Update board.go, board_dummy.go, and 4 more files...

src/board/board.go

@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ var boardCreatorFunctions = make(map[string]BoardCreatorFunction)
 
 var AllChannels = make(map[string]Channel)
 
-type BoardCreatorFunction func(*viper.Viper, string) Board
+type BoardCreatorFunction func(*viper.Viper, string) *Board
 type onChannelUpdateFunction func(oldValue bool, c Channel)
 
 type Board interface {
-	Init()
+	Initialize()
 	Dump()
 	Channel(uint64) Channel
 }
@@ -53,5 +53,6 @@ func CreateBoard(cfg *viper.Viper, key string) (Board, error) {
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, errors.New("Unknown board type")
 	}
-	return createNewBoard(cfg, key), nil
+
+	return *createNewBoard(cfg, key), nil
 }

src/board/board_dummy.go

@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ func newDummyChannel(v *viper.Viper, channelID string) DummyChannel {
 	}
 }
 
-func newDummyBoard(v *viper.Viper, id string) Board {
+func newDummyBoard(v *viper.Viper, id string) *Board {
-	var b DummyBoard
+	var b *DummyBoard
 
 	v.SetDefault("name", "board "+id)
 	v.SetDefault("type", "dummy")
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func newDummyBoard(v *viper.Viper, id string) Board {
 		}
 	}
 
-	b = DummyBoard{
+	b = &DummyBoard{
 		ID:           id,
 		Name:         v.GetString("name"),
 		ChannelCount: v.GetUint("channelCount"),
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func newDummyBoard(v *viper.Viper, id string) Board {
 				channelid := strings.ToLower(channelid1)
 				channelConfig := channelsConfig.Sub(channelid)
 				c := newDummyChannel(channelConfig, channelid)
-				c.parent = &b
+				c.parent = b
 				if c.Num >= v.GetUint("channelCount") {
 					continue
 				}
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ func newDummyBoard(v *viper.Viper, id string) Board {
 		}
 	}
 	b.channels = channels
-
+	var b1 Board = b
-	return b
+	return &b1
 }
 
 func (c *DummyChannel) Toggle() (bool, error) {
@@ -163,11 +163,11 @@ func (b DummyBoard) Dump() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (b DummyBoard) Init() {
+func (b DummyBoard) Initialize() {
 	return
 }
 
-func (b DummyBoard) Channel(num uint64) Channel {
+func (b *DummyBoard) Channel(num uint64) Channel {
 	return b.channels[num]
 }
 

src/board/board_mqtt.go

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func newMQTTChannel(v *viper.Viper, channelID string) MQTTChannel {
 	}
 }
 
-func newMQTTBoard(v *viper.Viper, id string) Board {
+func newMQTTBoard(v *viper.Viper, id string) *Board {
 	var b MQTTBoard
 
 	v.SetDefault("name", "board "+id)
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ func newMQTTBoard(v *viper.Viper, id string) Board {
 	}
 	b.channels = channels
 
-	return b
+	var b1 Board = &b
+	return &b1
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ func (b MQTTBoard) Dump() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (b MQTTBoard) Init() {
+func (b *MQTTBoard) Initialize() {
 	uri := b.MQTTRemoteSchema + "://" + b.MQTTRemoteHost + ":" + b.MQTTRemotePort
 	opts := PahoMQTT.NewClientOptions().AddBroker(uri)
 
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ func (c *MQTTChannel) MQTTHandler(client PahoMQTT.Client, msg PahoMQTT.Message)
 	}
 }
 
-func (b MQTTBoard) Channel(num uint64) Channel {
+func (b *MQTTBoard) Channel(num uint64) Channel {
 	return b.channels[num]
 }
 

src/boards.go

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 var boards []*board.Board
 
-func InitBoards() {
+func CreateBoards() {
 
 	// AllChannels = make(map[string]Channel)
 
@@ -52,3 +52,11 @@ func InitBoards() {
 	// }
 
 }
+
+func InitBoards() {
+	var b board.Board
+	for i := range boards {
+		b = *boards[i]
+		b.Initialize()
+	}
+}

src/main.go

@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func main() {
+	CreateBoards()
+	CreateOutlets()
 	InitBoards()
-	InitOutlets()
 	MQTTSetup()
 	go MQTTRefreshLoop()
 	go ups.UpsConnect()

src/outlets.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
-func InitOutlets() {
+func CreateOutlets() {
 
 	outletsConfig := viper.Sub("outlets")
 	if outletsConfig == nil {