From 1719de195f00f2a20c7cc10f24db82741c256891 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Arndt <jarndt@pepperdash.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:10:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat: implement ICommunicationMonitor on
 MobileControlTouchpanelController for Health page visibility

---
 .../MobileControlTouchpanelController.cs      | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/PepperDash.Essentials.MobileControl/Touchpanel/MobileControlTouchpanelController.cs b/src/PepperDash.Essentials.MobileControl/Touchpanel/MobileControlTouchpanelController.cs
index 5830782d..d3350ac9 100644
--- a/src/PepperDash.Essentials.MobileControl/Touchpanel/MobileControlTouchpanelController.cs
+++ b/src/PepperDash.Essentials.MobileControl/Touchpanel/MobileControlTouchpanelController.cs
@@ -25,11 +25,16 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Touchpanel
     /// Mobile Control touchpanel controller that provides app control, Zoom integration, 
     /// and mobile control functionality for Crestron touchpanels.
     /// </summary>
-    public class MobileControlTouchpanelController : TouchpanelBase, IHasFeedback, ITswAppControl, ITswZoomControl, IDeviceInfoProvider, IMobileControlCrestronTouchpanelController, ITheme
+    public class MobileControlTouchpanelController : TouchpanelBase, IHasFeedback, ITswAppControl, ITswZoomControl, IDeviceInfoProvider, IMobileControlCrestronTouchpanelController, ITheme, ICommunicationMonitor
     {
         private readonly MobileControlTouchpanelProperties localConfig;
         private IMobileControlRoomMessenger _bridge;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the CommunicationMonitor tracking the panel's online/offline state
+        /// </summary>
+        public StatusMonitorBase CommunicationMonitor { get; private set; }
+
         private string _appUrl;
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -128,6 +133,11 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Touchpanel
         {
             localConfig = config;
 
+            if (panel != null)
+            {
+                CommunicationMonitor = new CrestronGenericBaseCommunicationMonitor(this, panel, 120000, 300000);
+            }
+
             AddPostActivationAction(SubscribeForMobileControlUpdates);
 
             ThemeFeedback = new StringFeedback($"{Key}-theme", () => Theme);
@@ -366,6 +376,8 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Touchpanel
         /// </summary>
         public override bool CustomActivate()
         {
+            CommunicationMonitor?.Start();
+
             var appMessenger = new ITswAppControlMessenger($"appControlMessenger-{Key}", $"/device/{Key}", this);
 
             var zoomMessenger = new ITswZoomControlMessenger($"zoomControlMessenger-{Key}", $"/device/{Key}", this);
@@ -393,6 +405,17 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Touchpanel
             return base.CustomActivate();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Stops the CommunicationMonitor on deactivation.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>True if deactivation was successful; otherwise, false.</returns>
+        public override bool Deactivate()
+        {
+            CommunicationMonitor?.Stop();
+
+            return base.Deactivate();
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Handles device extender signal changes for system reserved signals.
         /// </summary>

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 2/2] 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>