Index: sources/applicationcontroller.cpp
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diff -u -rfee7fabf49befb065c89248c19e15efc9ca194e4 -r4b9619614f0a9deb0438a803c057918b94aacbec
--- sources/applicationcontroller.cpp	(.../applicationcontroller.cpp)	(revision fee7fabf49befb065c89248c19e15efc9ca194e4)
+++ sources/applicationcontroller.cpp	(.../applicationcontroller.cpp)	(revision 4b9619614f0a9deb0438a803c057918b94aacbec)
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 // Project
 #include "guiglobals.h"
+#include "maintimer.h"
 #include "guicontroller.h"
 #include "messagedispatcher.h"
 
@@ -50,6 +51,10 @@
  */
 void ApplicationController::initConnections()
 {
+
+    connect(_MainTimer        , SIGNAL(        didTimeout()),
+            this              ,   SLOT(onMainTimerTimeout()));
+
     // From GUI
     connect(_GuiController , SIGNAL(didActionTransmit(GuiActionType, const QVariantList &)),
             this           ,   SLOT( onActionTransmit(GuiActionType, const QVariantList &)));
@@ -79,3 +84,27 @@
 {
     emit didActionReceive (vAction, vData);
 }
+
+/*!
+ * \brief   ApplicationController::onMainTimerTimeout
+ * \details This slot is called by MainTimer::didTimeout each second
+ *          to call required methods like keepAlive
+ */
+void ApplicationController::onMainTimerTimeout()
+{
+    keepAlive();
+}
+
+/*!
+ * \brief   ApplicationController::keepAlive
+ * \details This is the message which has to be send over the CANBUS
+ *          as an monitor for other nodes on the bus to notify UI is alive
+ */
+void ApplicationController::keepAlive()
+{
+#ifndef DISABLE_KEEP_ALIVE
+    QVariantList mData;
+    mData += static_cast<quint8>(GuiActionData::NoData);
+    onActionTransmit(GuiActionType::KeepAlive, mData);
+#endif
+}