How to use the custom messages class

Paul_Plokko

Like a few Others on this forum, I'm trying to send data between multiple Hololenses using the custom messages class (CustomMessages.cs).

Since there is no step by step documentation on how to use this class I tried to follow the steps posted in this topic:

https://forums.hololens.com/discussion/3274/sending-a-game-object-name-through-custom-messages-in-sharing-of-holograms

My Hololenses do connect to the sharing service and join the same session but it seems that no communication is happening.

These are my scripts:

-Added to the custom Messages script (I invoke the SendGameObj method by pressing a button ingame):

        public enum TestMessageID : byte
        {
            HeadTransform = MessageID.UserMessageIDStart,
            Max,
        }

and:

public void SendGameObj(GameObject obj)
        {
            // If we are connected to a session, broadcast our head info
            if (this.serverConnection != null && this.serverConnection.IsConnected())
            {
                // Create an outgoing network message to contain all the info we want to send
                NetworkOutMessage msg = CreateMessage((byte)TestMessageID.Max);

                //Appending a gameobj to the message
                msg.Write(obj.name);

                // Send the message as a broadcast, which will cause the server to forward it to all other users in the session.
                this.serverConnection.Broadcast(
                    msg,
                    MessagePriority.Immediate,
                    MessageReliability.ReliableOrdered,
                    MessageChannel.Avatar);

                Debug.Log ("message sent");
            }
        }

-Separate script where I try to receive the sent messages:

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using  HoloToolkit.Sharing.Tests;
using HoloToolkit.Sharing;

public class TestMessage : MonoBehaviour {

    public GameObject testObject; //some random test object who's color will be changed


    // Use this for initialization
    void Start () {
        CustomMessages.Instance.MessageHandlers[CustomMessages.TestMessageID.Max] = this.OnGameObjIdRcv;
    }

    void OnGameObjIdRcv(NetworkInMessage msg)
    {
        msg.ReadInt64();

        string objname_in_msg = msg.ReadString();

        print ("object name: " + objname_in_msg);
        testObject.GetComponent<MeshRenderer> ().material.color = Color.red; //make object red to see whether this method triggers on Hololens
    }

    public void LocalPrint () {
        print ("local  button test");
    }

}

dbarrett

You should take a look at the RemoteHeadManager script as it utilizes the CustomMessages script.

You can also take a look at this video where Stephen goes over the Custom messages class in a MRTK live session and I believe he also expands upon it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm_c02y4pdw

dbarrett

You should take a look at the RemoteHeadManager script as it utilizes the CustomMessages script.

You can also take a look at this video where Stephen goes over the Custom messages class in a MRTK live session and I believe he also expands upon it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm_c02y4pdw

james_ashley

@Paul_Plokko ,

It looks like you send a string, but then try to read a long and then a string. Get rid of msg.ReadInt64() and see what happens.

James

Paul_Plokko

@dbarrett said:
You should take a look at the RemoteHeadManager script as it utilizes the CustomMessages script.

You can also take a look at this video where Stephen goes over the Custom messages class in a MRTK live session and I believe he also expands upon it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm_c02y4pdw

Thanks for the video! It enabled me to understand the custom messages script messages much better. My problem was that I was using the 'Max' enum message type, whereas i should create my own message type.

@james_ashley said:
@Paul_Plokko ,

It looks like you send a string, but then try to read a long and then a string. Get rid of msg.ReadInt64() and see what happens.

James

Reading the long is actually necessary in this case because it reads the User Id which is sent in the message.

james_ashley

@Paul_Plokko ,

But you aren't sending a userid in your SendGameObj() method above. Do you need to send it (hence causing casting errors in the receiver?) or is this not actually then send method you use in your code?

Paul_Plokko

The custom messages class itself adds the user id when creating a message:

        private NetworkOutMessage CreateMessage(byte messageType)
        {
            NetworkOutMessage msg = serverConnection.CreateMessage(messageType);
            msg.Write(messageType);
            // Add the local userID so that the remote clients know whose message they are receiving
            msg.Write(LocalUserID);
            return msg;
        }