UDP Multicast Open (UDP Multicast Open (Read-Only)) (G Dataflow)

Network address to listen on. Specifying an address is useful if you have more than one network card, such as two Ethernet cards, and want to listen only on the card with the specified address. If you do not specify a network address, this node listens on all network addresses. Use the String to IP Address node to obtain the IP network address of the current computer.

This input supports scalar strings and unsigned 32-bit integers.

Default: 0

The local port with which you want to create a UDP socket.

IP address of the multicast group you want to join. If you do not specify an address, you do not join a multicast group, and the connection this node returns is write only. Multicast group addresses are in the 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255 range.

Default: 0

Error conditions that occur before this node runs.

The node responds to this input according to standard error behavior.

Standard Error Behavior

Many nodes provide an error in input and an error out output so that the node can respond to and communicate errors that occur while code is running. The value of error in specifies whether an error occurred before the node runs. Most nodes respond to values of error in in a standard, predictable way.

error in does not contain an error	error in contains an error
If no error occurred before the node runs, the node begins execution normally. If no error occurs while the node runs, it returns no error. If an error does occur while the node runs, it returns that error information as error out.	If an error occurred before the node runs, the node does not execute. Instead, it returns the error in value as error out.

Default: No error

A network connection refnum that uniquely identifies the connection. Use this value to refer to this connection in subsequent node calls.

Port number the node used. If the input port is not zero, the output port number equals the input port number. Wire 0 to the port input to dynamically choose an available UDP port the operating system determines is valid for use. As defined by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), valid port numbers are between the range of 49152 through 65535. Well Known Ports are between the range of 0 through 1023 and Registered Ports are between the range of 1024 through 49151. Not all operating systems follow the IANA standard. For example, Windows returns dynamic ports between the range of 1024 through 5000.

Error information.

The node produces this output according to standard error behavior.

Standard Error Behavior

Many nodes provide an error in input and an error out output so that the node can respond to and communicate errors that occur while code is running. The value of error in specifies whether an error occurred before the node runs. Most nodes respond to values of error in in a standard, predictable way.

error in does not contain an error	error in contains an error
If no error occurred before the node runs, the node begins execution normally. If no error occurs while the node runs, it returns no error. If an error does occur while the node runs, it returns that error information as error out.	If an error occurred before the node runs, the node does not execute. Instead, it returns the error in value as error out.