Technical Interface

A client connecting to this server on the specified port will receive a continuous stream reflecting the AutoStore log.

The data stream consists of readable characters, so a standard Telnet client can be used to view it.

Each event (segment) consists of:

A tag that identifies the event.
Optional parameters, separated by commas.
A newline CRLF that terminates the segment.

Listening With Code

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net.Sockets;

// We will store the LP data here
string data = "";
// The LP ip port
int ipPort = 44001;
// The installation location of LP
string ipAddress = "127.0.0.1";

TcpClient client = new TcpClient(ipAddress, ipPort);
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(client.GetStream());

do
{
    // Read line from LP
    data = sr.ReadLine();
    // Dump the line of data
    Console.WriteLine(data);
}
while (data != null);
// No more data from socket, closing.
client.Close();

import socket

# We will store the LP data here
data = ""
# The LP IP port
ip_port = 44001
# The installation location of LP
ip_address = "127.0.0.1"

client = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
client.connect((ip_address, ip_port))
sr = client.makefile('r')

while True:
    # Read line from LP
    data = sr.readline()
    # Dump the line of data
    print(data)
    if not data:
        # No more data from socket, closing.
        break

# Close the socket
client.close()

const net = require('net');

// We will store the LP data here
let data = "";
// The LP IP port
const ip_port = 44001;
// The installation location of LP
const ip_address = "127.0.0.1";

const client = new net.Socket();
client.connect(ip_port, ip_address, () => {
    console.log(`Connected to ${ip_address}:${ip_port}`);
});

client.on('data', (chunk) => {
    // Read line from LP
    data = chunk.toString();
    // Dump the line of data
    console.log(data);
    if (!data) {
        // No more data from socket, closing
        client.destroy();
    }
});

client.on('close', () => {
    // Close the socket
    console.log('Connection closed');
});

Listening With Telnet

Prerequisites

Install Telnet client in an elevated PowerShell session with the command:

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "TelnetClient"

Launch Telnet

Launch the Telnet client in a terminal window with the command:

telnet

Setup Logs

Optionally, set a log file (this is useful on busy grids) with the command:

set logfile logpublisher.log

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If you miss an event, open the log file in a text editor and search for the event. Make sure to delete the log file before starting a new test.

Connect To Host

In Telnet client, connect to Log Publisher with the command:

o 127.0.0.1 44001

Telnet connects to LogPublisher and receives the initial state. — Telnet connects to Log Publisher and receives the initial state.