IP Item Messages
| IP Item | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEW | SET | ATTRIBUTES | MESSAGES | PROTOCOLS |
The ip shell item sends the following messages:
ACCEPTED
The ACCEPTED message is sent by a listening ip item to its shell when an incoming connection is established. The format of the message is:
IP name ACCEPTED socketnumber
Where name is the name of the ip instance and socketnumber is the unique string identifying the new connection.
CLOSED
The CLOSED message is sent by an ip item using the TCP protocol to its shell, when the connection has been closed. This occurs when either the local or the remote connection is closed. The message has the following format:
IP name CLOSED socketnumber
Where name is the name of the ip instance and socketnumber is the unique string identifying the closed connection.
CONNECTED
The CONNECTED message is sent by a client ip item to its shell when it successfully connects to a remote server. The format of the message is as follows:
IP name CONNECTED socketnumber
Where name is the name of the ip instance and socketnumber is the unique string identifying the new connection.
READYTOSEND
The READYTOSEND message is sent by an ip item to its shell when the socket is ready to send data. This occurs after a CONNECTED or ACCEPTED message, and after data has been successfully sent and the socket is ready to send more. The message has the following format:
IP name READYTOSEND socketnumber
Where name is the name of the ip instance and socketnumber is the unique string identifying the connection.
RECEIVED
The RECEIVED message is sent by an ip item to its shell when data is received from a remote connection. The format of the message is as follows:
IP name RECEIVED socketnumber nbytes
Where name is the name of the ip instance and socketnumber is the unique string identifying the connection, and nbytes is the number of bytes that were received.
SENT
The SENT message is sent by an ip item to its shell when the send function returned without error. The message does not guarantee that the data has arrived. The format of the message is:
IP name SENT socketname nbytes
Where name is the name of the ip instance and socketnumber is the unique string identifying the connection, and nbytes is the number of bytes that were sent.
