event reciever and socket connection

[Drabert]

im a complete newbie so please be gentle. I am trying to create a socket connection from my Phillips Pronto remote with EventGhost. I currently have even ghost working through the serial port on the computer, but would like to be able to connect to the computer via TCP/IP. I can get event ghost to work with the sender on another computer so i know the problem lies with my remote control, but i was hoping someone would be able to give me some direction.

the current script i have the remote doing is

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var socket = new TCPSocket(true);
socket.connect('192.168.1.106', 5001, 3000);
socket.write("quintessence\n\r");
socket.close();

i know EG has the option for a password but i am leaving it blank now to see if that is causing the problem. Is there something simple that i am missing to get a TCP/IP connection to my computer or is much more complicated than i think it is

Thanks for any help!

my current version of EG is 3.6.1487
i am using a windows XP computer with SP2 and the firewall disabled

Eric

[jinxdone]

Hi, and welcome.

The network sender/receiver plugins do have a simple handshake protocol to follow, take a look at the network sender plugin code, If you can replicate that exactly it'll work just fine. On the downside it does require a bit more than just opening the socket and sending a string.

Some time ago somebody made a simpler UDP broadcast sender/receiver plugin, perhaps something like that would be easier to make on the pronto remote?