Adds example of GenericQueue on EssentialsPluginTemplateDevice and up…

…dates dependency version to 1.7.5

PDT.EssentialsPluginTemplate.EPI/EssentialsPluginTemplateDevice.cs

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 using PepperDash.Core;
 using PepperDash.Essentials.Core;
 using PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Bridges;
+using PepperDash_Essentials_Core.Queues;
+
 
 namespace EssentialsPluginTemplate
 {
@@ -24,6 +26,11 @@ public class EssentialsPluginTemplateDevice : EssentialsBridgeableDevice
         /// </summary>
         private EssentialsPluginConfigObjectTemplate _config;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Provides a queue and dedicated worker thread for processing feedback messages from a device.
+        /// </summary>
+        private GenericQueue ReceiveQueue;
+
         #region IBasicCommunication Properties and Constructor.  Remove if not needed.
 
         // TODO [ ] Add, modify, remove properties and fields as needed for the plugin being developed
@@ -100,6 +107,8 @@ public EssentialsPluginTemplateDevice(string key, string name, EssentialsPluginC
 
 			_config = config;
 
+            ReceiveQueue = new GenericQueue(key + "-rxqueue");  // If you need to set the thread priority, use one of the available overloaded constructors.
+
 			ConnectFeedback = new BoolFeedback(() => Connect);
 			OnlineFeedback = new BoolFeedback(() => _commsMonitor.IsOnline);
 			StatusFeedback = new IntFeedback(() => (int)_commsMonitor.Status);
@@ -149,7 +158,9 @@ private void socket_ConnectionChange(object sender, GenericSocketStatusChageEven
 		private void Handle_LineRecieved(object sender, GenericCommMethodReceiveTextArgs args)
 		{
 			// TODO [ ] Implement method 
-			throw new System.NotImplementedException();
+
+            // Enqueues the message to be processed in a dedicated thread, but the specified method
+            ReceiveQueue.Enqueue(new ProcessStringMessage(args.Text, ProcessFeedbackMessage));
 		}
 
         // TODO [ ] If not using an HEX/byte based API with no delimeter,  delete the method below
@@ -166,6 +177,15 @@ void Handle_TextReceived(object sender, GenericCommMethodReceiveTextArgs e)
             throw new System.NotImplementedException();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This method should perform any necessary parsing of feedback messages from the device
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="message"></param>
+        void ProcessFeedbackMessage(string message)
+        {
+
+        }
+
 
 		// TODO [ ] If not using an ACII based API, delete the properties below
 		/// <summary>

PDT.EssentialsPluginTemplate.EPI/EssentialsPluginTemplateFactory.cs

@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public EssentialsPluginFactoryCrestronDeviceTemplate()
         {
             // Set the minimum Essentials Framework Version
             // TODO [ ] Update the Essentials minimum framework version which this plugin has been tested against
-            MinimumEssentialsFrameworkVersion = "1.6.4";
+            MinimumEssentialsFrameworkVersion = "1.7.5";
 
             // In the constructor we initialize the list with the typenames that will build an instance of this device
             // TODO [ ] Update the TypeNames for the plugin being developed

packages.config

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <packages>
-  <package id="PepperDashEssentials" version="1.6.4" targetFramework="net35" allowedVersions="[1.0,2.0)"/>
+  <package id="PepperDashEssentials" version="1.7.5" targetFramework="net35" allowedVersions="[1.0,2.0)"/>
 </packages>