I have disabled steering disarming for skid steering rovers. Its
perfectly reasonable for a skid steering rover to go hard left on the
spot without any throttle and the user wouldn't want the rover to
disarm during this procedure.
If you disarm from the GCS for a skid steering rover we also ensure
the steering channel is disabled.
Further to refactor of RC_Channel class which included
adding get_xx set_xx methods, change reads and writes to the public members
to calls to get and set functionsss
old public member(int16_t) get function -> int16_t set function (int16_t)
(expression where c is an object of type RC_Channel)
c.radio_in c.get_radio_in() c.set_radio_in(v)
c.control_in c.get_control_in() c.set_control_in(v)
c.servo_out c.get_servo_out() c.set_servo_out(v)
c.pwm_out c.get_pwm_out() // use existing
c.radio_out c.get_radio_out() c.set_radio_out(v)
c.radio_max c.get_radio_max() c.set_radio_max(v)
c.radio_min c.get_radio_min() c.set_radio_min(v)
c.radio_trim c.get_radio_trim() c.set_radio_trim(v);
c.min_max_configured() // return true if min and max are configured
Because data members of RC_Channels are now private and so cannot be written directly
some overloads are provided in the Plane classes to provide the old functionality
new overload Plane::stick_mix_channel(RC_Channel *channel)
which forwards to the previously existing
void stick_mix_channel(RC_Channel *channel, int16_t &servo_out);
new overload Plane::channel_output_mixer(Rc_Channel* , RC_Channel*)const
which forwards to
(uint8_t mixing_type, int16_t & chan1, int16_t & chan2)const;
Rename functions
RC_Channel_aux::set_radio_trim(Aux_servo_function_t function)
to RC_Channel_aux::set_trim_to_radio_in_for(Aux_servo_function_t function)
RC_Channel_aux::set_servo_out(Aux_servo_function_t function, int16_t value)
to RC_Channel_aux::set_servo_out_for(Aux_servo_function_t function, int16_t value)
Rationale:
RC_Channel is a complicated class, which combines
several functionalities dealing with stick inputs
in pwm and logical units, logical and actual actuator
outputs, unit conversion etc, etc
The intent of this PR is to clarify existing use of
the class. At the basic level it should now be possible
to grep all places where private variable is set by
searching for the set_xx function.
(The wider purpose is to provide a more generic and
logically simpler method of output mixing. This is a small step)
Instead of going through 'hal' then 'scheduler', use directly the AP_HAL
functions. Besides removing indirection that is not necessary for such
functions, this patch ends up reducing the code size in the call sites.
For example, building ArduCopter for PX4 with this change (compared to
before introduction of the functions) yields almost 3k bytes of code
size.
# ArduCopter build before the functions (1b29a1af46)
text data bss dec hex filename
895264 2812 62732 960808 ea928 /.../px4fmu-v2_APM.build/firmware.elf
# ArduCopter build after this patch
text data bss dec hex filename
892264 2812 62732 957808 e9d70 /.../px4fmu-v2_APM.build/firmware.elf
A later patch will remove the unused functions in the Schedulers.
Fixed this bug
https://github.com/diydrones/ardupilot/issues/840
If a Rover was in AUTO and the user moved the throttle stick into
reverse past 50% the rover would increase. Basically the throttle
nudge behaviour was the same regardless of whether you moved the
throttle forward or backward.
Grant Morphett
skyscraper
Caio Marcelo de Oliveira Filho
Andrew Tridgell