Does COMRIC use UDP or TCP?

COMRIC uses both UDP and TCP; in the ‘Net Cfg’ Script COMRIC can be configured to use UDP for all message traffic.

The definitions are as follows:

Control and Status Message: Point-to-Point Messages that command an application to perform a task, and status like Heartbeats.

Data Messages: Data Provider Messages (i.e. Centroids, Tracks, IFF, AIS, etc)

Radar Image: Radar Image Messages Only

The configuration levels below describe how each message type is sent:

Default: Control / Status Messages and Radar Image use TCP. Data Messages use UDP.

UDP Only: Control / Status, Radar Image and Data Messages use UDP.