Publish telemetry status on telemetry update and on heartbeat update events to avoid inducing heartbeat update latencies resulting in spurious telemetry link dropped detections. Makes overall state handling simpler

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Lorenz Meier 2014-08-17 10:58:28 +02:00
parent 5a5e1a976e
commit c3522f8592
3 changed files with 11 additions and 22 deletions

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@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ Mavlink::Mavlink() :
errx(1, "instance ID is out of range");
break;
}
_rstatus.type = TELEMETRY_STATUS_RADIO_TYPE_GENERIC;
}
Mavlink::~Mavlink()

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@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ MavlinkReceiver::MavlinkReceiver(Mavlink *parent) :
_telemetry_status_pub(-1),
_rc_pub(-1),
_manual_pub(-1),
_radio_status_available(false),
_control_mode_sub(orb_subscribe(ORB_ID(vehicle_control_mode))),
_hil_frames(0),
_old_timestamp(0),
@ -430,9 +429,6 @@ MavlinkReceiver::handle_message_radio_status(mavlink_message_t *msg)
} else {
orb_publish(telemetry_status_orb_id[_mavlink->get_channel()], _telemetry_status_pub, &tstatus);
}
/* this means that heartbeats alone won't be published to the radio status no more */
_radio_status_available = true;
}
}
@ -474,25 +470,17 @@ MavlinkReceiver::handle_message_heartbeat(mavlink_message_t *msg)
struct telemetry_status_s &tstatus = _mavlink->get_rx_status();
hrt_abstime tnow = hrt_absolute_time();
/* set heartbeat time and topic time and publish -
* the telem status also gets updated on telemetry events
*/
tstatus.timestamp = hrt_absolute_time();
tstatus.heartbeat_time = tstatus.timestamp;
/* always set heartbeat, publish only if telemetry link not up */
tstatus.heartbeat_time = tnow;
if (_telemetry_status_pub < 0) {
_telemetry_status_pub = orb_advertise(telemetry_status_orb_id[_mavlink->get_channel()], &tstatus);
/* if no radio status messages arrive, lets at least publish that heartbeats were received */
if (!_radio_status_available) {
tstatus.timestamp = tnow;
/* telem_time indicates the timestamp of a telemetry status packet and we got none */
tstatus.telem_time = 0;
tstatus.type = TELEMETRY_STATUS_RADIO_TYPE_GENERIC;
if (_telemetry_status_pub < 0) {
_telemetry_status_pub = orb_advertise(telemetry_status_orb_id[_mavlink->get_channel()], &tstatus);
} else {
orb_publish(telemetry_status_orb_id[_mavlink->get_channel()], _telemetry_status_pub, &tstatus);
}
} else {
orb_publish(telemetry_status_orb_id[_mavlink->get_channel()], _telemetry_status_pub, &tstatus);
}
}
}

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@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ private:
orb_advert_t _telemetry_status_pub;
orb_advert_t _rc_pub;
orb_advert_t _manual_pub;
bool _radio_status_available;
int _control_mode_sub;
int _hil_frames;
uint64_t _old_timestamp;