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TimedSource Element Documentation
NAME
TimedSource -- Click element; periodically generates a packet
SYNOPSIS
TimedSource([INTERVAL, DATA, KEYWORDS])
Ports: no inputs, 1 output
Processing: push
Package: standard (core)
DESCRIPTION
Creates packets consisting of DATA. Pushes such a packet out its single output about once every INTERVAL seconds. INTERVAL has millisecond precision. Default INTERVAL is 500 milliseconds; default DATA is at least 64 bytes long. Keyword arguments are:
- DATA
- String. Same as the DATA argument.
- INTERVAL
- Number of seconds. Same as the INTERVAL argument.
- LIMIT
- Integer. Stops sending after LIMIT packets are generated; but if LIMIT is negative, sends packets forever.
- STOP
- Boolean. If true, then stop the driver once LIMIT packets are sent. Default is false.
EXAMPLES
TimedSource(INTERVAL 0.333) -> ...
ELEMENT HANDLERS
- data (read/write)
- Returns or sets the DATA parameter.
- interval (read/write)
- Returns or sets the INTERVAL parameter.
SEE ALSO
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