RE: Re: xPL announcement/description protocol -- was xPLDiag

["Tony Tofts" <tony@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Even if an app is
> already configured and starts straight away, if it starts
> before the hub it could be up to 9 minutes before the hub
> receives the next hbeat from the app and starts sending xPL
> messages to it - and that is not good.

I agree it's not good, but I also think it's incorrect?

1) if hub starts after the app, the next hbeat is at most 5 minutes away
(so
5 minutes max wait, assuming default interval)?

2) hubs are mean't to restore the list of known clients on startup, so
other
than a new app (which would be in config mode anyway) they should broadcast
to all previously known clients? Ok there are exceptions, e.g. if app
closes
first I guess this may get removed from the hub list - so I feel a more
robust method would be for hubs not to delete directly on hbeat.end, but
flag it and delete on expiry or hub exit (if this is sooner)?

Regards
Tony