Need more information about commander, especially Interface of commander 
with outside. Such as base on http or just socket.

>From ur description,  I guest commander is socket communication. If that, u 
should try Net <http://nodejs.org/api/net.html> of nodejs.

在 2014年1月9日星期四UTC+8上午5时24分21秒,James Newton写道:
>
> Hello node experts! 
>
> A web socket connection to a node server sends a header with each message. 
> I am looking for a way to forward just the message to a third-party 
> application running on the server. 
>
> The scenario: We have a robot (for want of a better word) that is used for 
> medical diagnosis. This robot is currently controlled by a hardware 
> console. The console sends and receives plain text strings to an 
> application which commands the robot. Let's call this application the 
> Commander. 
>
> Two programmers are working on creating an app that can run on an iPad (or 
> other tablet), to replace the console. My role is to create the iPad app, 
> my colleague has all the low-level knowledge required for controlling the 
> robot. 
>
> We have been experimenting with using a Node.js server and WebSocket to 
> create a connection. My app sends the server the string required by the 
> Commander application, like this: 
>
>   webSocketInstance.send(string) 
>
> My colleague reports that the Commander application receives a message 
> with a header like this... 
>
>   GET / HTTP/1.1Origin: null 
>   Sec-WebSocket-Protocol: echo-protocol 
>   Sec-WebSocket-Key: 5oLKa2EzNd9EGxAcyS72RQ== 
>   ConnecUpgrade 
>   Upgrade: Websocket 
>   Sec-WebSocket-Version: 13 
>   Us... 
>   
> ... when he is expecting a string that looks like this: 
>   
>   '040100040001' 
>
> We don't want to change the Commander application, because if we do, it 
> will no longer respond to the hardware console. We are looking for a way of 
> stripping the header so that the Node.js application on the server can 
> mimic the console perfectly. 
>
> My question: is there a module that we can use on the server to forward 
> just the expected string to the existing Commander application? 
>
> I am fairly new to Node.js and fairly experienced with JavaScript. 
>
> Thanks in advance for any enlightenment, 
>
> James 
>
>

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