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3)     <title>Blinker - UDPv4 Sender</title>
4)   </head>
5)   <body>
6)     <h1>Blinker - UDPv4 Sender</h1>
7)     <p>
8)       The UDPv4 sender module sends a stream using UDP version 4 across
9)       a network.
10)       It supports the static and dynamic variants of the BLP, EBLP and MCUF
11)       protocols.
12)     </p>
13)     <h2>Configuration</h2>
14)     <p>
15)       The configuration of the UDPv4 senderr module with name <code>NAME</code>
16)       is located in the <code>udp4senders/NAME</code> subdirectory.
17)     </p>
18)     <h3>Input Stream</h3>
19)     <p>
20)       The file <code>instream</code> contains the name of the stream to
21)       read.
22)       The frames received from this stream are sent over the network.
23)     </p>
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24)     <h3>Protocol</h3>
25)     <p>
26)       The protcol to use is configured in the file <code>protocol</code>.
27)       It can contain the string <code>blp</code>, <code>eblp</code> or
28)       <code>mcuf</code> to select the BLP, EBLP or MCUF protocol respectively.
29)     </p>
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30)     <h3>Bind Address</h3>
31)     <p>
32)       The file <code>bind</code> contains the local address to bind to.
33)       It must contain the IP address and the port, i.e. a string
34)       <code>&lt;IP&gt;:&lt;port&gt;</code> (hostnames are not supported).
35)       If the local address should be determined automatically, the file
36)       can contain <code>0.0.0.0:0</code>.
37)     </p>
38)     <h3>Static Destinations</h3>
39)     <p>
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40)       Static destinations to supply with a network stream in the configured
41)       protocol can be configured in the subdirectory <code>destinations</code>.
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42) 
43)       Each static destination is configured in an own subdirectory.
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44)       E.g. the configuration for a static destination with name
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45)       <code>local</code> resides in the subdirectory
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46)       <code>destinations/local</code>.
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47)     </p>
48)     <p>
49)       The configuration inside a static destination consists of the following
50)       settings:
51)     </p>
52)     <h4>Destination address</h4>
53)     <p>
54)       The file <code>addr</code> contains the destination address
55)       as a string <code>&lt;IP&gt;:&lt;port&gt;</code>