Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a set of networking protocols that permits networked devices to seamlessly discover each other's presence on the network and establish functional network services for data sharing, communications, and entertainment.
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How to publish file server service to local network?
My question is about "automatic discovery of file server service on local network".
I want to implement a service which is file server basically and publish it on local network.
Client PC which is connected to local network should find this service…

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UPnP AV Remote Control in Java or C#
I need to create some kind of remote control that can interact with a UPnP media server.
I've read that there are kind of like three applications for the UPnP AV stack: media server, media renderer, control point. At first, I thought that a control…

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Is "Platinum UPnP" open source library a good option to implement a DLNA system on a linux based system?
I am thinking of implementing my own DLNA system on my linux based systems. Is "Platinum UPnP" library a good option for this.
What I found is "Platinum UPnP" library is quite big in size.
Are there any other open source UPnP (DLNA) libraries…

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ESP8266 UPnP Port Forwarding - IoT
Is it possible to use the UPNP protocol for automatic port forwarding on the router using ESP8266?
I need to be able to access my ESP8266 module even when I am away from home.
Currently I have configured port forwarding manually in my router…

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UPnP discovery, description inside Javascript
I am looking to get UPnP device discovery, description done in Javascript - either in standalone browser environment or in NodeJS
Towards that, I tried below two solutions but both did not work for me. Details -
1]NodeJS…

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UPnP subscription renewal fails on the device
When I try to renew the UPnP event subscription on the device, I have an 412 HTTP Error: Precondition Failed, bad SID.
This error occurs only on one device, all other devices works fine.
Buggy device is an D-Link XTreme N GIGABIT Router DIR-655…

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Possible to create a zeroconf service with Delphi XE5?
Working on an appliance and would like to support zero configuration feature. That way users can look for the device on the network and simply double click an icon to access the web interface without having to configure it or know its ip…

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Upnp library for python
I have written an application in python 2.7. Now I have to add a feature in it, in which it will find the list of DMRs available in the network and then user will select the device from the list and send data from the application to the device.
For…

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Can Arduino with WiFi Shield send UDP message using multicast IP?
I have an Arduino Uno R3 with a WiFi shield. The WiFi shield has the most current firmware (V1.1.0). In short, I am trying to communicate with the Arduino from an Android smartphone. I have successfully been able to do this locally by using local…

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MiniUPnP documentation
Anywhere I can find some documentation of MiniUPnP?
For example, some doc explains what the parameters of this function are.
LIBSPEC int
UPNP_AddPortMapping(const char * controlURL, const char * servicetype,
const char *…

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How to subscribe to UPnP events
This should really be a simple HttpRequestMessage question for most. I'm trying to send a subscription request to a UPnP device as described in section 4.1.2 of the UPnP Device Architecture doc and the message I need to send is supposed to look like…

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How to implement SSDP / UPnP? Trying to use Sony's camera API
I'm a total beginner to HTTP requests, but I'd like to write a Python app that uses Sony's API for controlling its Wi-Fi cameras. For now, I'm just trying to talk to the camera at all, but my get request keeps failing. I have all the docs (the UPnP…

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How to post a specific UPnP actions with argument using the upnpx library for iOS?
I managed to successfully identify the UPnP device over WiFi. Upnpx gives easy example in the demo project. But how can I post an action @"turnDeviceOnOff" with argument @"1" to the BasicUPnPDevice?

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Which UPnP libraries for iOS are available to communicate with UPnP enabled devices over the local WiFi network?
I have found upnpx, a static OS X & iOS UPnP library written in Cocoa (UPnP) and C++ (SSDP). Is there something easier to use written or wrapped in Objective-C?
We need to communicate with an UPnP device like this:
1) Scan the network for available…

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Simply opening a port in Java
I am coding a program that necessitates having two machines talk to each other via TCP.
I have a (very) basic familiarity with the java.net Socket classes and related things. I am worried about routers/firewalls blocking the connection. All I need…

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