By default, sgcWebSockets library use WebSockets as protocol, but from version sgcWebSockets 4.2.0 you can configure library to work as plain TCP Server and Client.

Client

There is a property in client component called: Specifications.RFC6455, by default is active. If you disable this property and try to connect to a server, client will use plain TCP protocol.

 Client.Specifications.RFC6455 := False;

Server

Every time a new connection is created in server, server tries to identify if it's a websocket connection, HTTP request... if a connection can't be identified, by default is closed. You can use OnUnknownProtocol event to accept none websocket connections

 procedure OnUnknownProtocol(Connection: TsgcWSConnection; var Accept: Boolean);

begin

  Accept := True;

end;