diff --git a/include/liboculus/DataRx.h b/include/liboculus/DataRx.h
index 3e9738b..3b66f98 100644
--- a/include/liboculus/DataRx.h
+++ b/include/liboculus/DataRx.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <chrono>
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include <thread>
@@ -44,21 +45,58 @@ namespace liboculus {
 
 using std::shared_ptr;
 
+template <typename T>
+class MutexedVariable {
+ public:
+  MutexedVariable(const T &initial_value) : var_(initial_value), mutex_() { ; }
+
+  T get() const {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(mutex_);
+    return var_;
+  }
+
+  T set(const T &value) {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(mutex_);
+    var_ = value;
+    return var_;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  // Mutable to allow locking mutex w/o breaking const correctness
+  mutable std::mutex mutex_;
+  T var_;
+};
+
 class DataRx : public OculusMessageHandler {
  public:
   explicit DataRx(const IoServiceThread::IoContextPtr &iosrv);
   ~DataRx();
 
-  bool isConnected() const { return _socket.is_open(); }
+  // The socket interface can't actually track if a socket is _good_
+  // just that it's _open_.
+  // So we track this state outselves.
+  bool isConnected() const { return is_connected_.get(); }
 
   void connect(const boost::asio::ip::address &addr);
   void connect(const std::string &strAddr);
 
+  void disconnect();
+
   typedef std::function<void()> OnConnectCallback;
   void setOnConnectCallback(OnConnectCallback callback) {
     _onConnectCallback = callback;
   }
 
+  typedef std::function<void()> OnDisconnectCallback;
+  void setOnDisconnectCallback(OnDisconnectCallback callback) {
+    _onDisconnectCallback = callback;
+  }
+
+  typedef std::function<void()> OnTimeoutCallback;
+  void setOnTimeoutCallback(OnTimeoutCallback callback) {
+    _onTimeoutCallback = callback;
+  }
+
   // By default, this function sends the config to the sonar
   // as an OculusSimpleFireMessage2.
   //
@@ -74,6 +112,7 @@ class DataRx : public OculusMessageHandler {
 
  private:
   void onConnect(const boost::system::error_code &error);
+  void onTimeout(const boost::system::error_code &error);
 
   // Initiates a network read.
   // Note this function reads until the **total number of bytes
@@ -105,7 +144,21 @@ class DataRx : public OculusMessageHandler {
   shared_ptr<ByteVector> _buffer;
 
   OnConnectCallback _onConnectCallback;
+  OnDisconnectCallback _onDisconnectCallback;
+  OnTimeoutCallback _onTimeoutCallback;
+
+  int timeout_secs_;
+  boost::asio::deadline_timer timeout_timer_;
 
+  MutexedVariable<bool> is_connected_;
+
+  // There are many cases where a sonar disappearing (e.g. failing)
+  // can't be distinguished from a sonar simply not being present.
+  //
+  // This flag is essentially "send each error message once"
+  // to reduce driver verbosity.  It is reset on good communications
+  // with the sonar.
+  bool has_complained_;
 };  // class DataRx
 
 template <typename FireMsg_t = OculusSimpleFireMessage2>
@@ -122,9 +175,14 @@ void DataRx::sendSimpleFireMessage(const SonarConfiguration &config) {
   data = config.serialize<FireMsg_t>();
 
   if (data.size() > 0) {
-    auto result = _socket.send(boost::asio::buffer(data));
-    LOG(DEBUG) << "Sent " << result << " bytes to sonar";
-    haveWritten(data);
+    try {
+      auto result = _socket.send(boost::asio::buffer(data));
+      LOG(DEBUG) << "Sent " << result << " bytes to sonar";
+      haveWritten(data);
+    } catch (boost::system::system_error &ex) {
+      LOG(WARNING) << "Exception when sending: " << ex.what();
+      disconnect();
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/DataRx.cpp b/lib/DataRx.cpp
index 494b45f..3bfcf2f 100644
--- a/lib/DataRx.cpp
+++ b/lib/DataRx.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ DataRx::DataRx(const IoServiceThread::IoContextPtr& iosrv)
     : OculusMessageHandler(),
       _socket(*iosrv),
       _buffer(std::make_shared<ByteVector>()),
-      _onConnectCallback() {}
+      _onConnectCallback(),
+      is_connected_(false),
+      timeout_secs_(2),
+      timeout_timer_(*iosrv) {}
 
 DataRx::~DataRx() {}
 
@@ -52,7 +55,8 @@ void DataRx::connect(const asio::ip::address& addr) {
   uint16_t port = liboculus::DataPort;
 
   boost::asio::ip::tcp::endpoint sonarEndpoint(addr, port);
-  LOG(INFO) << "Connecting to sonar at " << sonarEndpoint;
+  LOG(DEBUG) << "Attempting to connect to sonar at " << sonarEndpoint;
+  is_connected_.set(true);
 
   _socket.async_connect(sonarEndpoint,
                         boost::bind(&DataRx::onConnect, this, _1));
@@ -67,17 +71,37 @@ void DataRx::connect(const std::string& strAddr) {
 
 void DataRx::onConnect(const boost::system::error_code& ec) {
   if (ec) {
-    LOG(WARNING) << "Error on connect: " << ec.message();
-    _socket.close();
-
+    LOG(DEBUG) << "Error on connect: " << ec.message();
+    disconnect();
+    return;
+  } else if (!isConnected()) {
+    // A separate thread could have failed independently..
     return;
   }
 
-  LOG(DEBUG) << "Connected to sonar!";
+  LOG(INFO) << "Successful connection to sonar!";
   restartReceiveCycle();
   if (_onConnectCallback) _onConnectCallback();
 }
 
+void DataRx::disconnect() {
+  LOG(DEBUG) << " ... disconnecting";
+  _socket.close();
+  is_connected_.set(false);
+  if (_onDisconnectCallback) _onDisconnectCallback();
+}
+
+void DataRx::onTimeout(const boost::system::error_code& ec) {
+  if (ec == boost::asio::error::operation_aborted) {
+    return;
+  } else if (ec) {
+    LOG(WARNING) << "Error on timeout " << ec.message();
+  }
+  LOG(DEBUG) << "!! No data from sonar in " << timeout_secs_
+             << " seconds, timeout";
+  if (_onTimeoutCallback) _onTimeoutCallback();
+}
+
 //=== Readers
 void DataRx::readUpTo(size_t bytes, StateMachineCallback callback) {
   const size_t current_sz = _buffer->size();
@@ -101,6 +125,13 @@ void DataRx::restartReceiveCycle() {
   } else {
     _buffer->clear();
   }
+
+  // Reset timeout timer; this should cancel existing pending timeouts
+  const auto timeout = boost::posix_time::seconds(timeout_secs_);
+  timeout_timer_.expires_from_now(timeout);
+  timeout_timer_.async_wait(
+      boost::bind(&DataRx::onTimeout, this, boost::placeholders::_1));
+
   readUpTo(sizeof(uint8_t),
            boost::bind(&DataRx::rxFirstByteOculusId, this, _1, _2));
 }
@@ -109,29 +140,36 @@ void DataRx::restartReceiveCycle() {
 
 void DataRx::rxFirstByteOculusId(const boost::system::error_code& ec,
                                  std::size_t bytes_transferred) {
-  if (ec) {
-    LOG(WARNING) << "Error on receive of header: " << ec.message();
-    goto exit;
+  if (ec.value() == boost::asio::error::basic_errors::operation_aborted) {
+    LOG(DEBUG) << "Receive cancelled, giving up...";
+    return;
+  } else if (ec) {
+    // Failure of this first read usually indicates a network failure
+    LOG(WARNING) << "Error on receive of header: " << ec.value() << " "
+                 << ec.message();
+    disconnect();
+    return;
   }
 
   if (bytes_transferred != sizeof(uint8_t)) {
-    goto exit;
+    restartReceiveCycle();
+    return;
   }
 
   if (_buffer->data()[0] == liboculus::PacketHeaderLSB) {
     readUpTo(sizeof(uint16_t),
              boost::bind(&DataRx::rxSecondByteOculusId, this, _1, _2));
-    return;
   }
-
-exit:
-  restartReceiveCycle();
 }
 
 void DataRx::rxSecondByteOculusId(const boost::system::error_code& ec,
                                   std::size_t bytes_transferred) {
-  if (ec) {
-    LOG(WARNING) << "Error on receive of header: " << ec.message();
+  if (ec.value() == boost::asio::error::basic_errors::operation_aborted) {
+    LOG(DEBUG) << "Receive ancelled, giving up...";
+    return;
+  } else if (ec) {
+    LOG(WARNING) << "Error on receive of header: " << ec.value() << " "
+                 << ec.message();
     goto exit;
   }
 
@@ -153,8 +191,12 @@ void DataRx::rxSecondByteOculusId(const boost::system::error_code& ec,
 
 void DataRx::rxHeader(const boost::system::error_code& ec,
                       std::size_t bytes_transferred) {
-  if (ec) {
-    LOG(WARNING) << "Error on receive of header: " << ec.message();
+  if (ec.value() == boost::asio::error::basic_errors::operation_aborted) {
+    LOG(DEBUG) << "Receive cancelled, giving up...";
+    return;
+  } else if (ec) {
+    LOG(WARNING) << "Error on receive of header: " << ec.value() << " "
+                 << ec.message();
     return;
   }
 
@@ -185,8 +227,12 @@ void DataRx::rxPacket(const boost::system::error_code& ec,
                       std::size_t bytes_transferred) {
   MessageHeader hdr(_buffer);
 
-  if (ec) {
-    LOG(WARNING) << "Error on receive of packet data: " << ec.message();
+  if (ec.value() == boost::asio::error::basic_errors::operation_aborted) {
+    LOG(DEBUG) << "Receive cancelled, giving up...";
+    return;
+  } else if (ec) {
+    LOG(WARNING) << "Error on receive of packet data: " << ec.value() << " "
+                 << ec.message();
     goto exit;
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/IoServiceThread.cpp b/lib/IoServiceThread.cpp
index 9c9ffdf..9196a8a 100644
--- a/lib/IoServiceThread.cpp
+++ b/lib/IoServiceThread.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "liboculus/IoServiceThread.h"
 
 #include <boost/bind.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
 
 namespace liboculus {
 
@@ -67,6 +68,13 @@ void IoServiceThread::join() {
   _thread.reset();
 }
 
-void IoServiceThread::threadExec() { _context->run(); }
+void IoServiceThread::threadExec() {
+  try {
+    _context->run();
+  } catch (std::exception& ex) {
+    std::cerr << "!! Unhandled ASIO exception in IoServiceThread: " << ex.what()
+              << std::endl;
+  }
+}
 
 }  // namespace liboculus