serialconnectivity.h

00001 // test connectivity to a [serial] device at a [baudrate];
00002 // Assumes that you can figure out a [challenge] (command ...) to
00003 // which the device will answer with a unique [ack] in [timeOutMsec] milliseconds.
00004 // If [successThresh] or more [challenge]es are answered by an [ack]
00005 //
00006 // Limitations: amount of data expected before timeOutMsec should be
00007 // reasonably small
00008 //
00009 // returns 0 for Success; -1 for failure
00010 bool testConnectivity(
00011         std::string &challenge,
00012         std::string &ack,
00013         gbxserialacfr::Serial& serial,
00014         int timeOutMsec,
00015         int numTry,
00016         int successThresh,
00017         int baudrate);