;
socWorker.Receive(b);

// Since the main Socket Listener is now free, it can go back and wait for other devices who are
// attempting to connect to the server
socMainListener.BeginAccept(new AsyncCallback(this.OnDeviceConnect), null);

//convert the received bytes to a string
string message = ConvertBytesToString(b);

//Create a new instance of SomeClass, pass in the connection string to parse and load all status
//variables from SQL
SomeClass ss = new SomeClass (message);

//Check to see if this was a valid connection. If it was, we will start a
//Communications Thread and get to work
if (ss.Type != Constants.bad_device)
{ //We know a valid device contacted this server
bool s = ss.FillProduct();
if (s) //if all settings filled correctly
{
//Pass in the socket to the class.
ss.socWorker = socWorker;
ss.SendToConnectedSS("
OK
"); // Let client know we are ready to send packets

//Load this instance of SomeClass into a object to be pulled out in the thread.
DeviceQueue.Enqueue(ss);
//Start a new Thread, and make it background (so that when we close the main thread,
//everything closes)

Thread thrdDevice = new Thread(new ThreadStart(this.MainThread));
thrdDevice.IsBackground = true;
thrdDevice.Start();
}
}
else
{
ss.socWorker = socWorker;
ss.SendToConnectedSS("
DENIED
");
socWorker.Close();
}
}
catch(ObjectDisposedException ode)
{
MessageBox.Show(ode.Message);
}
catch(SocketException se)
{
if(se.ErrorCode == 10054) // Error code for Connection reset by peer
{
MessageBox.Show("Socket Closed by Device");
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show (se.Message);
}
}
}