B4J Question Socket library - events handle

[woniol]

I'm trying to comunicate with alarm system using socket library.

I would like to open socket connection, send command and get the response.
I would like to have open connection all the time my program runs.

My question is how to properly open socket connection, handle socket and AStream_Error (or AStream_Terminated) events and other situations that can close the connection like astream time out.

First of all here ale some code examples i use:

Sub Class_Globals
    Private AStreams As AsyncStreams
    Private client As Socket

Sub Connect
    Main.AppLog("Satel:: Connecting..."&IP&":3000 ")
    If client.Connected = False Then
        client.Initialize("client")
        Try
            client.Connect(IP, Port, 3000)
        Catch
            Main.AppLog("Satel:: Connection problem: "&LastException.Message)
        End Try
    End If
End Sub

Sub client_Connected (Successful As Boolean)
    ReconnectTimer.Enabled = False
    If AStreams.IsInitialized Then AStreams.Close
    If Successful Then
        Main.AppLog("Satel:: Connected")
        Try
            AStreams.Initialize(client.InputStream, client.OutputStream, "AStreams")
            Main.AppLog("Satel:: AStreams_Initialized")
            GetArmedZones
        Catch
            Main.AppLog("Satel:: AStreams_Initialize Problem: "&LastException.Message)
        End Try
    End If
End Sub

Sub AStreams_Error
    If Sender <> AStreams Then Return
    Main.AppLog("Satel:: AStreams_Error "&LastException.Message)
    client.Close
    ReconnectTimer.Enabled = True
End Sub

Sub AStreams_Terminated
    If Sender <> AStreams Then Return
    Main.AppLog("Satel:: AStreams_Terminated")
    client.Close
    ReconnectTimer.Enabled = True
End Sub

Private Sub ReconnectTimer_Tick
    Main.AppLog("Satel:: ReconnectTimer_Tick ")
    If Not(client.Connected) Then
        Main.AppLog("Satel:: Reconnecting by timer ")
        Connect
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub ReconnectTimer_Tick
    Main.AppLog("Satel:: ReconnectTimer_Tick ")
    If Not(client.Connected) Then
        Main.AppLog("Satel:: Reconnecting by timer ")
        Connect
    End If
End Sub

I run a timer that to check socket. every 5 seconds
I'm note sure if i shoud reInitialize client i connect sub and if i should run client.close in AStreams_Terminated and AStreams_Error

 

[Erel]

Are you still setting the socket timeout value? You shouldn't set it if you want to keep the connection open.

Your code looks correct.

 

[woniol]

Here is what the module manual says:

NT-RS module returns an answer on every command - function result or 0xEF result (described below), so after sending any
command to the module please wait for answer before sending the next one (or give the module e.g. 3 seconds time-out).

so far i send new command in AStreams_NewData event
but from time to time AStreams_NewData event is not rised, there is no response form the server.
What's why i tried setting timeout.

 

[Erel]

You can try to "ping" the module every x seconds. If there is no reply then close the connection and create a new one.

 

[woniol]

I'm not sure if I can send some kind of "ping" to the module. If command is not recogniszed there is no response.
What do You think of enabling timer i while sending command and disabling it in AStreams_NewData event, and close the connection and create a new one in timer_tick event?

 

[Erel]

It is a good idea.