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#1 2012-03-08 15:16:17
- MikeWTeaches
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Integrating scratch with other software
Hello everyone,
I'm new here, but I have searched and haven't found a topic dealing with this issue so I thought I'd post one.
While browsing the forum, I was introduced to the concept of using Scratch with an external control board for sensor input and actuator output. This is pretty cool, although I was looking for a >software< API so that Scratch could be integrated with other software.
What I'm thinking of doing is using Scratch to control a USB device (via an interface that I'll build in .NET). Is there an API for Scratch or a way to read output from Scratch (can Scratch write to simple text files?).
Any thoughts would be warmly appreciated!
Many thanks,
Mike
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#2 2012-03-08 15:58:13
Re: Integrating scratch with other software
Yes, there is one API for doing this. It is called remote sensors connections. It allows you to use sockets to control Scratch sensors. Information can be found on the Scratch wiki here. You'll need to port the code into .NET, though. If you have any questions, please ask me--I specialize in remote sensor connections.
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#3 2012-03-09 15:57:04
- MikeWTeaches
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Re: Integrating scratch with other software
bobbybee wrote:
Yes, there is one API for doing this. It is called remote sensors connections. It allows you to use sockets to control Scratch sensors. Information can be found on the Scratch wiki here. You'll need to port the code into .NET, though. If you have any questions, please ask me--I specialize in remote sensor connections.
Thanks for your reply, bobbybee 
This sounds like almost the exact opposite of what I want to do I'd like Scratch instead of sensing via an API, to transmit via an API. In other words, press a button on a Scratch project and have an event fire off some external process.
Can that be done?
The only way that I've thought of getting control signals OUT of scratch is to stick a light dependent resistor to a monitor and have scratch control the brightness of a square underneath it. Not exactly graceful.
Thanks in advance once again 
All the best and have a good weekend!
Mike
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#4 2012-03-10 08:58:23
Re: Integrating scratch with other software
MikeWTeaches wrote:
bobbybee wrote:
Yes, there is one API for doing this. It is called remote sensors connections. It allows you to use sockets to control Scratch sensors. Information can be found on the Scratch wiki here. You'll need to port the code into .NET, though. If you have any questions, please ask me--I specialize in remote sensor connections.
Thanks for your reply, bobbybee
This sounds like almost the exact opposite of what I want to do
Can that be done?
The only way that I've thought of getting control signals OUT of scratch is to stick a light dependent resistor to a monitor and have scratch control the brightness of a square underneath it. Not exactly graceful.
Thanks in advance once again
All the best and have a good weekend!
Mike
Yes, that can be done. Basically, using the method on the wiki page, when the button clicked in Scracth, have it set a variable to a value that the other project then picks up
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