# Real time Controller

**URL:** <https://forum.p4.org/t/real-time-controller/1124>\
**Category:** Getting Started with P4\
**Created:** [March 7, 2024, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.p4.org/t/real-time-controller/1124 "2024-03-07T10:31:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![andyfingerhut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.p4.org/andyfingerhut/32/17_2.png) [@andyfingerhut](https://forum.p4.org/u/andyfingerhut)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.p4.org/t/real-time-controller/1124/17 "2024-03-11T17:05:18Z")

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Here is a posting linking to a recently-published example of a P4 program that runs on the BMv2 software switch, and a controller program written in Python, that does not use Mininet: [A simple P4 program plus controller in Python for demonstrating PacketIn messages from switch to controller](https://forum.p4.org/t/a-simple-p4-program-plus-controller-in-python-for-demonstrating-packetin-messages-from-switch-to-controller/1132)

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