From ee7e5f15485760a1cf2804769be76d0352ab85dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Welker <andrew.welker@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:46:32 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Add Initialize method

This method is to be used for starting communications with a device, or other actions that aren't internal to the program.
---
 Pepperdash Core/Pepperdash Core/Device.cs | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Pepperdash Core/Pepperdash Core/Device.cs b/Pepperdash Core/Pepperdash Core/Device.cs
index 62dc6b1..bfbe359 100644
--- a/Pepperdash Core/Pepperdash Core/Device.cs	
+++ b/Pepperdash Core/Pepperdash Core/Device.cs	
@@ -119,7 +119,14 @@ namespace PepperDash.Core
 		/// <returns></returns>
 		public virtual bool Deactivate() { return true; }
 
-		/// <summary>
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Call this method to start communications with a device. Overriding classes do not need to call base.Initialize()
+        /// </summary>
+	    public virtual void Initialize()
+	    {
+	    }
+
+	    /// <summary>
 		/// Helper method to check object for bool value false and fire an Action method
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="o">Should be of type bool, others will be ignored</param>