The Union Platform (tm)

formatting problem with the Obj C code, I'll try pre tags:

In Room.m:
-(void)setAttribute:(NSString*)theAttr withValue:(NSString*)theVal {
    [rm setAttribute:theAttr withValue:theVal andRoomName:name];
}

In RoomManager.m:
-(void)setAttribute:(NSString*)theAttr withValue:(NSString*)theVal andRoomName:(NSString*)roomName{
    [r sendu5withAttr:theAttr andValue:theVal andRoomName:roomName];
}

In Reactor.m:
- (void)sendu5withAttr:(NSString *)theAttr andValue:(NSString *)theVal andRoomName:(NSString*)roomName {
    NSString *postData = [upc makeUPC:@"u5" withArgs:[upc makeArgs:roomName,theAttr,theVal, nil]];
    [self sendUPCwithData:postData];
}

In UPC.m: (unchanged from kenichi)
-(NSString *)makeUPC:(NSString *)upcID withArgs:(NSString *)args
{
    NSString *string = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"data=<U><M>%@</M><L>%@</L></U>", upcID, args];
    return [self pushReqIDAndSessionID:string];
}

-(NSString *)makeArgs:(NSString *)args, ...
{
    NSMutableString *a = [NSMutableString string];
    NSString *eachObject;
    va_list argumentList;
    if( args != nil ){
        [a appendFormat:@"<A>%@</A>", args];
            va_start(argumentList, args);
            while((eachObject = va_arg(argumentList, NSString *)) != nil){
                [a appendFormat:@"<A>%@</A>", eachObject];
            }
            va_end(argumentList);
    }
    return a;
}

Also, there are no server >> client u9 messages in the xcode console that would indicate a change of attribute in the room....

I've changed this over to Client attributes. Works good swf to swf. Same problems with iphone though.

I'm concerned about two things:

[reactor sendu64withRoomName:roomName andUpdateLevel:@"7"];

[self sendu3withClientID:selfID andUserID:selfUserID andAttrName:theAttr andEscapedAttrValue:theVal andAttrScope:@"imi_test" andAttrOptions:@"1"];

this returns -[Reactor reactu73] (Reactor.m:344) reacting u73 [SET_CLIENT_ATTR_RESULT] clientID=28245, attrName=COUNT, attrOptions=1, status=SUCCESS

Iv'e tried no scope, no options, different options, But no love on the flash side.

Ok, I have sussed the problem. Indeed it is that I did not have the u3 options set correctly. I set the reactor log level of my test swf to Debug and was able to see that it needed to be 4 in order to set the Attribute to Shared. setting this in my Obj C function solved the problem.

My confusion was trying to figure out from the UPC Specification what integer to use. for u3:

0 - RESERVED
1 - RESERVED
2 - shared
3 - persistent
4 - unique
5 - RESERVED BY SERVER
6 - RESERVED BY SERVER
7 - RESERVED BY SERVER
8 - evaluate

It was not clear to me that I don't count the reserved as part of the binary number, so what I need is 100, or 4 to get shared, not persistent, not unique. I list of integers and what they switch on and off would be very helpful in the docs.

Now what my Obj c is sending is being propagated to the other connected users. Huzzah.

On another matter, is there any likelihood of tryunion.com being changed off the current version before Sept 25? I'm going to be showing a prototype to a client at that time and I'd like to not get caught flat footed by version issues. I could set up my own server if need be.

I'm really exited about Union Platform! Its just what I needed.

thanks,

Ransom Weaver

> It was not clear to me that I don't count the reserved as part
> of the binary number, so what I need is 100, or 4 to get shared,
> not persistent, not unique. I list of integers and what they
> switch on and off would be very helpful in the docs.
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...but you do count it. 0: reserved, 1: reserved, 2: shared. so this gets you shared:

bit:   210
value: 100

the bit values are in the spec (http://unionplatform.com/specs/upc/). are you missing any information?

> On another matter, is there any likelihood of tryunion.com
> being changed off the current version before Sept 25?
> I'm going to be showing a prototype to a client at that time
> and I'd like to not get caught flat footed by version issues.
> I could set up my own server if need be.
--
the tryunion.com build today will be compatible with whatever version is posted sept 25, even if we upgrade it.

> I'm really exited about Union Platform!
> Its just what I needed.
--
us too : ) glad you've got it up and running with your app. let us know if you post any demos for the world to see!

colin

bit:       3210
value:  1100
integer: 12

bit:       3210
value:  1000
integer: 8

This what you get with self-taught programmers :-) But I'll bet this is in one of your books....

I'll be sure to post up a link when I get this in shape. The app is this: http://imobileintervals.com/app, to which I've recently added ANT+ wireless fitness sensor compatibility, and Union Platform is going to provide the push to make realtime data telemetry possible. Eventually the client for viewing the data will be 1) tied into the website (Drupal with organic groups: see a grid of the live data of all the transmitting users in the group, e.g. a cycling team). 2) an embeddable player so that anyone can put the live data of a user or group of users on their website/blog. I'm starting out with swfs because its so easy, but ultimately I'm going to want to use Orbiter so I can have an iOS-friendly web app. Maybe by the time I get to that there will be some example code floating around.

I've already got it working (it's really very basic), I just need to pretty up the data widget. Plan is to demo all this in 2 weeks at Interbike, the big annual bicycle industry trade show in Las Vegas. From a promotional aspect we'd like to get a number of pro cycling teams using this telemetry system in races (i.e. on their websites or with media partners) to display rider heart rate, speed, power (watts) and cadence.

Cheers,

Ransom

as it happens, i am a self-taught programmer too : )

bitwise operators were in the first book i wrote, but we had to cut them to save space:
http://www.moock.org/asdg/technotes/bitwise/

very cool app. please do let us know how it evolves!

colin