From bfd0f1051129f614709ed36c65afc1884760c598 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wildercayden <cayden@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 22:19:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] before it would say sending data even if server is
 unreachable, fixed that

---
 TablePI.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/TablePI.py b/TablePI.py
index 1040bdc..796c0d2 100644
--- a/TablePI.py
+++ b/TablePI.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import argparse
 import subprocess
 
 def ping(host):
-    result = subprocess.run(['ping', '-c', '1', '-W', '0', host],
+    result = subprocess.run(['ping', '-c', '1', '-W', '1', host],
                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                             stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
     # Return True if returncode is 0 (success), else False
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ table_name = args.table
 server_ip = args.ip
 table = NetworkTables.getTable(table_name)
 NetworkTables.initialize(server=server_ip)
-print ("Sending data to server")
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    ip = server_ip
+    if ping(ip):
+        print("sending data to server")
+    else:
+        print("rio is unreachable")
 print (server_ip, table_name)
 while True:
     cpu = psutil.cpu_percent()