com.dctl.hardware.watchdog
Class MultipleWatchdog

java.lang.Object
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public class MultipleWatchdog

extends Object

Multiple client watchdog that allows multiple threads to each strobe the watchdog

Method Summary

static int	getTimeout() Get the timeout value
boolean	isEnabled() Get the enabled state
static MultipleWatchdog	newClient() Create a new multiple watchdog client
void	setEnabled(boolean flag) Enable/disable the watchdog
static void	setTimeout(int ms) Set the timeout in milliseconds
void	strobe() Strobe the client.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

newClient

public static MultipleWatchdog newClient()

Create a new multiple watchdog client

Returns:

a client

setTimeout

public static void setTimeout(int ms)
                       throws SystemException

Set the timeout in milliseconds

Parameters:

ms - The timeout

Throws:

SystemException - if there is a problem

getTimeout

public static int getTimeout()
                      throws SystemException

Get the timeout value

Returns:

the timeout

Throws:

SystemException - if there is a problem

strobe

public void strobe()
            throws SystemException

Strobe the client. If all enabled clients have been strobed then strobe the main client

Throws:

SystemException - if there is an error

setEnabled

public void setEnabled(boolean flag)
                throws SystemException

Enable/disable the watchdog

Parameters:

flag - The value to set it to

Throws:

SystemException - if there is an error

isEnabled

public boolean isEnabled()

Get the enabled state

Returns:

true if it is enabled, false otherwise