Example Usage

Receiving multicast packets from group address 1.2.3.4 port 1000 and displaying them on the console:

Pipeline( Multicast_receiver("1.2.3.4", 1000),
          ConsoleEchoer()
        ).activate()

The data emitted by Multicast_receiver (and displayed by ConsoleEchoer) is of the form (source_address, data).

More detail

Data received from the multicast group is emitted as a tuple: (source_addr, data) where data is a string of the received data.

This component ignores anything received on its "control" inbox. It is not yet possible to ask it to shut down. It does not terminate.

Multicast groups do not 'shut down', so this component never emits any signals on its "signal" outbox.

class Multicast_receiver(Axon.Component.component)

Multicast_receiver(address, port) -> component that receives multicast traffic.

Creates a component that receives multicast packets in the given multicast group and sends it out of its "outbox" outbox.

Keyword arguments:

• address -- address of multicast group (string)
• port -- port number