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add note about how to send messages thanks @rw-w for the question

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It is very common that you would like your plugin to be invoked periodically. It is very common that you would like your plugin to be invoked periodically.
We use a crude/basic cooperative threading system to allow this on any of our supported platforms. Simply inherit from OSThread and implement runOnce(). See the OSThread [documentation](/src/concurrency/OSThread.h) for more details. For an example consumer of this API see RemoteHardwarePlugin::runOnce. We use a crude/basic cooperative threading system to allow this on any of our supported platforms. Simply inherit from OSThread and implement runOnce(). See the OSThread [documentation](/src/concurrency/OSThread.h) for more details. For an example consumer of this API see RemoteHardwarePlugin::runOnce.
## Sending messages
If you would like to proactively send messages (rather than just responding to them), just call service.sendToMesh(). For an example of this see [NodeInfoPlugin::sendOurNodeInfo(...)](/src/plugins/NodeInfoPlugin.cpp).
## Picking a port number ## Picking a port number
For any new 'apps' that run on the device or via sister apps on phones/PCs they should pick and use a unique 'portnum' for their application. For any new 'apps' that run on the device or via sister apps on phones/PCs they should pick and use a unique 'portnum' for their application.