Hello mqx users,
I have setup a client client socket using mqx 3.7 , to transfer data to server whenever it finds something on SD Card
I want to use KEEPALIVE feature , to let my task know that connection has been lost/reset , if it hasn't sent anything in some time , but unfortunately KEEPALIVE does not work at all.
The Algorithm is like this :
- Create a Socket
- Set KEEPALIVE Socket option // KEEP ALIVE is set to 5000 i.e 5 seconds
- Call Connect // to connect to server
- Loop Until some error occurs on socket
- Send some data // send data only if present
- Time Delay (5000) // put task to sleep for 5 Seconds using _time_delay(5000);\
- Check Socket State // using ioctl OPT_SOCKET_ERROR
- Break out of loop ( if error occurs and keep connecting until socket is connected )
I run this task and the socket connects to server , but it does not send KEEPALIVE Probes , i am capturing packets on wireshark and i only see connection establishment packets not the keep alive .
I have some queries :
- Does KEEPALIVE works when we use active sockets?
- Does KEEPALIVE has some specific requirements in mqx to make it work, like minimum time after which keepalive probes are sent.
- Does polling socket state using ioctl OPT_SOCKET_ERROR works?. i e Does it returns state if it detects some error . like Shutdown from server, connection lost etc.
Please correct me , i might be missing some important steps to make socket options work.
Regards
