Index: sources/MainTimer.cpp
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diff -u -r4a67c01045f365be38f1a12a8572c0070d343e1e -r6c6f1f5d466badd9b4fd67be7c907234c342b2a2
--- sources/MainTimer.cpp	(.../MainTimer.cpp)	(revision 4a67c01045f365be38f1a12a8572c0070d343e1e)
+++ sources/MainTimer.cpp	(.../MainTimer.cpp)	(revision 6c6f1f5d466badd9b4fd67be7c907234c342b2a2)
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 /*!
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2020-2022 Diality Inc. - All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-2023 Diality Inc. - All Rights Reserved.
  * \copyright
  * THIS CODE MAY NOT BE COPIED OR REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM, IN PART OR IN
  * WHOLE, WITHOUT THE EXPLICIT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER.
  *
  * \file    MainTimer.cpp
  * \author  (last)      Behrouz NematiPour
- * \date    (last)      22-Sep-2021
+ * \date    (last)      28-Sep-2022
  * \author  (original)  Behrouz NematiPour
  * \date    (original)  26-Aug-2020
  *
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 //Project
 #include "Logger.h"
-#include "FileHandler.h"
+#include "ApplicationController.h"
 
 /*!
  * \brief MainTimer::MainTimer
@@ -42,15 +42,24 @@
     if (gFakeInterval) {
         startTimer(gFakeInterval);
     }
-    // disabled coco end
-    else {
-        startTimer(_interval);
-    }
+
+    initConnections();
     LOG_DEBUG(tr("%1 Initialized").arg(metaObject()->className()));
     return true;
 }
 
 /*!
+ * \brief   ApplicationController::initConnections
+ * \details Initializes the required signal/slot connection between this class and other objects
+ *          to be able to communicate.
+ */
+void MainTimer::initConnections()
+{
+    connect(&_ApplicationController , SIGNAL(didKeepAliveBegin()),
+            this                    ,   SLOT( onKeepAliveBegin()));
+}
+
+/*!
  * \brief   MainTimer::quit
  * \details Does nothing for now
  */
@@ -107,6 +116,18 @@
 }
 
 /*!
+ * \brief   MainTimer::onKeepAliveBegin
+ * \details the handler for the signal didKeepAliveBegin
+ *          comming from ApplicationController
+ */
+void MainTimer::onKeepAliveBegin()
+{
+    if ( ! gFakeInterval ) {
+        startTimer(_interval);
+    }
+}
+
+/*!
  * \brief MainTimer::timerEvent
  * \details This event handler has been re-implemented in here
  *          to receive timer events for the object
@@ -115,7 +136,7 @@
  */
 void MainTimer::timerEvent(QTimerEvent *)
 {
-#ifndef DISABLE_ACKNOW_CHECKIN_MESSAGE_LOG
+#ifndef DISABLE_KEEP_ALIVE
     emit didTimeout();
 #endif
     // I'm not sure how often we need to check for this.