Hi!
The code below perfectly reads characters from the serial line
for 6 seconds. The termination of the thread and a reopening
of the connection then fails.
What am i missing here?
Markus
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// TestBoostAsio.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
//
#include "stdafx.h"
//int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
//{
// return 0;
//}
/* minicom.cpp
A simple demonstration minicom client with Boost asio
Parameters:
baud rate
serial port (eg /dev/ttyS0 or COM1)
To end the application, send Ctrl-C on standard input
*/
#include <deque>
#include <iostream>
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include <iostream>
#ifdef POSIX
#include
#endif
using namespace std;
class minicom_client
{
public:
minicom_client(boost::asio::io_service& io_service,
unsigned int baud,
const string& device)
: active_(true),
io_service_(io_service),
serialPort(io_service, device)
{
if (!serialPort.is_open())
{
cerr << "Failed to open serial port\n";
return;
}
boost::asio::serial_port_base::baud_rate baud_option(baud);
serialPort.set_option(baud_option); // set the baud rate after
the port has been opened
read_start();
}
void write(const char msg) // pass the write data to the do_write
function via the io service in the other thread
{
io_service_.post(boost::bind(&minicom_client::do_write, this,
msg));
}
void close() // call the do_close function via the io service in the
other thread
{
io_service_.post(boost::bind(&minicom_client::do_close, this,
boost::system::error_code()));
}
bool active() // return true if the socket is still active
{
return active_;
}
private:
static const int max_read_length = 512; // maximum amount of data to
read in one operation
void read_start(void)
{ // Start an asynchronous read and call read_complete when it
completes or fails
serialPort.async_read_some(boost::asio::buffer(read_msg_,
max_read_length),
boost::bind
(&minicom_client::read_complete,
this,
boost::asio::placeholders::error,
boost::asio::placeholders::bytes_transferred));
}
void read_complete(const boost::system::error_code& error, size_t
bytes_transferred)
{ // the asynchronous read operation has now completed or failed and
returned an error
if (!error)
{ // read completed, so process the data
cout.write(read_msg_, bytes_transferred); // echo to
standard output
read_start(); // start waiting for another asynchronous
read again
}
else
do_close(error);
}
void do_write(const char msg)
{ // callback to handle write call from outside this class
bool write_in_progress = !write_msgs_.empty(); // is there
anything currently being written?
write_msgs_.push_back(msg); // store in write buffer
if (!write_in_progress) // if nothing is currently being
written, then start
write_start();
}
void write_start(void)
{ // Start an asynchronous write and call write_complete when it
completes or fails
boost::asio::async_write(serialPort,
boost::asio::buffer(&write_msgs_.front(), 1),
boost::bind
(&minicom_client::write_complete,
this,
boost::asio::placeholders::error));
}
void write_complete(const boost::system::error_code& error)
{ // the asynchronous read operation has now completed or failed and
returned an error
if (!error)
{ // write completed, so send next write data
write_msgs_.pop_front(); // remove the completed data
if (!write_msgs_.empty()) // if there is anthing left
to be written
write_start(); // then start sending the next
item in the buffer
}
else
do_close(error);
}
void do_close(const boost::system::error_code& error)
{ // something has gone wrong, so close the socket & make this object
inactive
if (error == boost::asio::error::operation_aborted) // if this
call is the result of a timer cancel()
return; // ignore it because the connection cancelled
the timer
if (error)
cerr << "Error: " << error.message() << endl; // show
the error message
else
cout << "Error: Connection did not succeed.\n";
cout << "Press Enter to exit\n";
serialPort.close();
active_ = false;
}
private:
bool active_; // remains true while this object is still operating
boost::asio::io_service& io_service_; // the main IO service that runs
this connection
boost::asio::serial_port serialPort; // the serial port this instance
is connected to
char read_msg_[max_read_length]; // data read from the socket
deque<char> write_msgs_; // buffered write data
};
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
// on Unix POSIX based systems, turn off line buffering of input, so cin.get()
returns after every keypress
// On other systems, you'll need to look for an equivalent
#ifdef POSIX
termios stored_settings;
tcgetattr(0, &stored_settings);
termios new_settings = stored_settings;
new_settings.c_lflag &= (~ICANON);
new_settings.c_lflag &= (~ISIG); // don't automatically handle control-
C
tcsetattr(0, TCSANOW, &new_settings);
#endif
try
{
if (argc != 3)
{
cerr << "Usage: minicom <baud> <device>\n";
return 1;
}
boost::asio::io_service io_service;
// define an instance of the main class of this program
minicom_client c(io_service, boost::lexical_cast<unsigned int>
(argv[1]), argv[2]);
// run the IO service as a separate thread, so the main thread
can block on standard input
while (true) // PROBLEM: reentering this loop fails - why?
{
boost::thread t(boost::bind
(&boost::asio::io_service::run, &io_service));
boost::asio::io_service io;
boost::asio::deadline_timer timer(io,
boost::posix_time::seconds(3));
timer.wait();
c.write('a');
boost::asio::deadline_timer timer2(io,
boost::posix_time::seconds(3));
timer2.wait();
//while (c.active()) // check the internal state of the
connection to make sure it's still running
//{
// char ch;
// cin.get(ch); // blocking wait for standard
input
// if (ch == 32) // ctrl-C to end program
// break;
// c.write(ch);
//}
c.close(); // close the minicom client connection
t.join(); // wait for the IO service thread to close
std::cout << "-------------------" << std::endl;
}
}
catch (exception& e)
{
cerr << "Exception: " << e.what() << "\n";
}
#ifdef POSIX // restore default buffering of standard input
tcsetattr(0, TCSANOW, &stored_settings);
#endif
return 0;
}
