start_tcp.py
This is an example of how to remote control Pixera via Python calls via the API.
This example uses the Json/TCP(dl) setting that uses the delimiter 0xPX at the end of an API call.
This example uses the compound namespace. Please exchange the timeline name: "Abcd" to your real timeline name in the API call. Mode 1 = play
import socket
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) #server ip and port server_address = ('127.0.0.1',1400) print('connecting to %s port %s' %server_address) #connect to server sock.connect(server_address) try: #message MESSAGE = b'{"jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":23, "method":"Pixera.Compound.setTransportModeOnTimeline", "params":{"timelineName":"Abcd","mode":1}}0xPX' print("message: %s" % MESSAGE) #send sock.sendall(MESSAGE) #look for the response amount_received = 0 amount_expected = 1024 data = bytearray(0) pixDL = bytearray('0xPX','utf-8') while amount_received < amount_expected: data += sock.recv(1) amount_received += 1 if len(data) > 4: if data[amount_received-4] == pixDL[0] and data[amount_received-3] == pixDL[1] and data[amount_received-2] == pixDL[2] and data[amount_received-1] == pixDL[3]: print('received %s' %data.decode('utf-8')) break finally: print('closing socket') sock.close()