// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Invoked whenever the SerialController gameobject is deactivated.
// It stops and destroys the thread that was reading from the serial device.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
void OnDisable()
{
// If there is a user-defined tear-down function, execute it before
// closing the underlying COM port.
if (userDefinedTearDownFunction != null)
{
userDefinedTearDownFunction();
}
// The serialThread reference should never be null at this point,
// unless an Exception happened in the OnEnable(), in which case I've
// no idea what face Unity will make.
if (serialThread != null)
{
serialThread.RequestStop();
serialThread = null;
}
// This reference shouldn't be null at this point anyway.
if (thread != null)
{
thread.Join();
thread = null;
}
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Invoked whenever the SerialController gameobject is activated.
// It creates a new thread that tries to connect to the serial device
// and start reading from it.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
void OnEnable()
{
serialThread = new SerialThreadASCIIProtocol(portName,
baudRate,
reconnectionDelay,
maxUnreadMessages);
thread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(serialThread.RunForever));
thread.Start();
}
