Questions:

How do you send strings to a device using a TCP connection in Muse Automator?
Answer:

The follow example will show how to send string to an IP Device using both Change Nodes and Function Nodes which connect to a TCP Request Node.
The TCP Server in this example is mainly to provide some feedback for the example strings that are sent but it does show the basic setup of the TCP IN and TCP REPLY Nodes as well.
Import the snippet below into Muse Automator to see the example.
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Muse Automator: send strings to TCP device example

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