Unlike previous protocols, this is NOT |
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sequential, all of the requests can be carried out in |
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sequential, all of the requests can be carried out in |
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any order. |
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All client protocols are backwards compatible, and the |
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Host (direction) Server Comment |
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<initialise> |
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[CONNECT] ----------> Starts off the |
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client protocol |
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<---------- [{protocol}] The server sends the |
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protocol identifier |
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[{name}] ----------> The client sends its |
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"name". This name |
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is used to identify |
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to the system and |
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obtain its config |
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eg, Conient |
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<---------- [OK] Indicates the server |
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is ok to proceed |
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<command #1> (allows client to obtain its configuration) |
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[STARTCONFIG]----------> Tell the server we |
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want to start this |
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command |
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<---------- [OK] Indicates the server |
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is ok to proceed |
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********** LOOP START ********** |
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This loop reads configuration |
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properties from the config |
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config file |
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Clients can obtain |
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host information |
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eg, |
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eg, |
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Host.UDPUpdateTime |
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Otherwise it must |
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prefix requests |
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All other requests |
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will be ignored as |
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if it was unable to |
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retieve the property |
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retrieve the |
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property |
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<---------- [{value}|ERROR]Returns the value of |
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the requested config |
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property |
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eg, 120 |
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If it is unable to |
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find the requested |
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find the requested |
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property it returns |
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ERROR to indicate |
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that fact |
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********** LOOP UNTIL ********** |
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The loop continues until the client |
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sends the following message |
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[ENDCONFIG] ----------> Indicates that the |
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[ENDCONFIG] ----------> Indicates that the |
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client requires no |
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more config |
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********** LOOP END ********** |
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Communication continues |
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<---------- [OK] Indicates that the |
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server is ready to |
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proceed |
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[STARTDATA] ----------> Tell the server we |
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want to start this |
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command |
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<---------- [{portnumber} The server then sets |
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|ERROR] itself listening for |
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a connection on its |
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that it is listening |
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on eg, 12367 |
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If the data link is |
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yet to be started |
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the server will |
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return ERROR |
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<---------- [OK] Indicates the server |
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is ok to proceed and |
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the client can |
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then connect its |
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data link |
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already started the |
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server will return |
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ERROR |
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<---------- [OK] Indicates the client |
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has successfully |
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connected to the |
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data socket. |
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<command #3> (tells the server to stop the data link) |
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[STOPDATA] ----------> Tell the server we |
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want to start this |
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command |
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The server then |
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shuts down the |
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shuts down the |
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data link to the |
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client |
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client wants to |
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close the control |
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link |
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<---------- [OK] The last word from |
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the server, it will |
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disappear after this |
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disappear after |
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this, and close the |
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data link if |
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required |
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v1.1 - Protocol identifier: "PROTOCOL 1.1" (without quotes) |
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[SETHOSTLIST]----------> Tell the server we |
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want to start this |
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command |
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<---------- [OK|ERROR] The server will |
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return an ERROR if |
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the data link is |
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open, as a host list |
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must ONLY be set |
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must ONLY be set |
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if the data link is |
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closed |
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If the server is |
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recieve data from |
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eg, |
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raptor.ukc.ac.uk;killigrew.ukc.ac.uk;chalk.ukc.ac.uk |
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If the list is sent |
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blank (or if no list |
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is set at all) then |
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data from ALL hosts |
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will be sent to the |
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client |
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client (this is the |
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default if no |
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SETHOSTLIST is not |
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run by the client |
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<---------- [OK] Indicates the server |
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is ok to proceed and |
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the host list has |
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the host list has |
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been accepted |
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Client Data Protocol |
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-------------------- |
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Once the data link has been opened by the control link, the |
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server will send XML formated data packets seperated by the |
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\n (newline) character. For information on the format of |
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server will send XML formatted data packets separated by the |
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\n (newline) character. For information on the format of |
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this data see the XML via UDP specification document at: |
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http://www.i-scream.org.uk/cgi-bin/docs.cgi?doc=specification/xml_via_udp.txt |
