view resources/osc/node_modules/osc-min/examples/oscheartbeat.coffee @ 342:860c42b3830e prerelease

Updated basic_libpd, now slightly more efficient with less memory operations. Requires the API change in libpd operated in libpd:99a2be8

# This example simply sends a message with several parameter types
# every two seconds to port 41234

osc = require 'osc-min'
dgram = require "dgram"

udp = dgram.createSocket "udp4"

if process.argv[2]?
    outport = parseInt process.argv[2]
else
    outport = 41234
console.log "sending heartbeat messages to http://localhost:" + outport

`//~verbatim:examples[1]~
//### Send a bunch of args every two seconds`
sendHeartbeat = () ->
    buf = osc.toBuffer(
        address : "/heartbeat"
        args : [
            12
            "sttttring"
            new Buffer "beat"
            {type : "integer", value : 7}
        ]
    )

    udp.send buf, 0, buf.length, outport, "localhost"

setInterval sendHeartbeat, 2000