Re: OFF-TOPIC: HTML to send data out a certain port

2011-10-10 Thread Bob Proulx
Kent West wrote: > Kent West wrote: > >This is the sort of information I need. Thanks! But the man page > >for nc says -l and -p are not to be used together, and it doesn't > >work when I try to use them together. So I'm not sure how to > >listen to incoming data. > > Ah, just leave off the -p, as

Re: OFF-TOPIC: HTML to send data out a certain port

2011-10-05 Thread Kent West
On 10/05/2011 10:54 AM, Kent West wrote: This is the sort of information I need. Thanks! But the man page for nc says -l and -p are not to be used together, and it doesn't work when I try to use them together. So I'm not sure how to listen to incoming data. Ah, just leave off the -p, as in

Re: OFF-TOPIC: HTML to send data out a certain port

2011-10-05 Thread Kent West
On 10/03/2011 03:12 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Kent West wrote: I don't have the Global Cache yet to play with, but I'm trying to get a feel for how to do things before we start spending money. The API documentation from their web site indicates it's a matter of just sending the correct ASCII se

Re: OFF-TOPIC: HTML to send data out a certain port

2011-10-04 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:32:15 -0500, Kent West wrote: (...) > In order to do this, we have to convert the web clicks into infrared > signals going to the various IR-enabled devices, essentially replacing > the remote controls that came with the devices. I would take a look at Arduino project. >

Re: OFF-TOPIC: HTML to send data out a certain port

2011-10-03 Thread Robert Blair Mason Jr.
On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:56:36 -1000 Joel Roth wrote: > On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 02:32:15PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > Yes, off-topic, but you folks are the brightest group with which I'm > > affiliated > > > > We're thinking of building a Debian-based web-server that offers up > > a "remote

Re: OFF-TOPIC: HTML to send data out a certain port

2011-10-03 Thread Bob Proulx
Kent West wrote: > We're thinking of building a Debian-based web-server that offers up > a "remote control" interface ... Using the web like that is a good way to go. It is the way a lot of people do things too. A web browser has become the "universal" interface to everything. > In order to do

Re: OFF-TOPIC: HTML to send data out a certain port

2011-10-03 Thread Joel Roth
On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 02:32:15PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Yes, off-topic, but you folks are the brightest group with which I'm > affiliated > > We're thinking of building a Debian-based web-server that offers up > a "remote control" interface for a smart classroom in a university. > We wan