public static void enableDisableBeacon(mscl.BaseStation baseStation)
{
//make sure we can ping the base station
if (!baseStation.ping())
{
Console.WriteLine("Failed to ping the Base Station");
}
if (baseStation.features().supportsBeaconStatus())
{
mscl.BeaconStatus status = baseStation.beaconStatus();
Console.WriteLine("Beacon current status: Enabled?: " + status.enabled().ToString() + " Time: " + status.timestamp());
}
Console.WriteLine("Attempting to enable the beacon...");
//enable the beacon on the Base Station using the PC time
mscl.Timestamp beaconTime = baseStation.enableBeacon();
//if we got here, no exception was thrown, so enableBeacon was successful
Console.WriteLine("Successfully enabled the beacon on the Base Station");
Console.WriteLine("Beacon's initial Timestamp: " + beaconTime.ToString());
Console.WriteLine("Beacon is active");
Console.WriteLine("Sleeping for 3 seconds...");
Thread.Sleep(3000);
//disable the beacon on the Base Station
baseStation.disableBeacon();
//if we got here, no exception was thrown, so disableBeacon was successful
Console.WriteLine("Successfully disabled the beacon on the Base Station");
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
//create a Serial Connection with the specified COM Port, default baud rate of 921600
mscl.Connection connection = mscl.Connection.Serial(COM_PORT);
//create a BaseStation with the connection
mscl.BaseStation baseStation = new mscl.BaseStation(connection);
//make sure we can ping the base station
if (!baseStation.ping())
{
Console.WriteLine("Failed to ping the Base Station");
}
Console.WriteLine("Attempting to enable the beacon...");
//enable the beacon on the Base Station using the PC time
mscl.Timestamp beaconTime = baseStation.enableBeacon();
//if we got here, no exception was thrown, so enableBeacon was successful
Console.WriteLine("Successfully enabled the beacon on the Base Station");
Console.WriteLine("Beacon's initial Timestamp: " + beaconTime.ToString());
Console.WriteLine("Beacon is active");
Console.WriteLine("Sleeping for 3 seconds...");
Thread.Sleep(3000);
//disable the beacon on the Base Station
baseStation.disableBeacon();
//if we got here, no exception was thrown, so disableBeacon was successful
Console.WriteLine("Successfully disabled the beacon on the Base Station");
}
catch (mscl.Error e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error: " + e.Message);
}
Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to quit...");
Console.Read();
}
