From d21cef0e60f25396a6adfb5d77543fb574884f80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Arndt <jarndt@pepperdash.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:22:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Potential fix for pull request finding

Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../Touchpanel/MobileControlTouchpanelController.cs  | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/PepperDash.Essentials.MobileControl/Touchpanel/MobileControlTouchpanelController.cs b/src/PepperDash.Essentials.MobileControl/Touchpanel/MobileControlTouchpanelController.cs
index d3350ac9..eef69015 100644
--- a/src/PepperDash.Essentials.MobileControl/Touchpanel/MobileControlTouchpanelController.cs
+++ b/src/PepperDash.Essentials.MobileControl/Touchpanel/MobileControlTouchpanelController.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Touchpanel
         /// </summary>
         public StatusMonitorBase CommunicationMonitor { get; private set; }
 
+        private sealed class NullCommunicationMonitor : StatusMonitorBase
+        {
+            public NullCommunicationMonitor(IKeyed parent) : base(parent, 120000, 300000)
+            {
+                Status = MonitorStatus.InError;
+                Message = "Panel is not initialized";
+            }
+
+            public override void Start() { }
+            public override void Stop() { }
+        }
+
         private string _appUrl;
 
         /// <summary>