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#177172 - 28/08/2003 02:41 Control 2 riocars w/ 1 PC ?
pupvogel
journeyman

Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 96
Loc: Hamburg, Germany
I'd like to open 2 emplode-sessions simultaneously, so that I can control 2 riocars from one PC at the same time.
Is there a way to run emplode more than once, to establish several connections ?

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#177173 - 28/08/2003 04:00 Re: Control 2 riocars w/ 1 PC ? [Re: pupvogel]
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
No.
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#177174 - 28/08/2003 04:19 Re: Control 2 riocars w/ 1 PC ? [Re: Roger]
juenk
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Registered: 12/01/2002
Posts: 84
Loc: Waardenburg, The Netherlands
How about running an emplode and jemplode session on the same PC? (Didn't try it yet..)

Jelle
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#177175 - 28/08/2003 06:48 Re: Control 2 riocars w/ 1 PC ? [Re: juenk]
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
That ought to work. There's nothing technically stopping you, just that we couldn't be sure you wouldn't try to connect twice to the same player -- each copy of emplode might have a different idea of what's in the database. So emplode prevents multiple copies running.

Each instance only connects to a single player because otherwise, people would want drag and drop between them, and emplode doesn't support that.
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#177176 - 28/08/2003 08:27 Re: Control 2 riocars w/ 1 PC ? [Re: Roger]
Ezekiel
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Registered: 25/08/2000
Posts: 2413
Loc: NH USA
Roger,
Idle curiosity, but how is connecting to 1 empeg from 2 pc's at the same time handled?

-Zeke
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#177177 - 28/08/2003 08:47 Re: Control 2 riocars w/ 1 PC ? [Re: Ezekiel]
tman
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Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
Sequence number in the config file.

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#177178 - 28/08/2003 08:48 Re: Control 2 riocars w/ 1 PC ? [Re: Ezekiel]
pgrzelak
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Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
There is a sequence number that is kept by the player. The first emplode to connect would basically "lock out" changes from subsequent emplode sessions.

Edit: damn... too slow... gettin' old...


Edited by pgrzelak (28/08/2003 08:48)
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#177179 - 28/08/2003 08:58 Re: Control 2 riocars w/ 1 PC ? [Re: tman]
Ezekiel
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Registered: 25/08/2000
Posts: 2413
Loc: NH USA
Cool, thanks guys! -Zeke
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#177180 - 28/08/2003 09:28 Re: Control 2 riocars w/ 1 PC ? [Re: Ezekiel]
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
The Rio Central added some stuff to the protocol to handle multiple connections at the Central end -- it'll reject the second connection attempt.

The car player doesn't use it, IIRC.
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#177181 - 28/08/2003 09:31 Re: Control 2 riocars w/ 1 PC ? [Re: pgrzelak]
Roger
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Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
basically "lock out" changes from subsequent emplode sessions

This is absolutely correct, but to clarify: what it does is reject the changes from the second session. You can still connect. It only complains when you hit the Synchronise button.
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