gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import socket
import zlib
import numpy as np

WIDTH = 256
HEIGHT = 128

buf = np.zeros(WIDTH * HEIGHT * 3 + 1, np.uint8)
buf[0] = 1

for i in range(1, len(buf)):
    buf[i] = 255

sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET,socket.SO_SNDBUF,int(256 * 128 * 3))

compBuf = zlib.compress(buf.tostring())

print(ord(buf.tostring()[0]))

sock.sendto(compBuf, ("192.168.1.189", 9999))

print(ord(zlib.decompress(compBuf)[0]))