added additional experimental (and not published) config settings to set background task frequencies

4 files changed, 54 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/ui/IdleStatusPanel.go b/ui/IdleStatusPanel.go
index 0535e46..e01edcb 100755
--- a/ui/IdleStatusPanel.go
+++ b/ui/IdleStatusPanel.go
@@ -31,7 +31,23 @@ func IdleStatusPanel(ui *UI) *idleStatusPanel {
 		instance := &idleStatusPanel{
 			CommonPanel: NewTopLevelCommonPanel("IdleStatusPanel", ui),
 		}
-		instance.backgroundTask = utils.CreateBackgroundTask(time.Second * 2, instance.update)
+
+		// Default timeout of 20 seconds.
+		durration := time.Second * 20
+
+		// Experimental, set the timeout based on config setting, but only if the config is pressent.
+		updateFrequency := os.Getenv("EXPERIMENTAL_IDLE_UPDATE_FREQUENCY")
+		if updateFrequency != "" {
+			logger.Infof("Ui.New() - EXPERIMENTAL_IDLE_UPDATE_FREQUENCY is present, frequency is %s", updateFrequency)
+			val, err := strconv.Atoi(updateFrequency)
+			if err == nil {
+				durration = time.Second * time.Duration(val)
+			} else {
+				logger.LogError("Ui.New()", "strconv.Atoi()", err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		instance.backgroundTask = utils.CreateBackgroundTask(durration, instance.update)
 		instance.initialize()
 
 		idleStatusPanelInstance = instance
diff --git a/ui/NetworkPanel.go b/ui/NetworkPanel.go
index 1feab9a..bd559f1 100755
--- a/ui/NetworkPanel.go
+++ b/ui/NetworkPanel.go
@@ -33,7 +33,23 @@ func NetworkPanel(
 			CommonPanel: NewCommonPanel("NetworkPanel", ui),
 		}
 		instance.initialize()
-		instance.backgroundTask = utils.CreateBackgroundTask(time.Second * 3, instance.update)
+
+		// Default timeout of 30 seconds.
+		durration := time.Second * 30
+
+		// Experimental, set the timeout based on config setting, but only if the config is pressent.
+		updateFrequency := os.Getenv("EXPERIMENTAL_NETWORK_UPDATE_FREQUENCY")
+		if updateFrequency != "" {
+			logger.Infof("Ui.New() - EXPERIMENTAL_NETWORK_UPDATE_FREQUENCY is present, frequency is %s", updateFrequency)
+			val, err := strconv.Atoi(updateFrequency)
+			if err == nil {
+				durration = time.Second * time.Duration(val)
+			} else {
+				logger.LogError("Ui.New()", "strconv.Atoi()", err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		instance.backgroundTask = utils.CreateBackgroundTask(durration, instance.update)
 		networkPanelInstance = instance
 	}
 
diff --git a/ui/PrintStatusPanel.go b/ui/PrintStatusPanel.go
index cb39cc3..cd40e3e 100755
--- a/ui/PrintStatusPanel.go
+++ b/ui/PrintStatusPanel.go
@@ -43,9 +43,24 @@ func PrintStatusPanel(ui *UI) *printStatusPanel {
 			CommonPanel: NewTopLevelCommonPanel("PrintStatusPanel", ui),
 		}
 
+		// Default timeout of 20 seconds.
+		durration := time.Second * 20
+
+		// Experimental, set the timeout based on config setting, but only if the config is pressent.
+		updateFrequency := os.Getenv("EXPERIMENTAL_PRINT_UPDATE_FREQUENCY")
+		if updateFrequency != "" {
+			logger.Infof("Ui.New() - EXPERIMENTAL_PRINT_UPDATE_FREQUENCY is present, frequency is %s", updateFrequency)
+			val, err := strconv.Atoi(updateFrequency)
+			if err == nil {
+				durration = time.Second * time.Duration(val)
+			} else {
+				logger.LogError("Ui.New()", "strconv.Atoi()", err)
+			}
+		}
+
 		// TODO: revisit... some set the background task and then initialize
 		// and others initialize and then set the background task
-		instance.backgroundTask = utils.CreateBackgroundTask(time.Second * 2, instance.update)
+		instance.backgroundTask = utils.CreateBackgroundTask(durration, instance.update)
 		instance.initialize()
 		printStatusPanelInstance = instance
 	}
diff --git a/ui/ui.go b/ui/ui.go
index e5e5aad..781df20 100755
--- a/ui/ui.go
+++ b/ui/ui.go
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ func New(endpoint, key string, width, height int) *UI {
 	durration := time.Second * 20
 
 	// Experimental, set the timeout based on config setting, but only if the config is pressent.
-	updateFrequency := os.Getenv("EXPERIMENTAL_UPDATE_FREQUENCY")
-	if updateFrequency != "" {
-		logger.Infof("Ui.New() - EXPERIMENTAL_UPDATE_FREQUENCY is present, frequency is %s", updateFrequency)
-		val, err := strconv.Atoi(updateFrequency)
+	uiUpdateFrequency := os.Getenv("EXPERIMENTAL_UI_UPDATE_FREQUENCY")
+	if uiUpdateFrequency != "" {
+		logger.Infof("Ui.New() - EXPERIMENTAL_UI_UPDATE_FREQUENCY is present, frequency is %s", uiUpdateFrequency)
+		val, err := strconv.Atoi(uiUpdateFrequency)
 		if err == nil {
 			durration = time.Second * time.Duration(val)
 		} else {