Package rockBlock

Class RockBlockControl

java.lang.Object

PamController.PamControlledUnit

rockBlock.RockBlockControl

All Implemented Interfaces:

PamSettings, SettingsNameProvider

public class RockBlockControl
extends PamControlledUnit
implements PamSettings

Author:

mo55

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	unitType	Unit type, for id purposes

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RockBlockControl(String unitName)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	checkSignalStrength()	Tell the RockBlock+ to check the signal strength
JMenuItem	createDetectionMenu(Frame parentFrame)	Create a JMenu object containing MenuItems associated with PamProcesses
RockBlockParams	getParams()	get reference to the parameters
RockBlockProcess2	getRockBlockProcess()
RockBlockStatus	getRockBlockStatus()	Get the RockBlockStatus object
Serializable	getSettingsReference()
long	getSettingsVersion()
void	resetRockBlock()
boolean	restoreSettings(PamControlledUnitSettings pamControlledUnitSettings)
void	sendText(String outgoingMessage)	Transmit a String object from the RockBlock to the Iridium Network

Methods inherited from class PamController.PamControlledUnit

addOfflineTaskGroup, addOtherRelatedMenuItems, addPamProcess, addPamProcess, addRelatedMenuItems, canClose, canPlayViewerSound, createDisplayMenu, createFileMenu, createHelpMenu, flushDataBlockBuffers, getBackupInformation, getFrameNumber, getGUI, getGuiFrame, getInstanceIndex, getModuleStatus, getModuleStatusManager, getModuleSummary, getModuleSummary, getNumOfflineTaskGroups, getNumPamProcesses, getOfflineState, getOfflineTaskGroup, getPamConfiguration, getPamController, getPamModuleInfo, getPamProcess, getPamView, getPlugin, getShortUnitType, getSidePanel, getTabClipCopier, getTabPanel, getTabSpecificMenuBar, getToolbarComponent, getUnitName, getUnitType, getVerboseLevel, gotoTab, isInMainConfiguration, isNetRx, isViewer, notifyModelChanged, pamClose, pamHasStopped, pamToStart, playViewerSound, removePamProcess, removeUnit, rename, saveViewerData, setFrameNumber, setModuleStatusManager, setPamConfiguration, setPamController, setPamModuleInfo, setPamView, setSidePanel, setTabPanel, setToolbarComponent, setupControlledUnit, stopViewerSound, tellModule, terminalPrint, terminalPrintln, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface PamController.PamSettings

getUnitType

Methods inherited from interface PamController.SettingsNameProvider

getUnitName

Field Details

unitType

public static final String unitType

Unit type, for id purposes

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

RockBlockControl

public RockBlockControl(String unitName)

Parameters:

unitName -

defUnitType -

Method Details

sendText

public void sendText(String outgoingMessage)

Transmit a String object from the RockBlock to the Iridium Network

Parameters:

outgoingMessage -

checkSignalStrength

public void checkSignalStrength()

Tell the RockBlock+ to check the signal strength

getRockBlockStatus

public RockBlockStatus getRockBlockStatus()

Get the RockBlockStatus object

Returns:

createDetectionMenu

public JMenuItem createDetectionMenu(Frame parentFrame)

Description copied from class: PamControlledUnit

Create a JMenu object containing MenuItems associated with PamProcesses

Overrides:

createDetectionMenu in class PamControlledUnit

Parameters:

parentFrame - The owner frame of the menu

Returns:

reference to a JMenu which can be added to an existing menu or menu bar

Note that if multiple views are to use the same menu, then they should each create a new menu (by setting Create to true) the first time they call this method.

getParams

public RockBlockParams getParams()

get reference to the parameters

getSettingsReference

public Serializable getSettingsReference()

Specified by:

getSettingsReference in interface PamSettings

Returns:

The serialisable object that will be stored

getSettingsVersion

public long getSettingsVersion()

Specified by:

getSettingsVersion in interface PamSettings

Returns:

An integer version number for the settings

restoreSettings

public boolean restoreSettings(PamControlledUnitSettings pamControlledUnitSettings)

Specified by:

restoreSettings in interface PamSettings

Returns:

true if successful The object performs final checks (if needed) and then casts the settings data pamcontrolledunitSettings.settings into the correct type and uses as required

getRockBlockProcess

public RockBlockProcess2 getRockBlockProcess()

Returns:

the rockBlockProcess

resetRockBlock

public void resetRockBlock()