PINK to PINK

mbmosher

Hey,

I was just wondering if anyone had any success getting two PINK units to communicate with each other, or if this is even possible. The idea being to get sensor input from one device sent over the internet and picked up by a second pink devices that would output in appropriate response. Does that make sense? Is there another way to do this I'm missing? Maybe without pink or with something else?

Thank you!

Dgswaner

the way to do this is with UDP messaging. you can send data fairly easily to an IP address. However, each pink will need a microprocessor attached to make it work. do you need 2 way communication and need to display the data on 2 different serves. I have a PINK "Base Station" with a RF link to my bot. I can control the bot and display sensor data from any computer on the internet. depending on you application that might save you from the cost of 2 pinks. Chris Savage, or someone wrote some example code for UDP messaging between 2 pinks. I'll try to find the link and add it to this post.

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Post Edited (Dgswaner) : 11/12/2007 8:01:37 PM GMT

mbmosher

Hey, thanks for the help. Yeah, I need the communication to go back and forth so I figured I'd need two stamps as well. (Input from device one controls output on device two, while input from device two controls output on device one. The devices need to be miles apart.) It seems to me like there should be a better / easier / cheaper way to do it.

Chris Savage

Can you give an example of what information needs to be exchanged on both ends? Perhaps an example could be listed once we know the details of the exchange. Take care.

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Chris Savage
Parallax Tech Support