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Where are the OSC port settings in the OM Preferences panel?

Hi, I’ve just noticed that the osc settings have disappeared from the preferences panel of both OM 6.7 and OM 6.8 (while in OM 6.6 was still present – check out the attached image). I’m trying to work with the new reactif-lib, but every time I evaluate the osc-receive box I get OMR > nil. This is because I couldn’t set the UDP Port correctly in the preferences. So how do I set the number of the “In” port (besides specifying it in the first slot of the osc-receive box)?
Best,
Francesco Vitale

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Just a quick additional note: I tried with OM 6.7 and OM 6.8 both on OS 10.6.8 and on 10.8.5 and I still can’t find a way to set the OSC port in the Preferences. Moreover, the result, when evaluating OSC-recieve is always OMR> nil. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Best,
Francesco

you don’t need to set anything in the preferences.
the previous OSC in/out options were used for the communication with MicroPlayer and did not need to be changed anyway.
[these options are still available under the “externals” preference tab]

for OSC-receive, you just need to set the port in the first inlet.
right-click and “start receive” to activate the box.
the value is NIL until the box receives something

best,

Ok Jean. So you’ve changed the way osc-receive works (before, it was highlighted when evaluated, as it’s still said in the documentation): this caused all the trouble! Thanks for having explained these new undocumented features.
Best,
Francesco

yes, now evaluating OSC-eceives returns the value (= last received messages)
I think it makes more sense
activating / deactivating the receive loop does not depend on box evaluations anymore
I’ll update the doc !