Touch Out DAT
Summary
The Touch Out DAT sends full DAT tables across the network to the Touch In DAT in another TouchDesigner process, as opposed to messages with the other network based DATs. It is an extremely powerful mechanism to sync data between TouchDesigner processes.
See also UDP Out DAT.
Parameters - Touch Out Page
Protocol
protocol
- ⊞ - Select which protocol to use, refer to the Network Protocols article for more information.
- Streaming (TCP/IP)
streaming
-
- Messaging (UDP)
msging
-
- Multi-Cast Messaging (UDP)
multicastmsging
-
Network Address
address
- For multi-cast protocol, this is the multi-cast address to listen for. For UDT protocol this is the IP address of the server.
Port
port
- The port the packets will be sent over.
Active
active
- While on, the DAT sends data to the network port. While Off, no updating occurs.
Redundant Sends
redendantsends
- The maximum number of times the same data will be consecutively sent.
Resend Data
resend
- Send the current data regardless of how many times it has been sent.
Parameters - Common Page
Language
language
- ⊞ - Select how the DAT decides which script language to operate on.
- Input
input
- The DAT uses the inputs script language.
- Node
node
- The DAT uses it's own script language.
Edit/View Extension
extension
- ⊞ - Select the file extension this DAT should expose to external editors.
- dat
dat
- various common file extensions.
- frag
frag
-
- glsl
glsl
-
- html
html
-
- md
md
-
- py
py
-
- rtf
rtf
-
- tsv
tsv
-
- txt
txt
-
- vert
vert
-
- xml
xml
-
- From Language
languageext
- pick extension from DATs script language.
- Custom Extension
customext
- Specify a custom extension.
Custom Extension
customext
- Specifiy the custom extension.
Word Wrap
wordwrap
- ⊞ - Enable Word Wrap for Node Display.
- Input
input
- The DAT uses the inputs setting.
- On
on
- Turn on Word Wrap.
- Off
off
- Turn off Word Wrap.
Operator Inputs
- Input 0: -
Info CHOP Channels
Extra Information for the Touch Out DAT can be accessed via an Info CHOP.
Specific Touch Out DAT Info Channels
- messages_pending -
Common DAT Info Channels
- num_rows - Number of rows in this DAT.
- num_cols - Number of columns in this DAT.
Common Operator Info Channels
- total_cooks - Number of times the operator has cooked since the process started.
- cook_time - Duration of the last cook in milliseconds.
- cook_frame - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the component timeline.
- cook_abs_frame - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the absolute time.
- cook_start_time - Time in milliseconds at which the operator started cooking in the frame it was cooked.
- cook_end_time - Time in milliseconds at which the operator finished cooking in the frame it was cooked.
- cooked_this_frame - 1 if operator was cooked this frame.
- warnings - Number of warnings in this operator if any.
- errors - Number of errors in this operator if any.
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