Android :: Monkey Usage With Scripts - Network Control Not Working

I am trying to do 2 things with monkey

1. Execute a script with a command like

adb shell monkey -p MY_PACKAGE --setup scriptfile -f /sdcard/ mon_script1.txt 1

where mon_script.txt contains a few touch commands. After I execute this, I see nothing happening on the screen. It even does not give me the "Number of events injected message". I have verified that my touch co-ordinates fall over actual UI elements.

This is the script file I am using

tap 79 29 tap 100 100 tap 200 200 tap 300 300 quit

2. Execute Monkey Network control to type commands individually. I start up monkey to listen to a port and use PuTTY to send commands. I get "OK" return messages, but nothing happens on the screen.

Whenever I use monkey in the random mode, I see interaction on the screen. But I need to get one of the above 2 methods to work. I have seen the sources of monkey and nothing seems to be wrong. Has anyone used monkey in the above described way? If so, please tell me what I am doing wrong.