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+# Client program "cellular"
+
+from socket import *
+import sys
+import time
+from math import *
+from random import randint
+
+# Set the socket parameters
+local_port = 5001
+
+# UDP webserver port to bypass frameserver for testing
+remote_port = 4422
+# port to frameserver
+#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)
+
+# we MUST bind, otherwise python will choose a different port for each
+# connection
+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))
+
+# this is our handshake, weak certification
+hash = "s2l\n<8<18 "
+
+alpha = chr(255)
+z_buffer = chr(1) + "\n"
+
+# frame of 2 dimensional array holding data [r,g,b,a]
+wdata = []
+# segment display, each segment holds 8 values of [r,g,b,a]
+sdata = []
+
+# setup window area, channels and segments
+segwindows = 12
+segments = 8 # number of segments in a window (7 + period/dot/point)
+width = 12
+height = 8
+segchannels = 4 # RGBA
+
+# timing elements
+# timer will hold the elapsed time in seconds
+timer = 0
+sleeptime = 5000 # milliseconds
+frequency = 1000 / sleeptime # frames per second
+
+# function resets map to zero
+def zero_wdata():
+  for x in xrange(width):
+    wdata.append([0] * height)
+    for y in xrange(height):
+      # create an RGBA array at each location
+      wdata[x][y] = [0, 0, 0, 1]
+
+# function resets segment display
+def zero_sdata():
+  for s in xrange(segwindows):
+    sdata.append([0] * segments)
+    for seg in xrange(segments):
+      sdata[s][seg] = [0, 0, 1, 1]
+
+# convert [r,g,b,a] to chr string
+def i2c(rgba):
+  return chr(int(255 * rgba[0])) + chr(int(255 * rgba[1])) + chr(int(255 * rgba[2])) + chr(int(255 * rgba[3])) 
+
+# function sends wdata and sdata state to server
+def send_update():
+  #zero out the data buffer
+  data = hash
+  data = data + z_buffer
+
+  # write frame data
+  for y in xrange(height):
+    for x in xrange(width):
+      data = data + i2c( wdata[x][y] )
+    data = data + "\n"
+
+  # write segment window displays
+  for s in xrange(segwindows):
+    for seg in xrange(segments):
+      # I don't think I understand what the 3 channels are...
+      for sc in xrange(segchannels):
+	data = data + i2c( sdata[s][seg] )
+    data = data + "\n"
+
+  print data
+
+  # send the data packet to remote host
+  UDPSock.sendto(data,(remote_host,remote_port))
+
+# clear map
+zero_wdata()
+zero_sdata()
+
+# set start seed
+# get random location
+rx = randint(0, width - 1)
+ry = randint(0, height - 1)
+wdata[rx][ry] = [1,0,0,0.5]
+
+send_update()
+
+exit()
+
+# build loop here
+time.sleep(sleeptime/1000)
+
+# old code below ...
+# keep to compare for now
+
+t = 0
+if True:
+  #zero out the data buffer
+  data = hash
+  data += z_buffer
+  for i in range(0,width):
+    for j in range(0,height):
+      pixel = 0.5+0.5*sin(2*pi*(float(i+1)/width)+t*frequency)*sin(2*pi*(float(j+1)/height)+t*frequency)
+      data = data + chr(int(255*pixel)) + alpha
+    data = data + "\n"
+  for i in range(0,segwindows):
+    for j in range(0,segments):
+      for a in range(0,segchannels):
+	val = chr( 127 + int(128*sin(2*pi*(1+i)*(1+j)*(1+a)*t*frequency/200)))
+        data += val + val + val
+    data += "\n"
+  t+=1
+
+  print data
+  UDPSock.sendto(data,(remote_host,remote_port))
+
+# close socket
+UDPSock.close()