Hi Again Steve, This is resolved now. It appears that I was not doing the initiation and authentication with the proper number of linefeeds and with the proper sequence of writes AND reads. For those interested, here is a working function written in vb.net to do the communications on the localhost machine. The assumption is made that the password has been changed from ClueCon to myPassword in modules.config.xml and that mod_event_socket is loaded in modules.conf.xml using the entry: <load module="mod_event_socket"/>. Thanks to all for the help. Bert Function SendCommands_socket(ByVal id, ByVal Cmnd) 'Funciton to initiate conneciton with FreeSWITCH event_socket via a tcpsocket, authenticate and send a command. 'Note that the writes AND reads are all mandatory, as are the double linefeeds. 'Dims Dim returndata As String = "" 'Holds return data Dim sendBytes As [Byte]() ' byte array used to hold outbound data after conversion from ascii to byte array Dim tcpClient As New System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient() ' the tcp socket client used to communicate with the host Dim rcvBytes(tcpClient.ReceiveBufferSize) As Byte 'byte array used to receive bytes returned from host Try 'Initiate conneciton with event_socket via the socket-------------------- tcpClient.Connect("localhost", 8021) Dim stream As NetworkStream = tcpClient.GetStream() 'open the socket stream.Read(rcvBytes, 0, CInt(tcpClient.ReceiveBufferSize)) returndata = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(rcvBytes) MsgBox(returndata) 'should say "Content-Type: auth/request" If stream.CanWrite And stream.CanRead Then 'Do authentication.------------------------------------------------- ' convert text to byte array sendBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("auth myPassword" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf) '(The 2 crlf are mandatory ) ' write data to stream stream.Write(sendBytes, 0, sendBytes.Length) ' read the NetworkStream into a seperate byte buffer. stream.Read(rcvBytes, 0, CInt(tcpClient.ReceiveBufferSize)) ' convert binary bytes received into ascii returndata = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(rcvBytes) MsgBox(returndata) 'should say "Content-Type: command/reply Reply-Text: +Ok accepted" 'Send the command.------------------------------------------------- sendBytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(Cmnd & vbCrLf & vbCrLf) stream.Write(sendBytes, 0, sendBytes.Length) stream.Read(rcvBytes, 0, CInt(tcpClient.ReceiveBufferSize)) returndata = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(rcvBytes) MsgBox(returndata) Else If Not stream.CanRead Then Console.WriteLine("cannot not write data to this stream") tcpClient.Close() Else If Not stream.CanWrite Then Console.WriteLine("cannot read data from this stream") tcpClient.Close() End If End If End If ' Disconnect tcpClient.Close() Return returndata Catch oEX As SocketException ' Disconnect tcpClient.Close() Return oEX.ToString Exit Function End Try End Function From: freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org] On Behalf Of Bert Jones Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 11:41 PM To: 'FreeSWITCH Users Help' Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Possible to communicate with FS using event_socket without ESL? Thanks for the clarification. I too suspect something in my communications. Just wanted to make sure I was not missing something. Will move my communication app to a separate machine from the FS server and run Wireshark. Thanks for recommendation. Bert From: freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org] On Behalf Of Steven Ayre Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 7:29 AM To: FreeSWITCH Users Help Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Possible to communicate with FS using event_socket without ESL? Without the use of the ESL *protocol* - no. Without the use of the supplied ESL *libraries* - correct. You're along the right lines on implementing your own protocol. If you can connect and authenticate via telnet from the same computer you're trying your app from then there should be no problem with FS. The fact you say it takes 10s for FS to respond indicates you're not sending the auth line. You should get either a success or failure message straight away in reply to that. So it sounds like the auth isn't getting sent at all. Try using Wireshark to view what's going over the network to check it's what you expect. -Steve On 13 February 2011 03:27, Bert Jones <rmbertjones@comcast.net> wrote: Hello, Am I correct in assuming that an app can talk directly to FS using event_socket without the use of the ESL? I am attempting to do this, but having trouble authenticating. I wanted to make sure I was not overlooking something basis in my approach. I have successfully loaded FS on a windows XP server and can register phones and make calls. Further I can talk to the server, authenticate and make calls using telnet, but when attempting to do the same via an app written in .net and using a socket, I am unable to authenticate. Running my app using a tcpSocket, I receive the "Content-Type: auth/request" upon connection of the socket, but when sending "auth password\n\n" it appears that the connection times out after about 10 seconds and I receive: "Content-Type: text/disconnect-notice" & vbLf & "Content-Length: 67". mod_event_socket is enabled in modules.conf.xml . Is there something obvious that I am missing conceptually, or should this work? Thanks! _______________________________________________ FreeSWITCH-users mailing list FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users UNSUBSCRIBE:http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users http://www.freeswitch.org