try opening socket twice

main.c

@@ -1577,7 +1577,32 @@ void get_tlm_fox() {
       printf("\nConnection Failed \n");
       printf("Error: %s \n", strerror(errno));
       error = 1;
-      sleep(2.0);  // sleep if socket connection refused
+      sleep(1.0);  // sleep if socket connection refused
+
+    // try again
+      error = 0;
+      if ((sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) {
+        printf("\n Socket creation error \n");
+        error = 1;
+      }
+
+      memset( & serv_addr, '0', sizeof(serv_addr));
+
+      serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+      serv_addr.sin_port = htons(PORT);
+
+      // Convert IPv4 and IPv6 addresses from text to binary form 
+      if (inet_pton(AF_INET, "127.0.0.1", & serv_addr.sin_addr) <= 0) {
+        printf("\nInvalid address/ Address not supported \n");
+        error = 1;
+      }
+
+      if (connect(sock, (struct sockaddr * ) & serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0) {
+        printf("\nConnection Failed \n");
+        printf("Error: %s \n", strerror(errno));
+        error = 1;
+        sleep(1.0);  // sleep if socket connection refused
+      }	    
     }
     if (error == 1)
     ; //rpitxStatus = -1;