OSC messages to Lightfactory

[allcomp]

I am trying to make a control send message via OSC to Lightfactory in free format through port 9000 and UPD as network protocol, so that I can fire a cue in Lightfactory.

I can do it in SCS when I choose LF as remote device, choose Telnet, port 3100, ASCII as entry mode and the message: CUE "Cue List 1" 1 GO

But I can´t figure out what the message has to be in free format. In the Lightfactory manual it says this:

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And with no examples, it´s hard for me to understand, when I am not from an English speaking country.

[Mike Daniell]

I've been in touch with the LightFactory developer and it appears you can supply an OSC command as just the address pattern, ie without the type tag string and arguments. An example provided was:
/LightFactory/CUE/3.4/GO

The developer also advised:

In fact any command can be sent to the system by just sending "/LightFactory/" and using the / character as a space.
e.g.
/LightFactory/1/THRU/5/@/50
This will run the command "1 THRU 5 @ 50" and set those channels to 50%.

[allcomp]

Hi Mike

Well.... I already tried that type of message /LightFactory/CUE/3.4/GO, but nothing happens. LightFactory only says CUE: SUCCES. Look at these examples:

Through Telnet port 3100 - Works

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Through UDP OSC free format port 9000 CUE GO - Not working

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Through UDP OSC free format ch. 1-50 at 100 percent - works

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[Mike Daniell]

There is an issue in the handling of OSC Free Format messages where there are no OSC arguments. To avoid this issue, set the Control Send device's 'Remote Device' to 'LightFactory', as you have done for the example shown in your first screenshot. Note that you can change the Network Protocol to UDP if you wish.