From 748903264012ada19e0be45a1333890198ac0426 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TomKovac <61820360+TomKovac@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:15:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Create draft PR for #498 (#499)

---
 .../PlcSim/PlcSimInstance.cs                  | 40 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../Properties/launchSettings.json            |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/tools/src/PlcSimAdvancedStarter/PlcSimAdvancedStarterTool/PlcSim/PlcSimInstance.cs b/src/tools/src/PlcSimAdvancedStarter/PlcSimAdvancedStarterTool/PlcSim/PlcSimInstance.cs
index 8e99e687c..0b8c3c7ae 100644
--- a/src/tools/src/PlcSimAdvancedStarter/PlcSimAdvancedStarterTool/PlcSim/PlcSimInstance.cs
+++ b/src/tools/src/PlcSimAdvancedStarter/PlcSimAdvancedStarterTool/PlcSim/PlcSimInstance.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 using System.Diagnostics;
-
+using System.Net.NetworkInformation;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Threading;
 
 namespace PlcSimAdvancedStarterTool.PlcSim
 {
@@ -198,6 +200,42 @@ public Task StartPlcSim([Option('x', Description = "PlcSim instance name")] stri
 
                     }
                 }
+                const int timeoutSeconds = 60;
+                const int pingIntervalMilliseconds = 1000; 
+
+                bool isAccessible = false;
+                DateTime startTime = DateTime.Now;
+
+                Console.WriteLine($"Checking accessibility of the PLCsim instance: {PlcSimInstanceName} at IP address: {PlcIpAddress}.");
+
+                using (Ping ping = new Ping())
+                {
+                    while ((DateTime.Now - startTime).TotalSeconds < timeoutSeconds)
+                    {
+                        try
+                        {
+                            PingReply reply = ping.Send(PlcIpAddress);
+
+                            if (reply.Status == IPStatus.Success)
+                            {
+                                Console.WriteLine($"PLCsim instance: {PlcSimInstanceName} at IP address: {PlcIpAddress} is accessible!");
+                                isAccessible = true;
+                                break; 
+                            }
+                        }
+                        catch (Exception ex)
+                        {
+                            Console.WriteLine($"Ping attempt failed: {ex.Message}");
+                        }
+
+                        Thread.Sleep(pingIntervalMilliseconds); 
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (!isAccessible)
+                {
+                    Console.WriteLine($"Error: Device did not respond within {timeoutSeconds} seconds.");
+                }
             }
             return Task.CompletedTask;
         }
diff --git a/src/tools/src/PlcSimAdvancedStarter/PlcSimAdvancedStarterTool/Properties/launchSettings.json b/src/tools/src/PlcSimAdvancedStarter/PlcSimAdvancedStarterTool/Properties/launchSettings.json
index 10bbc613a..36c51c77b 100644
--- a/src/tools/src/PlcSimAdvancedStarter/PlcSimAdvancedStarterTool/Properties/launchSettings.json
+++ b/src/tools/src/PlcSimAdvancedStarter/PlcSimAdvancedStarterTool/Properties/launchSettings.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "startplcsim": {
       "commandName": "Project",
       "workingDirectory": "",
-      "commandLineArgs": "startplcsim -x abc16 -n test_plc -t 10.10.10.120"
+      "commandLineArgs": "startplcsim -x app_axopen.components.abb.robotics -n test_plc -t 10.10.10.120"
     }
   }
 }