How do I send a command to APCs Via mechcomp

[Mikeistaken]

Post transfered directly from the discord question segment cause I didn't get an answer

how to I send a message via mechcomp to apcs, I've been having a lot of issues because...

1) when I use aa button component to send data to the pnet component, the pnet changes all the ; into &, which is normally fine, but using the apc connections they need to be separate
2) the packet sniffer changes them all back to ; which was just confusing
3) to add to confusion while the button panels change all & to & (pnet don't like that combination) regular buttons change & back to just &

sorry, this might have been a little bit of a rant and a little bit asking for help

[Dgames_Crew]

1) when I use aa button component to send data to the pnet component, the pnet changes all the ; into &, which is normally fine, but using the apc connections they need to be separate

If I remember correctly, the way to get around the ampersand being converted was to use a URL encoded pattern for the &, which is: %26

So in the APC example on the wiki:

Code:

sender=02003c12;address_1=02006754;command=term_message;data=command=setmode&light=0&environ=0;

...becomes (by replacing all & with %26)

Code:

sender=02003c12;address_1=02006754;command=term_message;data=command=setmode%26light=0%26environ=0;

[Mikeistaken]

Hmm, that seems logical, so I'll give it a shot when I get the chance, thanks for trying help

EDIT: I do also have a mild complaint that the networks and components are not standardized with each other and I'd like to perhaps see one day a fix for it

[Chasu]

Actually, I think the %26 method is obsolete, as characters can now be escaped with a backslash; so you can replace %26 with \&