ProppFrexx ONAIR User-Forum

Hi Bernd,

I'm trying to make the TCP messages work, in order to control proppfrexx with a small AutoIt program, but, it seems not to work properly.

I'm using this explanation you gave on this forum :

The 'TCP messages' are actually text strings (in UTF-8 form) and consist of the same control-commands as already explained.
a) You must (as the first command) send the "AUTHORIZATION" command using the password of the remote client
b) each command must be terminated by a double CRLF (\r\n)
Example:
Code:

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AUTHORIZATION <password>

SHOW_ALERT_WINDOW Online|You are now online!

Note, that each individual command is separated by a double CRLF (\r\n). If you need to combine multiple commands in a block, just use a single CRLF (\r\n).

But I don't manage to make the CRLF ...
Here is the autoit code. I tried those expressions
- "AUTHORIZATION mdp\r\nSHOW_ALERT_WINDOW test|test\r\n"
- "AUTHORIZATION mdp\r\n\r\nSHOW_ALERT_WINDOW test|test\r\n\r\n"
- "AUTHORIZATION mdp\r\rSHOW_ALERT_WINDOW test|test\r\r"
- "AUTHORIZATION mdp\n\nSHOW_ALERT_WINDOW test|test\n\n"

Nothing works. Have you got an idea what I'm doing wrong ?

I find my mistake But there is still a problem : why will I not be able to chain the commands ?
In the exemple above, there are 3 commands, but the last doesn't execute.
If I try "AUTHORIZATION" + "SHOW_ALERT_WINDOW", it works fine. If I try "AUTHORIZATION" + "PLS_CURRENT_NEW", it works fine. If I try "AUTHORIZATION" + "PLS_CURRENT_NEW" + "SHOW_ALERT_WINDOW", it doesn't work : only the PLS_CURRENT_NEW is executed.

Moreover, my $cmd4 command doesn't work anymore (the path is correct !!)evenf if I try it alone with AUTHORIZATION...

Any idea ?

The syntax is, that each command must be seperated by a CRLF (\r\n) and the final command gets an additional CRLF (ending with \r\n\r\n):
"Command1\r\nCommand2\r\nCommand3\r\n\r\n"

Example:
"AUTHORIZATION pwd\r\nSHOW_ALERT_WINDOW test1|test2\r\nPLS_CURRENT_NEW\r\nSLEEP 1000|PLS_CURRENT_LOAD_PLAYLIST H:\Autoit\P20130307_0000.pfp\r\n\r\n"

If all that is too complex, note, that there is also a command-lin tool available within the ProppFrexx installation folder called "pfremcmd.exe" which handles the communication for your.

Stuning.... It works as you said (for chaining commands, except that 2 CRLF seems to be needed for each commands...), but the "PLS_CURRENT_LOAD_PLAYLIST" command keeps not working... perhaps because of the "\" into the path of the playlist filename...

Never mind, I will use pfremcmd, but I would prefer that my own program would do the job...

Thank for your help.

Can you pls post me your PLS_CURRENT_LOAD_PLAYLIST command and is the filename really available at that location?

All the command works fine with the pfremcmd program. But when I put it into my program, it doesn't work... Probably a problem with my code... Not yours

Some programs automatically perform a CRLF (\r\n) when a white space is detected in the script line.
When you define a CRLF (\r\n) and add a space after that is actually sends out 2 x CRLF (\r\n)

I had this a few times. Mostly a setting of the program can be altered to overcome this (plain text mode)

It was a problem with the autoit code editor... Testing the same code into my personal computer at home, all is ok.
Commands works fine now

No need, at the moment, to use the pfremcmd program ^^.

Thanks for your help. Have a nice week !