Update Management

Functions
void	plughost_StartUpdateThread (struct plughost_CInstance *instance, unsigned int port)
void	plughost_StopUpdateThread (struct plughost_CInstance *instance)
int	plughost_WaitUpdateThreadReady (struct plughost_CInstance *instance, int milliseconds)

Detailed Description

Manage the process update.

Function Documentation

plughost_StartUpdateThread()

void plughost_StartUpdateThread	(	struct plughost_CInstance *	instance,
		unsigned int	port
	)

Update function

This needs to run in a thread, which can have low priority. It will also allow the JSON access via TCP.

Remarks

This function does not return until it is stopped with plughost_StopUpdateThread

Parameters

instance	the instance
port	the port to listen for incoming JSON connections. If 0, the JSON server is not accessible

plughost_StopUpdateThread()

void plughost_StopUpdateThread

(

struct plughost_CInstance *

instance

)

Stop the update thread

Parameters

instance

the processing instance

plughost_WaitUpdateThreadReady()

int plughost_WaitUpdateThreadReady	(	struct plughost_CInstance *	instance,
		int	milliseconds
	)

Wait for the update thread to be ready

Parameters

instance	the processing instance
milliseconds	maximum time to wait in milliseconds

Returns

-1 if timeout waiting for the thread, 0 if OK