diff --git a/java_console/ui/src/com/rusefi/ui/ConnectionWatchdog.java b/java_console/io/src/com/rusefi/io/ConnectionWatchdog.java
similarity index 71%
rename from java_console/ui/src/com/rusefi/ui/ConnectionWatchdog.java
rename to java_console/io/src/com/rusefi/io/ConnectionWatchdog.java
index fc073b0747..5559a5beb9 100644
--- a/java_console/ui/src/com/rusefi/ui/ConnectionWatchdog.java
+++ b/java_console/io/src/com/rusefi/io/ConnectionWatchdog.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-package com.rusefi.ui;
+package com.rusefi.io;
 
+import com.rusefi.FileLog;
 import com.rusefi.Timeouts;
 import com.rusefi.core.EngineTimeListener;
 import com.rusefi.io.LinkManager;
@@ -9,9 +10,10 @@ import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
 
 public class ConnectionWatchdog {
-    static final Timer reconnectTimer = new Timer(Timeouts.CONNECTION_RESTART_DELAY, new ActionListener() {
+    private static final Timer reconnectTimer = new Timer(Timeouts.CONNECTION_RESTART_DELAY, new ActionListener() {
         @Override
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
+            FileLog.MAIN.logLine("ConnectionWatchdog.reconnectTimer restarting");
             LinkManager.restart();
             reconnectTimer.restart();
         }
@@ -33,4 +35,8 @@ public class ConnectionWatchdog {
             }
         });
     }
+
+    public static void onDataArrived() {
+        reconnectTimer.restart();
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/java_console/ui/src/com/rusefi/Launcher.java b/java_console/ui/src/com/rusefi/Launcher.java
index ab738e1cf2..d8f2ecf351 100644
--- a/java_console/ui/src/com/rusefi/Launcher.java
+++ b/java_console/ui/src/com/rusefi/Launcher.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.rusefi;
 import com.rusefi.binaryprotocol.BinaryProtocol;
 import com.rusefi.core.EngineState;
 import com.rusefi.core.MessagesCentral;
+import com.rusefi.io.ConnectionWatchdog;
 import com.rusefi.io.LinkManager;
 import com.rusefi.io.tcp.BinaryProtocolServer;
 import com.rusefi.maintenance.VersionChecker;