elite-dangerous-control-panel-9.go

func checkStatusAndUpdate() error {
    s, err = getSerialPort(getPNPDeviceID())
    if err != nil {
        return err
    }

    status, err := elite.GetStatusFromPath(filepath.FromSlash(getLogDir()))
    if err != nil {
        return err
    }

    // Only send the data if it has changed.
    if status.Timestamp != lastStatus.Timestamp {
        infoBytes, err := json.Marshal(status)
        if err != nil {
            return err
        }

        _, err = s.Write(infoBytes)
        if err != nil {
            return err
        }
    }

    return nil
}