//the ignore connection flag will prevent reinitilization of the connection if the connection is not null
public void Start(bool ignoreconn = false)
{
FileTextLogger.logger.AppendLog("REM - Starting");
if (expconn != null && !ignoreconn)
{
Stop();
}
if (expconn == null)
{
expconn = new RemoteExpanderConnection(device_id, DeviceServerTracker.DeviceServerHostInfo);
}
//write the base state
ExpanderState bs_copy;
lock (base_state_lock)
bs_copy = new ExpanderState(base_state);
Task.Run(() =>
{
WriteExpanders(new bool[] { true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true },
new bool[] { true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true },
bs_copy.Expander0State,
bs_copy.Expander1State);
});
GenerateWorkers();
FileTextLogger.logger.AppendLog("REM - Started");
}
public void Stop(bool ignoreconn = false)
{
monitor_stop = true;
Task.Delay(1000);
if (expconn != null && !ignoreconn)
{
//while (expconn.Busy)
// await Task.Delay(100);
//expconn.Stop();
expconn = null;
}
//lock (expander_state_lock)
// expst = null;
}