UDP Message Target

Sends short text messages over UDP, either as raw datagrams or wrapped in OSC (Open Sound Control). Useful for triggering scenes in MadMapper and other VJ tools, controlling stage lighting consoles over OSC, signalling automation systems on a local network, sending cuepoint markers to recording or replay devices, or integrating with show-control software that expects UDP triggers. Messages are fire-and-forget — UDP does not confirm delivery.

UDP Message Target - Settings

Property	Description
`Autostart when application starts`

Settings

Settings — pick the destination host, port and protocol.

Property	Description
`Address`	IPv4 address of the device to send to. Use the unicast address of a single device (for example `192.168.1.50`), a subnet broadcast address (for example `192.168.1.255`) or a multicast address. `127.0.0.1` targets a UDP listener on the same machine.
`Port`	UDP port the receiving device is listening on. [min=1024, max=65535]. Common defaults: `8000`–`9000` for OSC, `6454` for Art-Net, `8010` for MadMapper. Check the receiver's documentation for the expected port.
`Protocol`	How the message is wrapped on the wire. Pick `OSC` when targeting MadMapper, lighting consoles or any device that speaks Open Sound Control. Pick `UDP` for raw text datagrams to custom listeners that just want the bytes as-is.

Message

Message — the payload that will be sent on the wire.

Property	Description
`Message`	The text payload to send. For OSC, this is typically an address path such as `/cues/MyBank/scenes/by_cell/col_1`. For raw UDP, send whatever string the receiver expects. Setting this from the Script Engine and then triggering `SendMessageCommand` lets a script send dynamic cuepoints during a show.
`Commands`	Commands — fire the message manually or from the Script Engine.
`Send message`	Sends the current `Message` to `Address`:`Port` using the selected `UdpProtocol`. Each invocation sends one datagram. There is no acknowledgement, so if the receiver is offline the call still appears to succeed.
`Performance and properties`	Performance and properties — diagnostics about the most recent send.
`Log Message`	Latest status or error message from the target (read-only, debug). Shows when the last message was sent or what went wrong if it could not be sent.
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Inherits from: AbstractTarget.