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 This setup provides a flexible and extensible way to manage inter-device communication and integration with other networked applications.
-**Technical Details**:
-BLOX sends and receives on port 49160
 ===== 6.6.3.2 Sending Messages =====
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 ^Sending an analog sensor value^Sending a digital sensor value|
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+----
+===== 6.6.3.4 Monitoring / troubleshooting messages =====
+You can see broadcast messages in the BLOX Serial/USB logs
+{{:docs:blox:pasted:20240828-171736.png}}
+Messages are broadcast unencrypted for simplicity. This also allows you to very easily monitor and troubleshoot issues, as well as integrate it into other scripts and programs
+For example you can listen out for messages / send messages from a computer to help you troubleshoot
+{{:docs:blox:pasted:20240828-171245.png}}
+----
+===== 6.6.3.4 3rd party integration =====
+You can use your own code to send and receive UDP messages in the format of idtagstring=value on port 49160
+**Technical Details**:
+BLOX sends and receives on port 49160
+Data is sent as a simple string in the format idtag=value. For analog sensors the value is the numeric value. For digital sensors its 0/1 respectively. Quite simple and easy
+For example: Sending via a custom nodejs program
+<code>
+const dgram = require('dgram');
+// Create a UDP socket
+const client = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
+// Enable broadcast on the socket
+client.on('listening', function() {
+  client.setBroadcast(true);
+});
+// The message to send
+const message = Buffer.from('analog_read_1_blox_2=115'); // construct value dynamically in your own code
+// The target port and broadcast address
+const PORT = 49160;
+const BROADCAST_ADDR = '255.255.255.255';
+// Send the message
+client.send(message, 0, message.length, PORT, BROADCAST_ADDR, (err) => {
+  if (err) {
+    console.error(`Error sending message: ${err}`);
+  } else {
+    console.log('Message broadcasted successfully');
+  }
+  client.close();
+});
+</code>
+For example: Receiving via a custom nodejs program
+<code>
+const dgram = require('dgram');
+// Create a UDP socket for the server
+const server = dgram.createSocket('udp4');
+// Define the port to listen on
+const PORT = 49160;
+// Event listener for when the server receives a message
+server.on('message', (msg, rinfo) => {
+  const message = msg.toString();
+  const keyValue = message.split('=');
+  // Check if the message is in the expected format
+  if (keyValue.length === 2 && keyValue[0] === 'analog_read_1_blox_2') {
+    const value = keyValue[1];
+    console.log(`Received analog_read_1_blox_2 value: ${value}`);
+    // do something with the value
+  }
+});
+// Event listener for when the server starts listening
+server.on('listening', () => {
+  const address = server.address();
+  console.log(`Server listening on ${address.address}:${address.port}`);
+});
+// Bind the server to the port
+server.bind(PORT);
+</code>

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