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src/sensor/ping360.cpp

@@ -431,33 +431,10 @@ void Ping360::handleMessage(const ping_message& msg)
         emit angleChanged();
 
         // Only emit data changed when inside sector range
-        if (_data.size()) {
             // Update total number of pings
             _ping_number++;
 
             emit dataChanged();
-        }
-
-        // This properties are changed internally only when the link is not writable
-        // Such information is normally sync between our application and the sensor
-        // So with normal links such attribution is not necessary
-        _sensorSettings.checkSector = true;
-        _sensorSettings.checkValidation({autoDeviceData.transmit_duration(), autoDeviceData.gain_setting(),
-            autoDeviceData.data_length(), autoDeviceData.sample_period(), autoDeviceData.transmit_frequency(),
-            autoDeviceData.start_angle(), autoDeviceData.stop_angle()});
-
-        // Everything should be valid, otherwise the sensor is not in sync
-        if (!link()->isWritable() && _sensorSettings.valid) {
-            set_gain_setting(autoDeviceData.gain_setting());
-            set_transmit_duration(autoDeviceData.transmit_duration());
-            set_sample_period(autoDeviceData.sample_period());
-            set_transmit_frequency(autoDeviceData.transmit_frequency());
-            set_number_of_points(autoDeviceData.data_length());
-        }
-
-        if (!_sensorSettings.valid) {
-            requestNextProfile();
-        }
 
         break;
     }