Element: channel.binary

Type

numeric

Description

Whether or not channel is open for binary communication. If the channel was created with the channel -li=<port> command, this value will always be 1. For all other types of channel except socket channels its value will be 0. Socket channels are created with the channel -ip=<host:port> command.

Socket channels have the ability to be switched between text and binary mode. When in text mode, a socket channel will expect incoming data in the form of lines of text terminated by a '\n'. When in binary mode, a socket channel behaves like a listening channel and will interpret any input data on the channel as binary Fire Hose protocol packets to be executed asynchronously. Only a socket channel opened for read/write may have its mode switched in this manner.

Binary channels have restricted functionality regarding the type of data which can be sent and received. Information on the channel is formatted using Fire Hose Protocol data packets.

Notes

This element can only be changed for socket channels.