To cretate this workshop I'm using
Ubuntu 12.04, GNU g++ (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) 4.6.3 (see Synaptic installer capture),
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QT 5.0.1 and QT creator 2.6.2,
QT creator is a very easy, and good, free IDE with a great design tool for creating user interfaces:
Be careful with this bug: Qt Creator 2.0: UI layout is not updated before launching the application http://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/292 Is very annoying and time consuming, the solution is in the last comment (setting the UI_DIR in the .pro file)[caption id="attachment_1637" align="aligncenter" width="600"]
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I also will use it with Windows 7.
I also use
Boost to get some C++11 features for threading. For example:
pWorkThread = new thread(&Activity::doWork, this, parameter);std::lock_guard < std::mutex > guard(myMutex);Don't bother if you don't understand it right now, it's in the guts of the
AXControl_v2 library we will use it in a very easy way, as you will see below.
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Example context fot
std::lock_guard < std::mutex > guard(myMutex);[sourcecode language="cpp"]
short DynamixelCommunication::readSensorValue(int id, AX12Address address,
int port) {
std::lock_guard < std::mutex > guard(myMutex);
short value = -1;
try {
int size = getReadSensorWordCommand(buffer, (byte) (id), address,
(byte) (port));
memset(&result, 0, MaxBufferSize);
serialPort.query(buffer, result, size, WaitTimeReadSensor);
value = getQueryResult(result, size);
if (value <= 0)
Debug::show("DynamixelCommunication.readSensorValue", value);
} catch (exception e) {
Debug::show("DynamixelCommunication.readSensorValue", e.what());
}
return value;
}
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And context for
pWorkThread = new thread(&Activity::doWork, this, parameter);:
[sourcecode language="cpp"]
class Activity {
private:
protected:
std::thread *pWorkThread;
...
}
void Activity::start(int parameter) {
working = true;
pWorkThread = new thread(&Activity::doWork, this, parameter);
Util::sleepMS(10);
}
Let's see how to open the connection
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Let's see how to open the connection to the CM-510:
[sourcecode language="cpp"]
void MainWindow::on_B_Open_clicked()
{
//QString output="Open it";
//QMessageBox::information(this, "Output", output, QMessageBox::Ok);
//dynComm.open("/dev/ttyUSB0",57600); //open with these parameters
if (pDynComm->open()) //open getting the parameter from the configuration fiel
{
//Connection opened
setConnectionButtons(true); //User interface update
updateAX12Parameters(ui->SB_AX12_1_ID->text().toInt()); //User interface update
}
else
{
//Show problem opening the connection
string cantOpenPortName="I can't open port: ";
cantOpenPortName+=pConf->getStringValue(DynamixelCommunication::ParameterSerialPortName);
QMessageBox::information(this, "Error", QString::fromStdString(cantOpenPortName), QMessageBox::Ok);
}
}
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and get a beep from the Robotis CM-510 (
using this alternative firmware):
[sourcecode language="cpp"]
pDynComm->sendOrder(200, MyCommunications::BeepCM510, 0); //200 is the Dynamixel device ID used for the CM-510, 0 because beep doesn't need any additional value
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Getting the AX12 position and showing it:
[sourcecode language="cpp"]
void MainWindow::on_B_AX12_1_GET_POS_clicked()
{
QString qStr;
int id = getAX12_1_Id();
int position = pDynComm->readValue(id, MyCommunications::PresentPosition);
ui->SB_AX12_1_POS->setValue(position);
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Setting the AX12 position:
[sourcecode language="cpp"]
void MainWindow::on_B_AX12_1_SET_POS_clicked()
{
int id = getAX12_1_Id();
int position= ui->SB_AX12_1_POS->text().toInt();
pDynComm->sendOrder(id, MyCommunications::GoalPosition,position);
}
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Putting the selected AX12 LED on and off
[sourcecode language="cpp"]
void MainWindow::on_CH_AX12_1_LED_clicked(bool checked)
{
int id = getAX12_1_Id();
pDynComm->sendOrder(id, MyCommunications::LED, (checked?1:0));// if checked 1, else 0
}
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And an auxiliary UI method to get the id from the selected AX-12
[sourcecode language="cpp"]
{
int MainWindow::getAX12_1_Id()
{
QString qStr=ui->SB_AX12_1_ID->text();
int id=Util::convertToInt(qStr.toStdString());
return id;
}
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You can download sources and Linux binaries hereA diagram with all the AXControl_v2 lib classes and their methods:
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