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Re: floorplan not seeing speedfan messages


  • Subject: Re: floorplan not seeing speedfan messages
  • From: "turner228" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:07:44 -0000

Good Spot James !

--- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, James Traynor <james@...>
wrote:
>
> This issue has driven me nuts to figure out.
> I've tried lots of options,  Vista and XP, old and new xFx hubs.
I've
> tried different addresses, network setups and broadcasts. Tried
> different versions, looked at raw packets.  While I could reproduce
the
> issue narrowing it down never seemed to highlight the particular
fault.
> However I have now found it and it was really obvious! (Doh!)
> The xAP spec message examples all start
> xap-header
> {
> or
> xap-hbeat
> {
> so to stop processing unnecessary or malformed messages if the
first
> line isn't one of those then it drops them. Every other app bar
speedfan
> uses lower case so is fine, also the older xFx hubs lower cased
this
> item too as messages passed through.  Speedfan sends xAP-
header .This is
> what confused things . I'm not saying speedfan is wrong here, far
from
> it, as the spec isn't that clear and after re-reading it I can't
say it
> should be one way or the other. I'll sort out an intranet ocx with
a
> less restrictive filter  but for what is a truly daft work around,
in
> speedfan add xap to the hostname ( in lower case) .  Messages will
get
> through now.
>
> James
>
>
> rleong1 wrote:
> > i made my own vb.net app to listen for xAP messages using the
latest
> > xAPIntranet ocx.  it has the same problem - it cannot see the
speedfan
> > messages.  it sees everything else though.
> >
> > --- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, "rleong1"
<reynold@> wrote:
> >
> >> it has a field for host IP and broadcast IP.  they were
filled
in by
> >> default i believe.
> >>
> >> host has 192.168.x.y
> >> broadcast has 192.168.x.255
> >>
> >> --- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, James Traynor <james@>
wrote:
> >>
> >>> thinking about it, if the app doesn't need to receive it
may
not
> >>> appear.  I am wondering if the IP you set is not the
local IP
but the
> >>> address that the message is sent to.
> >>> Try entering 192.168.0.255 or 255.255.255.255 . (Adjust
that
first
> >>>
> > one
> >
> >>> as needed for you network setup)
> >>>
> >>> James
> >>>
> >>> rleong1 wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> it's all on the same PC.  i only have one network
card and i
> >>>>
> > specified
> >
> >>>> that IP in speedfan's settings.  speedfan doesn't
show up when
i do
> >>>> the netstat command you mentioned.  guess that's a
bug w/
speedfan?
> >>>>
> >>>> --- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, James Traynor
<james@>
wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> What is on what PC?  If it's all on the same pc I
would check
> >>>>>
> >> what app
> >>
> >>>>> is bound to what network address. If you  run at
a command
prompt
> >>>>> netstat -a -b -n -p UDP
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It should show what listens on what . At a guess
speedfan  is
> >>>>>
> > doing
> >
> >>>>> something odd and binding to the wrong network
card.  Does it
> >>>>>
> > have a
> >
> >>>>> option anywhere to set what IP it is using?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> James
> >>>>>
> >>>>> rleong1 wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> i have been having this odd behavior for a
while where
floorplan
> >>>>>>
> >> does
> >>
> >>>>>> not see any of the xap messages from
speedfan.  i just
upgraded
> >>>>>>
> >> to the
> >>
> >>>>>> latest floorplan beta and have
xapintranet.ocx 1.4 running,
> >>>>>>
> > but this
> >
> >>>>>> was happening before i upgraded.  i'm using
the latest
> >>>>>>
> > speedfan but
> >
> >>>>>> used the previous version with the same
results.  it only
> >>>>>>
> >> happens with
> >>
> >>>>>> speedfan.  i'm also running weather, watcher,
ping, launcher,
> >>>>>>
> >> four and
> >>
> >>>>>> jabber on the same machine and it picks up
those messages
just
> >>>>>>
> >> fine.
> >>
> >>>>>> if i run the message viewer and replay the
captured speedfan
> >>>>>>
> >> messages,
> >>
> >>>>>> then floorplan picks them up.  any
suggestions?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ------------------------------------
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ------------------------------------
> >>>>
> >>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>



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