Cynical Network  

Developer: Perry the Cynic     Like this plugin? Show your appreciation!
Category: IP Communications
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Plugin ID: org.cynic.indigo.network
Latest release: v3.1.4 released on Feb. 5, 2024
Requires: Indigo v2022.1.0 or higher
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This plugin allows Indigo to make and receive network connections over the Internet. You may write text with actions. You may define events that trigger when a particular text pattern is seen in a received line, using regular expressions. You may enable and disable these events dynamically so as to shape a conversation - all without writing any Python or AppleScript code.

This plugin is primarily aimed at line-oriented text conversations. Binary data can be sent using dynamic field values. There is no support for UDP. (If you don't know what that is, don't worry about it.)

If you want a worked example, here is how to control a TiVO using Cynical Network.

Release details
Released on: Feb. 5, 2024
Requires: Indigo v2022.1.0+
Changes in this release

Fixed a problem introduced by Indigo 2023.2 switching to Python 3.11.

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Released on: Aug. 6, 2022
Requires: Indigo v2022.1.0+
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The "send text" action allows sending of arbitrary (escaped) bytes (for binary protocols). That got messed up in the Python 3 conversion.

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Released on: July 8, 2022
Requires: Indigo v2022.1.0+
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"Send" works again.

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Released on: July 8, 2022
Requires: Indigo v2022.1.0+
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Another Python 3 remnant squashed.

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Released on: July 8, 2022
Requires: Indigo v2022.1.0+
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One less Python 3 related bug.

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Released on: June 1, 2022
Requires: Indigo v2022.1.0+
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Python 3 based for the future! Otherwise unchanged.

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Released on: Dec. 22, 2016
Requires: Indigo v5.1.3 thru v2022.2
Changes in this release

This is the first release to be in the Plugin Store.