MulticastSend.py

00001 """
00002 mbed SDK
00003 Copyright (c) 2011-2013 ARM Limited
00004 
00005 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
00006 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
00007 You may obtain a copy of the License at
00008 
00009     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
00010 
00011 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
00012 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
00013 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
00014 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
00015 limitations under the License.
00016 """
00017 import socket
00018 from time import sleep, time
00019 
00020 MCAST_GRP = '224.1.1.1'
00021 MCAST_PORT = 5007
00022 
00023 sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM, socket.IPPROTO_UDP)
00024 sock.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IP, socket.IP_MULTICAST_TTL, 2)
00025 
00026 while True:
00027     print "Multicast to group: %s\n" % MCAST_GRP
00028     data = 'Hello World: ' + repr(time()) + '\n'
00029     sock.sendto(data, (MCAST_GRP, MCAST_PORT))
00030     sleep(1)