Send a UDP message to the server that says you are connected.

Cargo.toml

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ authors = ["Chris, N6CTA  <mail@n6cta.com>"]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 chrono = "0.4"
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.145"
 socket2 = "0.5"
 
 [profile.release]

src/main.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ use std::convert::TryInto;
 use std::io::{Read, Write};
 use std::net::TcpStream;
 use std::thread::sleep;
-use std::time::Duration;
+use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
+use std::net::UdpSocket;
+use std::net::Ipv4Addr;
+use serde_json::json;
 
 /// Validate that the provided port string can be parsed into a u16 and is nonzero.
 fn validate_port(port: &str) -> Result<u16, String> {
@@ -47,6 +50,14 @@ struct Cli {
     /// Only monitor UI frames
     #[arg(short = 'u', long, default_value_t = false)]
     ui_only: bool,
+    
+    // Send UDP to what IP address (e.g. 127.0.0.1)
+    #[arg(short = 'b', long, default_value_t = std::net::IpAddr::V4(Ipv4Addr::new(127, 0, 0, 1)))]
+    uip: std::net::IpAddr,
+    
+    // Send UDP to what port (e.g. 8000)
+    #[arg(short = 'k', long, value_parser = validate_port, default_value_t = 55555)]
+    uport: u16,
 }
 
 /// Convert a byte slice into a hex-dump string for debugging purposes.
@@ -384,6 +395,22 @@ fn handle_frame(frame: &AgwFrame, cli: &Cli, buffers: &mut BufferManager) {
         return;
     }
 
+    // Send UDP
+    if cli.uport != 55555 {
+        let uaddr = format!("{}:{}", cli.uip, cli.uport);
+        let socket = UdpSocket::bind("0.0.0.0:0");
+        
+        let packet = json!({
+            "final_destination": &final_destination,
+            "source": &source,
+            "summary": &summary,
+            "text": &text,
+            "timestamp": SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap().as_secs(),
+            "type": "data"
+        });
+        let _ = socket.expect("REASON").send_to(packet.to_string().as_bytes(), uaddr);
+    }
+
     // In non-debug mode, print the session line and any additional lines.
     if !cli.debug {
         print_session_line(&timestamp, &source, &final_destination, &summary);
@@ -403,8 +430,23 @@ fn handle_frame(frame: &AgwFrame, cli: &Cli, buffers: &mut BufferManager) {
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let cli = Cli::parse();
     let addr = format!("{}:{}", cli.ip, cli.port);
+    let uaddr = format!("{}:{}", cli.uip, cli.uport);
     let reconnect_delay_ms = 5000;
     
+    if cli.uport != 55555 {
+        // Bind the client socket to any available address and port
+        let socket = UdpSocket::bind("0.0.0.0:0")?;
+        println!("UDP client started at {}:{}", cli.uip, cli.uport);
+        // Send a message to the server
+        let packet = json!({
+            "text": "UDP client connected",
+            "timestamp": SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap().as_secs(),
+            "type": "status"
+        });
+        //let message = "UDP client connected";
+        socket.send_to(packet.to_string().as_bytes(), uaddr)?;
+    }
+
     loop {
         println!("Connecting to AGWPE server at {addr}");
         match TcpStream::connect(&addr) {