a slow server testing client for debugging

frameserver/servertest-slow.py

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+# Client program
+
+from socket import *
+import sys
+import time
+
+# Set the socket parameters
+local_port = 6000 + int( sys.argv[1] )
+remote_port = 4321
+
+# TODO: autodetect interface address for remote application
+outgoing_if = "127.0.0.1"
+remote_host = "127.0.0.1"
+
+# udp is the default for DGRAM
+UDPSock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM)
+UDPSock.bind((outgoing_if, local_port))
+
+# we will not use connections so we can keep working even if the server
+# goes down or refuses connection
+#UDPSock.connect((remote_host, remote_port))
+
+display = open('display', 'r')
+
+hash = "abcdefghij"
+z_buffer = chr(1) + "\n"
+
+data = hash + z_buffer + display.read()
+
+# Send messages
+sleeptime = 2
+while (1):
+  if not data:
+    break
+  else:
+    UDPSock.sendto(data,(remote_host,remote_port))
+  #send ~100 packets per second
+  time.sleep(sleeptime)
+
+UDPSock.close()