So: I must send just onebang from my laptop to start running a maxpatch on my friend’s computer, when a key is pressed. (We have a hacked keyboard with some switches plugged in my computer, but we are lacking a cable to connect the other lady into the same keyboard, if you wonder why I ask)

I know there’s a way to do this via terminal, but I never did it and don’t know how. I also don’t have other computer for testing at the moment. Thanks for reading all this. Answers would also be VERY appreciated.

> So: I must send just onebang from my laptop to start running a
> maxpatch on my friend’s computer, when a key is pressed. (We have a
> hacked keyboard with some switches plugged in my computer, but we
> are lacking a cable to connect the other lady into the same
> keyboard, if you wonder why I ask)

If you have MIDI interfaces on both computers, you could just send a
noteon, or whatever MIDI message.
If you don’t, I suppose you have ethernet on both computers (or a
wireless network), then you can use the OSC protocol.
Check the [udpsend]/[udpreceive] objects, and http://opensoundcontrol.org/

If you need to use a terminal, I remember there were also unix
commands to send and receive OSC packets.

_____________________________
Patrick Delges

Centre de Recherches et de Formation Musicales de Wallonie asbl

http://www.crfmw.be/max

This issue was discussed a lot a few months ago. My preferred solution is
an ethernet hub connecting all of the cooperating machines.

#P window setfont “Sans Serif” 14.;
#P window linecount 2;
#P comment 322 51 100 196622 receiving computer;
#P comment 104 52 100 196622 sending computer;
#P window setfont “Sans Serif” 9.;
#P number 259 130 35 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
#P window linecount 1;
#P newex 259 98 85 196617 mxj net.maxhole;
#P toggle 34 50 15 0;
#P newex 34 86 58 196617 metro 500;
#N counter 0 1000;
#X flags 0 0;
#P newobj 34 114 80 196617 counter 0 1000;
#P newex 34 143 85 196617 mxj net.maxhole;
#P user panel 237 43 198 128;
#X brgb 191 191 191;
#X frgb 0 0 0;
#X border 1;
#X rounded 0;
#X shadow 0;
#X done;
#P user panel 9 42 198 128;
#X brgb 191 191 191;
#X frgb 0 0 0;
#X border 1;
#X rounded 0;
#X shadow 0;
#X done;
#P connect 6 0 7 0;
#P connect 5 0 4 0;
#P connect 4 0 3 0;
#P connect 3 0 2 0;
#P window clipboard copycount 10;

On 1/31/08 2:50 AM, “Robert Ramirez” wrote:

>
> easiest way to send data over a network with max is to use maxhole java
> object. type “mxj net.maxhole” and look at the help file.

Cheers
Gary Lee Nelson
Oberlin College
http://www.timara.oberlin.edu/GaryLeeNelson

hi

my experience is different – instead of wirelessly communicating
through the same airport, i create (on one mac) a “local network”
(with a freely chosen name) and it works

we very often do it here with 3 macs, and do not experience any
problems (that is except once, during our first concert , but this
should be close to “normal” ;-) – and i was the only one having
problems, but then i have the oldest mac, PPC, when the other 2 are
intel)

if you create the network before starting max, it works – and yes, we
have a piece in which we use this system to have one of the players
starting the processing (and timer) on all 3 machines

writing this i am testing you patch between 2 macs (both PPC) side by
side, wirelessely communicating without any external aiport-box. With
teh metro at 18 it does not drop anything – and i am sendig infos
both ways…

best

kasper
–
Kasper T. Toeplitz
noise, composition, bass, computer

http://www.sleazeArt.com

rint: 0 0
print: 1 494 < - small timing error
missing 2, 3, 4
print: 5 2000 < - timing correct (1500 between count 2 and 5)
print: 7 1000
print: 8 500
print: 10 1000
print: 13 1500
print: 14 500
print: 16 1000
print: 17 502 < - smaller timing error
print: 18 500
print: 20 998
print: 21 500
print: 23 1002
print: 25 1000
print: 27 1000
print: 28 500
print: 29 500
print: 30 500
print: 31 502
print: 32 498
print: 33 500
print: 34 500
print: 35 500
print: 36 502
print: 39 1498
print: 41 1000
print: 42 500

On 2/3/08 1:38 PM, “Kasper T Toeplitz” wrote:

>> I just did a small benchmark on mxj net.maxhole. Two computers side by side
>> wirelessly communicating through the same airport. The receiver drops about
>> 3 out of ten counts and the others show substantial timing errors.
>>
>> This issue was discussed a lot a few months ago. My preferred solution is
>> an ethernet hub connecting all of the cooperating machines.
>
>
> hi
>
> my experience is different – instead of wirelessly communicating
> through the same airport, i create (on one mac) a “local network”
> (with a freely chosen name) and it works
>
> we very often do it here with 3 macs, and do not experience any
> problems (that is except once, during our first concert , but this
> should be close to “normal” ;-) – and i was the only one having
> problems, but then i have the oldest mac, PPC, when the other 2 are
> intel)
>
> if you create the network before starting max, it works – and yes, we
> have a piece in which we use this system to have one of the players
> starting the processing (and timer) on all 3 machines
>
> writing this i am testing you patch between 2 macs (both PPC) side by
> side, wirelessely communicating without any external aiport-box. With
> teh metro at 18 it does not drop anything – and i am sendig infos
> both ways…
>
> best
>
> kasper

Cheers
Gary Lee Nelson
Oberlin College
http://www.timara.oberlin.edu/GaryLeeNelson

could you send me the modified patch/benchmark?

many thanks

kasper
–
Kasper T. Toeplitz
noise, composition, bass, computer

http://www.sleazeArt.com

http://www.myspace.com/sleazeart