# \#bindingtcp

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## [Can't get TCP Binding to send a simple word](https://community.openhab.org/t/cant-get-tcp-binding-to-send-a-simple-word/10233)

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**Author:** [@kevin](https://community.openhab.org/u/kevin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/cant-get-tcp-binding-to-send-a-simple-word/10233 "2017-05-20T20:51:26Z")

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I’ve just started playing with the TCP binding which I want it use to telnet into my Media Center PC, and then send the word “standby” to put it to sleep. This works however after a reboot of Openhab, it fills its logs w…

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## [Opinion on TCP binding enhancement?](https://community.openhab.org/t/opinion-on-tcp-binding-enhancement/14176)

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**Author:** [@watou](https://community.openhab.org/u/watou)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/opinion-on-tcp-binding-enhancement/14176 "2016-09-24T15:21:15Z")

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A user has kindly contributed this PR to add a useful feature to the TCP binding (old 1.x binding), to eliminate the burden of putting a transformation in the binding config string, when all you want to do is send a lite…