Wintermute User Guide

Spawns a new network node

name is the name of the node
type is the node type – types are used to organise nodes in the display, and for the multiple deployment of macros
ip is the IP Address of the node; this can also be a comma-separated list of IP addresses - incoming UDP will be accepted from any of these addresses, and outgoing will go to all.
port is the port to transmit to the node on
tcp is a flag to indicate that the node expects TCP communication, rather than the default UDP (optional)
keepalive is a flag that, for a TCP node, will cause Wintermute to regularly send a newline packet to keep the socket alive; this counts as a “ping” and a lack of response will be flagged. For a UDP node, no newline will be sent, but it is assumed a ping beacon has been set up, and a lack of response will cause an alert (optional)
silentkeepalive is a flag that functions in the same way, but no response is expected; no additional keepalive flag is required. (optional)
responds is a flag that indicates that Wintermute should expect a response from each command; the absence of a response will cause an alert. (optional)
secondary is a flag that flags the node as a secondary master - so Wintermute will accept commands directly from this node (optional)