Playing With Qt 5, C++ and Bioloid

I have been searching the best UI (libraries and UI creating tools) multiplatform framework for several years, and QT 5 is the best option I have found. Its libraries are easy to use, specially the slots (UI widgets connection to code) of QT5.  QT Creator is pretty easy to use and the UI designer is the free best tool I have tested. Really I'm learning to use it as creating these examples.

A very simple example:

[caption id="attachment_1508" align="aligncenter" width="287"] QT Bioloid Workshop[/caption]

The code uses two classes from the AXControl_v2 library:

- Configuration, it loads the  parameters from the file HexaWheels.conf (currently in spanish):

Tiempo_Espera_ms=36 // wait time
Tiempo_Espera_Sensores_ms=60 // wait time for sensors
Nombre_Puerto_Serie=/dev/ttyUSB0 // serial port name
Baudios_Puerto_Serie=57600 // baud rate

- DynamixelCommunication, it offers the commands to control Dynamixel items

Connecting to the Dynamixel bus:

[sourcecode language="cpp"]
void MainWindow::on_B_Open_clicked()
{
pDynComm->open(); // open the connection using the parameters from the configuration file
setConnectionButtons(true); // enable and disable conveniently the buttons
}
[/sourcecode]

Getting and setting the AX12 Dynamixel position:

[sourcecode language="cpp"]
void MainWindow::on_B_AX12_1_GET_POS_clicked()
{
QString qStr;

int id=ui->SB_AX12_1_ID->text().toInt();
int position = pDynComm->readValue(id, MyCommunications::PresentPosition);
string str=std::to_string(position);

ui->E_AX12_1_POS->setText(qStr.fromStdString(str));
}

void MainWindow::on_B_AX12_1_SET_POS_clicked()
{
QString qStr=ui->SB_AX12_1_ID->text();
int id=Util::convertToInt(qStr.toStdString());

int position= ui->E_AX12_1_POS->text().toInt();
pDynComm->sendOrder(id, MyCommunications::GoalPosition,position);
}

[/sourcecode]

And this is the (unfinished) main window code:

[sourcecode language="cpp"]
#include

#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"

#include "Configuration.h"
#include "DynamixelCommunication.h"
#include "Util.h"

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
QMainWindow(parent),
ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
ui->setupUi(this);
pConf=new Configuration ("/home/jose/proyectos_svn_win/trunk/bioloid/Comun/CPP/AXControl_v2/src/HexaWheels.conf");
pDynComm=new DynamixelCommunication (pConf);
}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
delete ui;

pDynComm->close();
delete pDynComm;
delete pConf;
}

void MainWindow::setConnectionButtons(bool onOff)
{
ui->B_Open->setEnabled(!onOff);
ui->B_Beep->setEnabled(onOff);
ui->B_Close->setEnabled(onOff);
}

void MainWindow::on_B_Open_clicked()
{
//QString output="Open it";
//QMessageBox::information(this, "Output", output, QMessageBox::Ok);

//dynComm.open("/dev/ttyUSB0",57600);
pDynComm->open();

setConnectionButtons(true);
}

void MainWindow::on_B_Beep_clicked()
{
pDynComm->sendOrder(200, MyCommunications::BeepCM510, 5);
}

void MainWindow::on_B_Close_clicked()
{
pDynComm->close();
setConnectionButtons(false);
QString output="Port closed!";
QMessageBox::information(this, "Output", output, QMessageBox::Ok);

}

void MainWindow::on_B_AX12_1_GET_POS_clicked()
{
QString qStr;

int id=ui->SB_AX12_1_ID->text().toInt();
int position = pDynComm->readValue(id, MyCommunications::PresentPosition);
string str=std::to_string(position);

ui->E_AX12_1_POS->setText(qStr.fromStdString(str));
}

void MainWindow::on_B_AX12_1_SET_POS_clicked()
{
QString qStr=ui->SB_AX12_1_ID->text();
int id=Util::convertToInt(qStr.toStdString());

int position= ui->E_AX12_1_POS->text().toInt();
pDynComm->sendOrder(id, MyCommunications::GoalPosition,position);
}

[/sourcecode]

But it's "growing":

[caption id="attachment_1546" align="aligncenter" width="285"] QT_Workbench[/caption]

I have uploaded the source and binary of this work in progress to
https://www.box.com/s/mdsdeoem0gg4o2rapipj/s/mdsdeoem0gg4o2rapipj