// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Invoked whenever the CammaController gameobject is deactivated.
// It stops and destroys the thread that was reading from the camma 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 cammaThread 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 (cammaThread != null)
{
cammaThread.RequestStop();
cammaThread = null;
}
// This reference shouldn't be null at this point anyway.
if (thread != null)
{
thread.Join();
thread = null;
}
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Invoked whenever the CammaController gameobject is activated.
// It creates a new thread that tries to connect to the camma device
// and start reading from it.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
void OnEnable()
{
cammaThread = new CammaThreadBinaryDelimited(portName,
baudRate,
reconnectionDelay,
maxUnreadMessages,
separator);
thread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(cammaThread.RunForever));
thread.Start();
}