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<h1 id="tcp--udp-binding">TCP & UDP Binding</h1>
<p>The TCP and UDP bindings provide basic support for simple ASCII-based protocols. They send and receive data as ASCII strings. Data sent out is by default padded with a CR/LF. This should be sufficient for many home automation devices that take simple ASCII-based control commands, or that send back text-based status messages.</p>
<p>The TCP part of the binding has a built-in mechanism to keep connections to remote hosts alive, and will reset connections at regular intervals to overcome the limitation of “stalled” connections or remote hosts.</p>
<p>The TCP & UDP Bindings act as a network client or as a network server.</p>
<h2 id="binding-configuration">Binding Configuration</h2>
<p>The TCP and UDP bindings can be configured in the files <code class="highlighter-rouge">services/tcp.cfg</code> and <code class="highlighter-rouge">services/udp.cfg</code>, respectively.</p>
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<p>Note: This is optional for the configuration and not necessary for receiving data. Item-defintions are enough for receiving data. (Developer confirm? 20150128). There’
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