# Falls Sie eine Website erwarten, aber diesen # Abschnitt lesen können, löschen Sie bitte das # _index.htmx_pd-connect # vom Ende der Adresszeile. Danke! Lang: en Publication date: 2020-08-16 Title: pd-reconnect: Let pd run remotely Short Title: pd-reconnect +INFO +usage +Pictures +History >>INFO en <H2>pd-reconnect</H2> <P> The idea is to let the pd patches run without gui but only sometimes attaching to them, looking whether they are alright or not. </P> <P> Fortunately puredata design is already split in server and GUI client so it isn't too much effort to achieve this. The main problem is to provide the old status to the new client. It is actually solved by replaying all server messages, after they are grepped out of unneccessary repetions and already deleted objects. </P> <P> If you don't want to perform all the steps below, you also can download <A HREF="session5q">session5q</A> and use it as input for Part E (steps 15.-19.). </P> << INFO en >> usage en 1.0 <H3>How to use pd-reconnect</H3> <P> Follow Part A, Part B, Part C, Part D, Part E. D+E is the reconnect cycle, so this can be repeated often (more or less). </P> <P> WARNING 1 - The method is very error prone and I wasn't able to make a error free run. Don't rely on pd-reconnect!<br/> WARNING 2 - The script sortout.sh uses the hard disk as database. For productive use, I recommend to mount a ramdisk!<br/> WARNING 3 - I didn't test this on distributed systems and on the long run. There are lots of details to be solved.<br/> WARNING 4 - Every tiny mouse move will be transmitted over the network - this means lot's of traffic.<br/> WARNING 5 - After the GUI signalls "Quit" to server, the server closes the connection. This connection close makes the GUI vanish, so it has to be emulated. (Btw. I can confirm that this TODO still makes sense, it could be extended to no sending mouse pointer moves over the network: [<A HREF="http://puredata.info/Members/zmoelnig/todo/pd-gui/?searchterm=gui">http://puredata.info/Members/zmoelnig/todo/pd-gui/?searchterm=gui</A>]) </P> <P> GOOD NEWS 1 - No need for recompilation<br/> GOOD NEWS 2 - pd seems to be pretty relaxed concerning timeouts. The only thing where a small bidirections connection delay is needed seems to be mousedown-move-mouseup operations (moving around objects). Also changing the number of <CODE>Number2</CODE> objects has no timeout, but relies on some "ping" mechanism. </P> <H3>Part A - Download scripts</H3> <P> 1 Folgende Dateien herunterladen: <A HREF="sortout.sh">sortout.sh</A> <A HREF="restore.sh">restore.sh</A> <A HREF="allowed.tgz">allowed.tgz</A><br/> 2. allowed.tgz entpacken </P> <H3>Part B - Never shut down (nogui) server</H3> <P> 3. Start pd (nogui server) with $ pd -guicmd true<br/> 4. Find out which port the server is using (tip: <CODE>netstat -lp | head</CODE> or you assume default port 5400 for first pd instance)<br/> 5. Start server pty with <CODE>cd; socat TCP4:localhost:5400 PTY,link=TMP2,rawer</CODE><br/> 6. Remove history with rm -r X/mem </P> <H3>Part C - Open GUI client for the first time</H3> <P> 7. Start client pty with <CODE>cd; socat TCP4-LISTEN:5555 PTY,link=TMP,rawer</CODE><br/> 8. Start GUI with <CODE>pd-gui localhost:5555</CODE><br/> 9. Connect data direction client->server with <CODE>cat ~/TMP | tee ~/TMP2</CODE><br/> 10. Connect data direction server->client with <CODE>cat ~/TMP2 | tee ~/TMP | tee /dev/stderr | ./sortout.sh</CODE><br/> 11. The main/log window opens. Here you can choose the file you want to load or invent a new unsaved patch. </P> <H3>Part D - Kill GUI client</H3> <P> 12. Go to pd-gui terminal and press Ctrl-C or kill it any other way. (Do NOT close any windows and do NOT close pd with Ctrl-Q)<br/> 13. Go to both <CODE>cat</CODE> terminals and press Ctrl-C there.<br/> 14. Save the output with <CODE>./restore.sh > sessionA</CODE> </P> <H3>Part E - Open new GUI client</H3> <P> 15. Restart <CODE>cd; socat TCP4-LISTEN:5555 PTY,link=TMP,rawer</CODE><br/> 16. Restart <CODE>pd-gui localhost:5555</CODE><br/> 17. (Maybe) watch pd-gui with <CODE>cat ~/TMP</CODE><br/> 18. Infuse the saved state with <CODE>cat sessionA > ~/TMP</CODE><br/> 19. Like a miracle the pd-gui opens with the right windows. (Remark: you will not see the startup warn/error messages as usual)<br/> 20. Do NOT click in those windows, do NOT try to alter anything - the GUI isn't connected!<br/> 21. Connect client->server with <CODE>cat ~/TMP | tee ~/TMP2</CODE> (before that kill <CODE>cat ~/TMP</CODE> from step 17.)<br/> 22. Connect server->client with <CODE>cat ~/TMP2 | tee ~/TMP | tee /dev/stderr | ./sortout.sh</CODE><br/> 23. If patches don't look good, minimize+restore the patch windows now.<br/> 24. Now the patches can be altered like always. The actual operation never stopped. </P> <H2>Part F=D - Kill GUI client again</H2> <P> You may want to choose another name for the session, maybe <CODE>sessionA+</CODE> this time. </P> <H2>Part G=E - Open GUI client again</H2> <P> Use the new session file (probably <CODE>sessionA+</CODE>) </P> << usage >>Pictures <H3>The process in pictures</H3> <H4>Steps 6. + 3. + 4. + 5.</H4> <P> <IMG ALIGN="middle" SRC="step6,3,4,5.png" BORDER="0" ALT=""> </P> <H4>Steps 7. + 8. + 9. + 10.</H4> <P> <IMG ALIGN="middle" SRC="step7,8,9,10.png" BORDER="0" ALT=""> </P> <H4>Step 11</H4> <P> <IMG ALIGN="middle" SRC="step11.png" BORDER="0" ALT=""> </P> <P> <IMG ALIGN="middle" SRC="step11b.png" BORDER="0" ALT=""> </P> <H4>Steps 12. + 13. + 14. + 15. + 16. + 17. + 18.</H4> <P> <IMG ALIGN="middle" SRC="step12,13,14,15,16,17,18.png" BORDER="0" ALT=""> </P> <H4>Step 19.</H4> <P> <IMG ALIGN="middle" SRC="step19.png" BORDER="0" ALT=""> </P> <H4>Steps 21. + 22.</H4> <P> <IMG ALIGN="middle" SRC="step21,22.png" BORDER="0" ALT=""> </P> <H4>Step 24</H4> <P> <IMG ALIGN="middle" SRC="step24.png" BORDER="0" ALT=""> </P> <H3>This can also happen</H3> <P> (Note that the log window and the patch window don't come from the same run, they come from different sessions.) </P> <P> <IMG ALIGN="middle" SRC="client_restore_more_or_less_successful.png" BORDER="0" ALT=""> </P> <P> <IMG ALIGN="middle" SRC="restored_client_with_graphing_errors.png" BORDER="0" ALT=""> </P> <P> <br/> </P> <P> <B>It should look like:</B> </P> <P> (You can correct that with minimize+restore after connecting to server in some cases.) </P> <P> <IMG ALIGN="middle" SRC="restored_client_correct.png" BORDER="0" ALT=""> </P> << >>History 17th of August 2020: Added WARNING 4,5, GOOD NEWS 1,2; changed order 8.,9.,10.->10.,8.,9.; added pictures. <<