Progress: Wrapping up

The chat logging portion of this project is so close to being done, it hurts. Here is the data chain as it stands right now:

SL --> email --> POP3 PHP script --> OSC --> Max/MSP

Using this method, I have successfully gotten data into Max/MSP from SL in something close to real-time. The original test involved clicking a link to send the data; that worked fine. For the past few days, I have been working to incorporate the code that forwards the message through OSC into the POP3 script. So far, no luck on that. There are all sorts of possible reasons for this, the top suspect being 'REMOTE_ADDR'. I've tried multiple work-arounds for this issue, but still no luck on either the schools server or my local server. Of course, the problem may lie elsewhere, but I can't find it if so.

One other minor issue I'm having is with the ;max launchbrowser message. I was planning on hooking up a metro to the message in order to request data at regular intervals, but the message opens up a new browser tab every time the metro sends it a bang. I've searched google, the Cycling 74 forums, and all the Max documentation, but haven't found any messages that can refresh a webpage instead of opening a new one. I don't think this will be a big issue; it is simple enough to insert one line of script into the POP3 PHP file so that it will refresh once every X seconds.

Once these two small issues are fixed, this path is essentially done; I could then turn my test patch into a fully functional one and begin beta testing and small test performances. Hoping for a solution!

- M