Problems Sending ControlP5+oscP5 Messages From Processing To MaxMSP - Any Possible Advice?

Greetings

i am trying to send messages from processing to max, but i am not being able to do so. you can find my code below. any feedback would be highly appreciated

import controlP5.*;
import oscP5.*;
import netP5.*;

ControlP5 cp5;
OscP5 oscP5;
NetAddress oscAddress;

int myColor = color(0, 0, 0);

int numSliders = 10;
int numColumns = 2;
int sliderTicks1 = 100;
int sliderTicks2 = 30;

void setup() {
  size(700, 400);
  noStroke();
  cp5 = new ControlP5(this);
  
  // Initialize the OSC objects
  oscP5 = new OscP5(this, 12000); // Listen on port 12000
  oscAddress = new NetAddress("127.0.0.1", 57120); // IP address and port of the OSC server

  for (int col = 0; col < numColumns; col++) {
    for (int row = 0; row < numSliders; row++) {
      cp5.addSlider("Slider_" + col + "_" + row)
         .setPosition(100 + col * (width / numColumns), 50 + (20 * row))
         .setRange(0, 255)
         .setValue(255/2) // Set the initial value
         ;
    }
  }

  // Create a NumBox
  cp5.addNumberbox("myNumBox")
    .setPosition(width*0.4, height*0.75)
    .setSize(100, 30)
    .setRange(1, 10) // Set the allowable range for input values
    .setValue(5)     // Set the initial value
    ;
}

void draw() {
  background(sliderTicks1);

  fill(myColor);
  rect(0, 280, width, 70);

  fill(sliderTicks2);
  rect(0, 350, width, 50);
}

void controlEvent(ControlEvent event) {
  if (event.isController()) {
    String controllerName = event.getController().getName();
    float value = event.getController().getValue();
    
    // Send OSC message based on the controller name
    if (controllerName.startsWith("Slider")) {
      sendSliderOSC(controllerName, value);
    } else if (controllerName.equals("myNumBox")) {
      sendNumBoxOSC(value);
    }
  }
}

void sendSliderOSC(String sliderName, float value) {
  try {
    // Extract slider index from the controller name
    int sliderIndex = Integer.parseInt(sliderName.split("_")[1]);

    // Send OSC message when a slider value changes
    OscMessage msg = new OscMessage("/slider");
    msg.add(sliderIndex); // Include slider index in the message
    msg.add(value); // Include the new slider value
    oscP5.send(msg, oscAddress);

    // Debugging statement
    println("Sent OSC: " + msg);
  } catch (Exception e) {
    println("Error sending OSC message for slider " + sliderName + ": " + e.getMessage());
    e.printStackTrace();
  }
}

void sendNumBoxOSC(float value) {
  try {
    // Send OSC message when the number box value changes
    OscMessage msg = new OscMessage("/numbox");
    msg.add(value); // Include the new number box value
    oscP5.send(msg, oscAddress);
  }  catch (Exception e) {
    println("Error sending OSC message for numbox: " + e.getMessage());
    e.printStackTrace();
  }
}

by the way, if this is relevant, here is my MaxMSP code…
cheers


----------begin_max5_patcher----------
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YiPbC1zPH3ARy6Seae5OVee61gCbfK3aHEPvMfW.NNaUJNFMshSsfCLCuINE
WXRDxHevWrB5VMmjrQZzKSxEjXBcMA3G344At6wGt84c4QSLYoV5UAy1olik
wuQYKeUsTo8b36McjmKHHJPO3OYlIRE.lWuJVYFkkRjlCj+dp7RYCYql7ybh
c+gPvbyTeMbfdTM31a3yHEE3kjlzmyERK2sQrO5nDOKbTnlQeMpQQc.bvkEv
9sAbTe9BeIx6gtcmKnLYajhBOFpAHy0WDxfJJ3ucW16Lhyji9kaJ5eFNndbQ
7hCG9HgZ+IfwEozDh.LVYndqZqWZe3yy1J0h4uGPzgqzbs+tuLM8Ib76DYyZ
OqWvTJqwKMlirdhe7mTAuTDW6QU6DvdG5DRgjxvRJmsWR5mUzYc3OG81Oc+5
ypg0aUGFd57qO1gPmT+76zuImT+B5zuvV8q5BKNOeMQTTsDqUpx2UbgN9ZWa
LkYiCswBxZZ8RhrRXgprTppIKElSHbSTUOVXFWUcyJolZOkhFVs0lNDLr5s2
brEKSmjgCTI7M.ixgXJ
-----------end_max5_patcher-----------

I already figured out the solution to the problem. what was wrong was the port in max. rather then receiving on port 12000 i should be receiving on port 57120
cheers