/*
  Time Check 
 
 Gets the time from the linino processor via Bridge
 then parses out hours, minutes and seconds for the Arduino
 using an Arduino Yun. 
 
 created  27 May 2013
 By Tom Igoe 
 */


#include <Process.h>

Process date;                 // process used to get the date
int hours, minutes, seconds;  // for the results
int lastSecond = -1;          // need an impossible value for comparison

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);    // initialize serial
  Bridge.begin();        // initialize Bridge
  delay(2000);           // wait 2 seconds

  while(!Serial);                // wait for Serial Monitor to open
  Serial.println("Time Check");  // Title of sketch

  // run an initial date process. Should return:
  // hh:mm:ss :
  if (!date.running())  {
    date.begin("date");
    date.addParameter("+%T");
    date.run();
  }
}

void loop() {

  if(lastSecond != seconds) {  // if a second has passed
    // print the time:
    if (hours <= 9) Serial.print("0");    // adjust for 0-9
    Serial.print(hours);    
    Serial.print(":");
    if (minutes <= 9) Serial.print("0");  // adjust for 0-9
    Serial.print(minutes);
    Serial.print(":");
    if (seconds <= 9) Serial.print("0");  // adjust for 0-9
    Serial.println(seconds);

    // restart the date process:
    if (!date.running())  {
      date.begin("date");
      date.addParameter("+%T");
      date.run();
    }
  }

  //if there's a result from the date process, parse it:
  while (date.available()>0) {
    // get the result of the date process (should be hh:mm:ss):
    String timeString = date.readString();    

    // find the colons:
    int firstColon = timeString.indexOf(":");
    int secondColon= timeString.lastIndexOf(":");

    // get the substrings for hour, minute second:
    String hourString = timeString.substring(0, firstColon); 
    String minString = timeString.substring(firstColon+1, secondColon);
    String secString = timeString.substring(secondColon+1);

    // convert to ints,saving the previous second:
    hours = hourString.toInt();
    minutes = minString.toInt();
    lastSecond = seconds;          // save to do a time comparison
    seconds = secString.toInt();

    /*
    NOTE: If the parseInt() and parseFloar() methods from Stream 
     were included with Process, this would be simpler:
     
     hours = date.parseInt();
     minutes = date.parseInt();
     seconds = date.parseInt();
     
     */
  } 

}