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Communicating with a server.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 9:03 pm
by sentinel
I know that it is possible to communicate with Thingspeak, but is it possible to send a data string to another website which (in my project is www.on-off.com.au port 4600) is waiting for a 38 byte data string?

Upon receipt of this string, the server will send a short message back to the same IP address.

Is this possible at the moment? Should I use the wget command?

Great concept, btw, Mmiscool :)

Re: Communicating with a server.

PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 8:27 pm
by Mmiscool
telnet type communication is possible. Search the docs for keyword telnet.

Re: Communicating with a server.

PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 8:22 am
by dilettante
I assume that's "Telnet" in the loose and floppy *nix sense? I.e. just ASCII over TCP connections?

Or is it proper Telnet that handles the full protocol? RFC 854 and later?

Not whining. Just asking, for future reference.

Re: Communicating with a server.

PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 6:00 am
by sentinel
Thanks for that suggestion, MMiscool. That looks like just the capability I need.