Use incremental long delay before retry subscribtion when the device is not attached to a thing

Author: pennam

src/AIoTC_Config.h

@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
 #define AIOT_CONFIG_MAX_RECONNECTION_RETRY_DELAY_ms           (32000UL)
 #define AIOT_CONFIG_DEVICE_TOPIC_SUBSCRIBE_RETRY_DELAY_ms    (5*1000UL)
 #define AIOT_CONFIG_MAX_DEVICE_TOPIC_SUBSCRIBE_RETRY_DELAY_ms (32000UL)
+#define AIOT_CONFIG_MAX_DEVICE_TOPIC_ATTACH_RETRY_DELAY_ms  (1280000UL)
 #define AIOT_CONFIG_TIMEOUT_FOR_LASTVALUES_SYNC_ms            (30000UL)
 #define AIOT_CONFIG_LASTVALUES_SYNC_MAX_RETRY_CNT                (10UL)
 

src/ArduinoIoTCloudTCP.cpp

@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ ArduinoIoTCloudTCP::State ArduinoIoTCloudTCP::handle_WaitDeviceConfig()
 
   if (millis() > _next_device_subscribe_attempt_tick)
   {
-    /* Configuration not received try to resubscribe */
+    /* Configuration not received or device not attached to a valid thing. Try to resubscribe */
     if (_mqttClient.unsubscribe(_deviceTopicIn))
     {
       return State::SubscribeDeviceTopic;
@@ -494,7 +494,6 @@ ArduinoIoTCloudTCP::State ArduinoIoTCloudTCP::handle_CheckDeviceConfig()
     /* Unsubscribe from old things topics and go on with a new subsctiption */
     _mqttClient.unsubscribe(_shadowTopicIn);
     _mqttClient.unsubscribe(_dataTopicIn);
-
     _deviceSubscribedToThing = false;
   }
 
@@ -503,13 +502,16 @@ ArduinoIoTCloudTCP::State ArduinoIoTCloudTCP::handle_CheckDeviceConfig()
   if (deviceNotAttached())
   {
     /* Configuration received but device not attached. Wait: 40s */
-    unsigned long subscribe_retry_delay = (1 << _last_device_subscribe_cnt) * AIOT_CONFIG_DEVICE_TOPIC_SUBSCRIBE_RETRY_DELAY_ms * 10;
-    subscribe_retry_delay = min(subscribe_retry_delay, static_cast<unsigned long>(AIOT_CONFIG_MAX_RECONNECTION_RETRY_DELAY_ms * 10));
-    _next_device_subscribe_attempt_tick = millis() + subscribe_retry_delay;
-    _last_device_subscribe_cnt++;
+    unsigned long attach_retry_delay = (1 << _last_device_attach_cnt) * AIOT_CONFIG_DEVICE_TOPIC_SUBSCRIBE_RETRY_DELAY_ms;
+    attach_retry_delay = min(attach_retry_delay, static_cast<unsigned long>(AIOT_CONFIG_MAX_DEVICE_TOPIC_ATTACH_RETRY_DELAY_ms));
+    _next_device_subscribe_attempt_tick = millis() + attach_retry_delay;
+    _last_device_attach_cnt++;
     return State::WaitDeviceConfig;
   }
 
+  DEBUG_VERBOSE("ArduinoIoTCloudTCP::%s Device attached to a new valid Thing %s", __FUNCTION__, getThingId().c_str());
+  _last_device_attach_cnt = 0;
+
   return State::SubscribeThingTopics;
 }
 
@@ -547,6 +549,7 @@ ArduinoIoTCloudTCP::State ArduinoIoTCloudTCP::handle_SubscribeThingTopics()
   execCloudEventCallback(ArduinoIoTCloudEvent::CONNECT);
   _deviceSubscribedToThing = true;
 
+  /*Add retry wait time otherwise we are trying to reconnect every 250ms...*/
   return State::RequestLastValues;
 }
 

src/ArduinoIoTCloudTCP.h

@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ class ArduinoIoTCloudTCP: public ArduinoIoTCloudClass
     unsigned int _last_connection_attempt_cnt;
     unsigned long _next_device_subscribe_attempt_tick;
     unsigned int _last_device_subscribe_cnt;
+    unsigned int _last_device_attach_cnt;
     unsigned long _last_sync_request_tick;
     unsigned int _last_sync_request_cnt;
     String _brokerAddress;