void foo()
{
io_service io_svc;
serial_port ser_port(io_svc, "your string here");
deadline_timer timeout(io_svc);
unsigned char my_buffer[1];
bool data_available = false;
ser_port.async_read_some(boost::asio::buffer(my_buffer),
boost::bind(&read_callback, boost::ref(data_available), boost::ref(timeout),
boost::asio::placeholders::error,
boost::asio::placeholders::bytes_transferred));
timeout.expires_from_now(boost::posix_time::milliseconds(<<your_timeout_here>>));
timeout.async_wait(boost::bind(&wait_callback, boost::ref(ser_port),
boost::asio::placeholders::error));
io_svc.run(); // will block until async callbacks are finished
if (!data_available)
{
kick_start_the_device();
}
}
void read_callback(bool& data_available, deadline_timer& timeout, const boost::system::error_code& error, std::size_t bytes_transferred)
{
if (error || !bytes_transferred)
{
// No data was read!
data_available = false;
return;
}
timeout.cancel(); // will cause wait_callback to fire with an error
data_available = true;
}
void wait_callback(serial_port& ser_port, const boost::system::error_code& error)
{
if (error)
{
// Data was read and this timeout was canceled
return;
}
ser_port.cancel(); // will cause read_callback to fire with an error
}
boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket socket(io_service);
...
boost::asio::socket_base::non_blocking_io command(true);
socket.io_control(command);
boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket socket(io_service);
...
boost::asio::socket_base::bytes_readable command(true);
socket.io_control(command);
std::size_t bytes_readable = command.get();