Index: main.cpp
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diff -u -r3aab84456cfbdc4c4f495975ba9b8968eb844309 -rd2035a8728794afeefaa244bf8d1597926d945f5
--- main.cpp	(.../main.cpp)	(revision 3aab84456cfbdc4c4f495975ba9b8968eb844309)
+++ main.cpp	(.../main.cpp)	(revision d2035a8728794afeefaa244bf8d1597926d945f5)
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 /*!
- *
+ * 
  * Copyright (c) 2019-2020 Diality Inc. - All Rights Reserved.
- * \copyright                                                       \n
- *          THIS CODE MAY NOT BE COPIED OR REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM,  \n
- *          IN PART OR IN WHOLE,                                    \n
- *          WITHOUT THE EXPLICIT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER. \n
- *
- * \file    main.cpp
- * \date    2019/09/30
- * \author  Behrouz NematiPour
- *
+ * \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 main.cpp
+ * \author (last) Peter Lucia
+ * \date (last) 26-Jun-2020
+ * \author (original) Behrouz NematiPour
+ * \date (original) 24-Sep-2019
+ * 
  */
 
 /*!
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@
 bool        gSendEmptyKeepAwake         = false ;
 bool        gFakeSeqAtBegin             = false ;
 bool        gDisableUnhandledReport     = false ;
+bool        gDisableTimeout             = false ;
 
 bool        gConsoleoutFrameInterface   = false ;
 bool        gConsoleoutCanInterface     = false ;
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@
                 QCoreApplication::translate("main", "Show the Message Output"));
     parser.addOption(optionConsoleoutFrameInterface);
 
+
     // --- -0 : enable-keep-awake (the fast mode)
     QCommandLineOption optionSendEmptyKeepAwake(QStringList() << "0" << "enable-keep-awake",
             QCoreApplication::translate("main", "Enable send low priority, empty message on the CANBus just to keep UI board CAN driver awake"));
@@ -144,13 +147,19 @@
             QCoreApplication::translate("main", "Disable unhandled messages report as an error in the log"));
     parser.addOption(optionDisableUnhandledReport);
 
+    // --- -u : disable-unhandled-report
+    QCommandLineOption optionDisableTimeout(QStringList() << "q" << "disable-timeout",
+            QCoreApplication::translate("main", "Disables HD communication timeout"));
+    parser.addOption(optionDisableTimeout);
 
+
     // --- parse command lines
     parser.process(*qApp);
 
     gConsoleoutCanInterface     = parser.isSet(optionConsoleoutCanInterface     );
     gConsoleoutFrameInterface   = parser.isSet(optionConsoleoutFrameInterface   );
     gDisableUnhandledReport     = parser.isSet(optionDisableUnhandledReport     );
+    gDisableTimeout             = parser.isSet(optionDisableTimeout             );
 
     if (parser.isSet(optionSendEmptyKeepAwake)) gSendEmptyKeepAwake = true;
     bool ok = false;