Force TCP/IP reconnect from Asyn/Streamdevice

[Christoph Schroeder <christoph.schroeder@helmholtz-berlin.de>]

Hi all,

I am currently struggling with a TCP/IP controlled device that has
problems with it's network stack or it's server implementation. After
some spurious retransmissions, which occurs several hours after the
connection was established, the device gives up and sends a TCP reset.
No communication after this point.

I am looking for a feasible workaround until the manufacturer can fix
this problem. Is there any way to force a reconnect of the TCP/IP
connection from Streamdevice context which I am currently using or at
least from Asyn? I would like to do this from software side without
rebooting the IOC e.g. with a cronjob.

Note: the connection still counts as "established" as shown by netstat
after the reset was received which is the reason why the autoconnect
option of drvAsynIPPortConfigure doesn't work in this case.

Thanks and best regards,

Christoph


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