I have a patch in which I would like to send messages to 2 other computers and have them be able to send messages back. I have done this using OSC with 2 computers and an ethernet connection but I'm a bit stumped how to get started with 3 computers. I would like to keep the network local to avoid problems with public networks.

I've just started looking at "mjx net.maxhole" but I don't see any help on how to route the messages.

networking

I am doing exactly this using udpsend and udpreceive. All three computers

are connected to an ethernet hub. Each computer has a manually assigned IP

address (Network in System Preference). With udpsend ip port, you can send

to any one of the machines by specifying its IP address and choosing a port.

On 12/9/07 1:30 PM, "anne la berge" wrote:

> I have a patch in which I would like to send messages to 2 other computers and

> have them be able to send messages back. I have done this using OSC with 2

> computers and an ethernet connection but I'm a bit stumped how to get started

> with 3 computers. I would like to keep the network local to avoid problems

> I've just started looking at "mjx net.maxhole" but I don't see any help on how

I am doing exactly this using udpsend and udpreceive.  All three computers
are connected to an ethernet hub.  Each computer has a manually assigned IP
address (Network in System Preference).  With udpsend ip port, you can send
to any one of the machines by specifying its IP address and choosing a port.
I use ports in the 7000-9000 range.

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

On 12/9/07 1:30 PM, "anne la berge"  wrote:

>
> I have a patch in which I would like to send messages to 2 other computers and
> have them be able to send messages back. I have done this using OSC with 2
> computers and an ethernet connection but I'm a bit stumped how to get started
> with 3 computers. I would like to keep the network local to avoid problems
> with public networks.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> I've just started looking at "mjx net.maxhole" but I don't see any help on how
> to route the messages.
>
> Thanks.


Thanks. What kind of hub are you using? 


It's an old D-Link, nothing special. You should be able to find one and

Best Buy or Office Max. Mine has slots for five connections.

On 12/9/07 4:23 PM, "anne la berge" wrote:

> Thanks. What kind of hub are you using?

It's an old D-Link, nothing special.  You should be able to find one and
Best Buy or Office Max. Mine has slots for five connections.

On 12/9/07 4:23 PM, "anne la berge"  wrote:

>
> Gary,
>
> Thanks. What kind of hub are you using?
>
>

networking is great with udp or tcp/ip. especially on Macs with no firewall issues. Matrices can also be sent readily--real-time collaborative video mixing?? sure. Textedit areas for chat... routing MIDI commands to each other... jit.desktop to see what people are doing... even audio with jit.catch~ and jit.release~, though I haven't tried that and don't know the quality of it.

It's really cool to see data from one computer come up on another... the possibilities for collaboration are pretty much limitless. If it's a "instructor and student" setup, you can easily incorporate some control by having a transparent button that covers the whole screen, and by default ignores clicks. When you want to get their attention, have it "respondtoclick" via thispatcher (then they can't click anything in the patch with the mouse). of course, keystrokes still work, but you could gate them and shut the gate. heh. the power!!

It's really cool to see data from one computer come up on another... the possibilities for collaboration are pretty much limitless. If it's a "instructor and student" setup, you can easily incorporate some control by having a transparent button that covers the whole screen, and by default ignores clicks. When you want to get their attention, have it "respondtoclick" via thispatcher (then they can't click anything in the patch with the mouse). of course, keystrokes still work, but you could gate them and shut the gate.  heh.  the power!!

Thanks for the tips. I've got a network running now with udp and will start to build complexity on the messages in the future.