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#1 2011-11-20 21:36:34
Using Remote Sensor with Norton Firewall
I'm trying to configure my computer to allow Scratch to communicate with Python. When I run the sample code (from http://wiki.scratch.mit.edu/wiki/Communicating_to_Scratch_via_Python) in Python and get the error as follows:
File "C:\scratchtest", line 22, in <module>
scratchSock.connect((HOST, PORT))
socket.error: [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it
In the sample code,
HOST = '127.0.0.1'
PORT = 42001
Any ideas on what I need to do to Norton Firewall to unblock the right host/port combination?
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#5 2011-11-21 15:43:46
Re: Using Remote Sensor with Norton Firewall
TRocket wrote:
check scratch is running and remote sensor connections are enabled (sensing -> right click (< ^> sensor value) -> enable remote sensor connections)
Yeah, this may be the problem, check that.
Usually the computer does not block 127.0.0.1 since it's on the same machine.
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#6 2011-11-21 20:42:30
Re: Using Remote Sensor with Norton Firewall
Thanks all. Looks like I needed to disable then enable remote connections once python was running. Odd, but seemed like scratch needed to reset or something.
Got it working.
Thanks, scratchers, for the quick advice!
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