/// <summary>
/// Starts the beacon broadcast. Clients will use this beacon to connect to the system.
/// </summary>
private void StartBeaconThread()
{
string localIP = GetInternalIP();
//string bkey = commands[2] + "~" + localIP;
//NetworkCommand nc = new NetworkCommand(NetworkCommand.CommandTypes.CommSystem);
//nc.IpAddress = localIP;
CommSystem cs = new CommSystem(localIP);
string broadcastIP = GetBroadcastAddress(localIP);
EntryOutput(">> Beacon started on IP " + localIP + " and port " + commPort);
IPEndPoint ip = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse(broadcastIP), commPort);
try
{
while (CheckRunBeacon)
{
beaconUDP = new UdpClient();
Thread.Sleep(1000);
byte[] bytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(cs.ToJson());
beaconUDP.Send(bytes, bytes.Length, ip);
beaconUDP.Close();
}
} catch (SocketException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.StackTrace);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Triggered when a beacon is found on the network. Begins the connection process.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ar">AsyncResult from the beacon being triggered.</param>
private void BeaconFound(IAsyncResult ar)
{
if (!CheckRunBeacon)
{
try
{
IPEndPoint endpoint = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, commPort);
byte[] bytes = beaconUDP.EndReceive(ar, ref endpoint);
string msg = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes);
//NetworkCommand nc = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<NetworkCommand>(msg);
MessageInterface mi = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <MessageInterface>(msg);
if (mi.Type == "CommSystem")
{
CommSystem cs = (CommSystem)mi;
beaconIP = cs.IPAddress;
ConnectToServer(beaconIP);
}
/*if(nc.Type == NetworkCommand.CommandTypes.CommSystem)
* {
* beaconIP = nc.IpAddress;
* ConnectToServer(beaconIP);
* }*/
}
catch (ObjectDisposedException)
{
EntryOutput("Error 2");
}
catch (NullReferenceException)
{
EntryOutput("Error 3");
}
catch (ArgumentException)
{
EntryOutput("Error 4");
}
}
}