So what next?  Now that you've got the basics of sending and receiving messages, you're ready to get down to business.  You'll probably want to browse the list of all the OSC messages that the Make Controller Kit knows how to respond to, and experiment with including them in your patches. Check the OSC reference for the master list of messages, and have at it!

Troubleshooting

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Perhaps things didn't go all that smoothly.  Here are a few common things to double check.

• If you're communicating via Ethernet, make sure you haven't left mchelper open at the same time.  It will try to listen to the same port that Max will, and only one at a time will work.
• If you're communicating over Ethernet, make sure you can successfully communicate with the board over the network in mchelper before attempting it in Max.  This can sometimes be tricky depending on your setup, and it's usually best to strip down to just mchelper and the board to get it working.
• Make sure you've downloaded, unpacked, and installed the external objects (mc.usb and the OSC objects) properly.  Carefully follow the directions included with each of those downloads, and go back and reinstall if you're having any issues.
  

If you're still stuck, post to the forum, or come chat on IRC in #makingthings on irc.freenode.net and ask for help.