Closing Blocked Thread

Does thread.abort() work?

Thread.Abort() does not work, as the library is waiting for input from the usb device before finishing the threadstart. If I try to close the app, then press a button on the remote, it works fine. However this is not exactly preferred. I even tried setting the thread to background, but no joy.

Well I've found a solution that is at least more satisfactory. I rewrote my Reader class to be intstance based rather than a static class, and instead of running in a separate looped thread, I do an async read on the device, then close/open the device again, and run the read function again from my callback:

private void Listen()
{
device.Read(new HidDevice.ReadCallback(OnDataReceived));
}
private void OnDataReceived(HidDeviceData hid_data)
{
if (this.DataReceived != null){this.DataReceived(this, new HIDDataEventArgs(hid_data));}
device.CloseDevice();
device.OpenDevice();
Listen();
}
This works for my form-based app to edit different remote profiles and assign actions to buttons, but will not do for my service to convert the hid data received to keystrokes using keyb_event. Any ideas? I'll gladly give my code to anyone interested, as this is a personal project, not commercial...

Hey Damien582!

I know this is a long shot, but do you still have the code?

I have a eHome Infrared Transceiver too, and i'm trying to create my own remote control on my computer, to control my infrared helicopter. ;) Pretty cool right?

But my problem is that my code hangs at the "Read()" just like yours, but i can't get it to continue, even though i can see that it receives data, because the red led on it lights up when i press a button on my control.

Really hope you still have your code, so i can see if i've done something wrong!

- Christian Madsen

Oh. I forgot to say. If you wanna give me the code, please send it to my email if thats what's easiest for you!
e-mail: pixi_trix@hotmail.com