There is a sample Python one in the SDK example workgroup. It's not a straight forward process and the one time I was working on a team to do this it was quite convoluted to get it working as desired.
Eric T. -------------------------------------------- Eric Thivierge http://www.ethivierge.com On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 5:20 PM, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] < j.ponthi...@nasa.gov> wrote: > > > Maybe this will help. I am looking to do something like this. This was a > Perl script run in DOS. > > > > > > > > > > use Socket; > > > > $hostName = "localhost"; > > $portNumber = 8000; > > > > #CREATE SOCKET CONNECTION TO MAYA > > $proto = getprotobyname('tcp'); > > socket(Socket_Handle, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $proto); > > $port = getservbyname('smtp', 'tcp'); > > $sin = sockaddr_in($portNumber,inet_aton($hostName)); > > connect(Socket_Handle,$sin); > > > > $savedir = "E:/MAYA_Emergency_Save/"; > > print "Attempting to save MAYA file to directory ${savedir}\n"; > > > > $command = "string \$mySceneName = basename(\`file -q -sn\`, \"\"); string > \$mySavNam = \"$savedir\" + \$mySceneName; file -rename \$mySavNam; file > -save -type \"mayaAscii\";\n"; > > send(Socket_Handle, $command, $sin); #send > the command to Maya > > sleep > 1; > #wait a second for things to catch up > > exit > 1; > #insure exit > > > > > > > > > > Can this be done with XSI? Has anyone tried? > > > > > > -- > > Joey Ponthieux > > LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES) > > MYMIC Technical Services > > NASA Langley Research Center > > __________________________________________________ > > Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not > > represent the opinions of NASA or any other party. > > > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Ponthieux, Joseph > G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 02, 2015 5:07 PM > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* command port to XSI > > > > A long time ago I managed to write a command line port tool for Maya using > the backend port that it provides. The tool was written in Perl and in > general once a connection was made I could send MEL commands to the > software via a “command line” prompt via a windows terminal. I used this > often with Maya to take control of the software in case of a lock up etc > and to send move data to it. > > > > I thought I had created the same for XSI, again a really long time ago, > but can’t seem to find it. XSI should be able to do this since it appears > to communicate with Maya via a port connection. Does anyone know if this is > still possible? If so do you have any examples how it would be done for > XSI? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > -- > > Joey Ponthieux > > LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES) > > MYMIC Technical Services > > NASA Langley Research Center > > __________________________________________________ > > Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not > > represent the opinions of NASA or any other party. > > >
