//the ignore connection flag will prevent reinitilization of the connection if the connection is not null
public async Task Start(bool ignoreconn)
{
if (expconn != null && !ignoreconn)
{
await Stop();
}
if (expconn == null)
{
expconn = new LocalExpanderConnection(connprop);
}
//write the base state
ExpanderState bs_copy;
lock (base_state_lock)
bs_copy = new ExpanderState(base_state);
await 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);
monitor_task = GenerateMonitor();
monitor_task.Start();
}
public async Task Stop(bool ignoreconn)
{
if (monitor_task != null)
{
monitor_stop = true;
while (monitor_task.Status == TaskStatus.Running)
{
await Task.Delay(100);
}
}
if (expconn != null && !ignoreconn)
{
while (expconn.Busy)
{
await Task.Delay(100);
}
expconn.Stop();
expconn = null;
}
lock (expander_state_lock)
expst = null;
}
