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// The structure of this code came from vrpn_3Space.[Ch]
// Most of the flock specific code comes from snippets in:
// ~hmd/src/libs/tracker/apps/ascension/FLOCK232/C
// That directory includes a program called cbird which allows you
// to send almost any command to the flock.
// If you are having trouble with the flock, compile and run that program.
// Things to remember:
// Drain or flush i/o buffers as appropriate
// If the flock is in stream mode ('@'), put it into point mode ('B')
// before trying to send other commands
// Even if you are running in group mode, you need to preface data
// specification commands with the RS232TOFBB command.
// (weberh 1/11/98)
#include <stdio.h> // for fprintf, stderr, perror, etc
#include <time.h> // for ctime, time, time_t
#include "quat.h" // for q_invert
#include "vrpn_Flock.h"
#include "vrpn_Serial.h" // for vrpn_drain_output_buffer, etc
#include "vrpn_Tracker.h" // for vrpn_TRACKER_FAIL, etc
#include "vrpn_Types.h" // for vrpn_float64
class VRPN_API vrpn_Connection;
// output a status msg every status_msg_secs
#define STATUS_MSG
#define STATUS_MSG_SECS 600
void vrpn_Tracker_Flock::printError( unsigned char uchErrCode,
unsigned char uchExpandedErrCode ) {
fprintf(stderr,"\n\rError Code is %u (decimal) ", uchErrCode);
/*
Display a message describing the Error
*/
switch (uchErrCode) {
case 0:
fprintf(stderr,"...No Errors Have Occurred");
break;
case 1:
fprintf(stderr,"...System RAM Test Error");
break;
case 2:
fprintf(stderr,"...Non-Volatile Storage Write Failure");
break;
case 3:
fprintf(stderr,"...System EEPROM Configuration Corrupt");
break;
case 4:
fprintf(stderr,"...Transmitter EEPROM Configuration Corrupt");
break;
case 5:
fprintf(stderr,"...Receiver EEPROM Configuration Corrupt");
break;
case 6:
fprintf(stderr,"...Invalid RS232 Command");
break;
case 7:
fprintf(stderr,"...Not an FBB Master");
break;
case 8:
fprintf(stderr,"...No 6DFOBs are Active");
break;
case 9:
fprintf(stderr,"...6DFOB has not been Initialized");
break;
case 10:
fprintf(stderr,"...FBB Receive Error - Intra Bird Bus");
break;
case 11:
fprintf(stderr,"...RS232 Overrun and/or Framing Error");
break;
case 12:
fprintf(stderr,"...FBB Receive Error - FBB Host Bus");
break;
case 13:
fprintf(stderr,
"...No FBB Command Response from Device at address %d (decimal)",
uchExpandedErrCode & 0x0f);
break;
case 14:
fprintf(stderr,"...Invalid FBB Host Command");
break;
case 15:
fprintf(stderr,"...FBB Run Time Error");
break;
case 16:
fprintf(stderr,"...Invalid CPU Speed");
break;
case 17:
fprintf(stderr,"...Slave No Data Error");
break;
case 18:
fprintf(stderr,"...Illegal Baud Rate");
break;
case 19:
fprintf(stderr,"...Slave Acknowledge Error");
break;
case 20:
fprintf(stderr,"...CPU Overflow Error - call factory");
break;
case 21:
fprintf(stderr,"...Array Bounds Error - call factory");
break;
case 22:
fprintf(stderr,"...Unused Opcode Error - call factory");
break;
case 23:
fprintf(stderr,"...Escape Opcode Error - call factory");
break;
case 24:
fprintf(stderr,"...Reserved Int 9 - call factory");
break;
case 25:
fprintf(stderr,"...Reserved Int 10 - call factory");
break;
case 26:
fprintf(stderr,"...Reserved Int 11 - call factory");
break;
case 27:
fprintf(stderr,"...Numeric CPU Error - call factory");
break;
case 28:
fprintf(stderr,"...CRT Synchronization Error");
break;
case 29:
fprintf(stderr,"...Transmitter Not Active Error");
break;
case 30:
fprintf(stderr,"...ERC Extended Range Transmitter Not Attached Error");
break;
case 31:
fprintf(stderr,"...CPU Time Overflow Error");
break;
case 32:
fprintf(stderr,"...Receiver Saturated Error");
break;
case 33:
fprintf(stderr,"...Slave Configuration Error");
break;
case 34:
fprintf(stderr,"...ERC Watchdog Error");
break;
case 35:
fprintf(stderr,"...ERC Overtemp Error");
break;
default:
fprintf(stderr,"...UNKNOWN ERROR... check user manual");
break;
}
}
// check for flock error, return err number if there is an error
// zero if no error
int vrpn_Tracker_Flock::checkError() {
// Some compilers (CenterLine CC on sunos!?) still don't support
// automatic aggregate initialization
//unsigned char rguch[4]={'B','G','O',10};
int cLen=0;
unsigned char rguch[2];
rguch[cLen++] = 'B';
rguch[cLen++] = 'G';
// put the flock to sleep (B to get out of stream mode, G to sleep)
if (vrpn_write_characters(serial_fd, (const unsigned char *) &rguch, cLen )!=cLen) {
perror("\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: failed writing cmds to tracker");
return -1;
}
// make sure the command is sent out
vrpn_drain_output_buffer( serial_fd );
vrpn_SleepMsecs(500);
// clear in buffer
vrpn_flush_input_buffer( serial_fd );
// now get error code and clear error status
// we want error code 16, not 10 -- we want the expanded error code
// prepare error status query (expanded error codes)
cLen=0;
rguch[cLen++] = 'O';
rguch[cLen++] = 16;
if (vrpn_write_characters(serial_fd, (const unsigned char *)rguch, cLen )!=cLen) {
perror("\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: failed writing cmds to tracker");
return -1;
}
// make sure the command is sent out
vrpn_drain_output_buffer( serial_fd );
vrpn_SleepMsecs(500);
// read response (2 char response to error query 16),
// 1 char response to 10
int cRet;
if ((cRet=vrpn_read_available_characters(serial_fd, rguch, 2))!=2) {
fprintf(stderr,
"\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: received only %d of 2 chars for err code",
cRet);
return -1;
}
// if first byte is 0, there is no error
// if (rguch[0]) {
printError( rguch[0], rguch[1] );
// }
return rguch[0];
}
vrpn_Tracker_Flock::vrpn_Tracker_Flock(char *name, vrpn_Connection *c,
int cSensors, const char *port, long baud,
int fStreamMode, int useERT, bool invertQuaternion, int active_hemisphere) :
vrpn_Tracker_Serial(name,c,port,baud), cSensors(cSensors), cResets(0),
fStream(fStreamMode), fGroupMode(1), cSyncs(0), fFirstStatusReport(1), d_useERT(useERT),
activeHemisphere(active_hemisphere),
d_invertQuaternion(invertQuaternion) {
if (cSensors>MAX_SENSORS) {
fprintf(stderr, "\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: too many sensors requested ... only %d allowed (%d specified)", MAX_SENSORS, cSensors );
cSensors = MAX_SENSORS;
}
fprintf(stderr, "\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: starting up (FOBHack)...");
}
double vrpn_Tracker_Flock::getMeasurementRate() {
// the cbird code shows how to read these
int resetLen = 0;
unsigned char reset[5];
unsigned char response[5];
// get crystal freq and measurement rate
reset[resetLen++]='O';
reset[resetLen++]=2;
reset[resetLen++]='O';
reset[resetLen++]=6;
if (vrpn_write_characters(serial_fd, (const unsigned char *) reset, resetLen )!=resetLen) {
perror("\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: failed writing set mode cmds to tracker");
status = vrpn_TRACKER_FAIL;
return 1;
}
// make sure the commands are sent out
vrpn_drain_output_buffer( serial_fd );
// let the tracker respond
vrpn_SleepMsecs(500);
int cRetF;
if ((cRetF=vrpn_read_available_characters(serial_fd, response, 4))!=4) {
fprintf(stderr,
"\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: received only %d of 4 chars as freq",
cRetF);
status = vrpn_TRACKER_FAIL;
return 1;
}
fprintf(stderr, "\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: crystal freq is %d Mhz",
(unsigned int)response[0]);
unsigned int iCount = response[2] + (((unsigned int)response[3]) << 8);
return (1000.0/((4*(iCount*(8.0/response[0])/1000.0)) + 0.3));
}
vrpn_Tracker_Flock::~vrpn_Tracker_Flock() {
// Some compilers (CenterLine CC on sunos!?) still don't support
// automatic aggregate initialization
int cLen=0;
//unsigned char rgch[2]={'B','G'};
unsigned char rgch [2];
rgch[cLen++] = 'B';
rgch[cLen++] = 'G';
fprintf(stderr,"\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: shutting down ...");
// clear output buffer
vrpn_flush_output_buffer( serial_fd );
// put the flock to sleep (B to get out of stream mode, G to sleep)
if (vrpn_write_characters(serial_fd, (const unsigned char *) rgch, cLen )!=cLen) {
perror("\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: failed writing sleep cmd to tracker");
status = vrpn_TRACKER_FAIL;
return;
}
// make sure the command is sent out
vrpn_drain_output_buffer( serial_fd );
fprintf(stderr, " done.\n");
}
void vrpn_Tracker_Flock::reset()
{
int i;
int resetLen;
unsigned char reset[6*(MAX_SENSORS+1)+10];
// If the RTS/CTS pins are in the cable that connects the Flock
// to the computer, we need to raise and drop the RTS/CTS line
// to make the communications on the Flock reset. We need to give
// it time to reset. If these wires are not installed (ie, if only
// send, receive and ground are connected) then we don't need this.
// To be more general, we put it in. The following code snippet
// comes from Kyle at Ascension.
vrpn_set_rts( serial_fd );
vrpn_SleepMsecs(1000);
vrpn_clear_rts( serial_fd );
vrpn_SleepMsecs(5000);
// set vars for error handling
// set them right away so they are set properly in the
// event that we fail during the reset.
cResets++;
cSyncs=0;
fFirstStatusReport=1;
// Get rid of the characters left over from before the reset
// (make sure they are processed)
vrpn_drain_output_buffer(serial_fd);
// put back into polled mode (need to stop stream mode
// before doing an auto-config)
resetLen=0;
reset[resetLen++]='B';
// send the poll mode command (cmd and cmd_size are args)
fprintf(stderr," vrpn_Flock: Sending POLL mode command...\n");
if (vrpn_write_characters(serial_fd, (const unsigned char *) reset, resetLen )!=resetLen) {
perror("\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: failed writing poll cmd to tracker");
status = vrpn_TRACKER_FAIL;
return;
}
// make sure the command is sent out
vrpn_drain_output_buffer( serial_fd );
// wait for tracker to respond and flush buffers
vrpn_SleepMsecs(500);
// Send the tracker a string that should reset it.
// we will try to do an auto-reconfigure of all units of the flock
// then set the flock into pos/quat stream mode (this requires group
// mode, so we set that as well).
resetLen=0;
// "change value" cmd
reset[resetLen++]='P';
// flock of birds auto-configure code
reset[resetLen++]=50;
// number of units (xmitter + receivers)
reset[resetLen++]= (unsigned char)(cSensors+d_useERT);
// as per pg 59 of the jan 31, 1995 FOB manual, we need to pause at
// least 300 ms before and after sending the autoconfig (paused above)
// send the reset command (cmd and cmd_size are args)
fprintf(stderr," vrpn_Flock: Sending RESET command...\n");
if (vrpn_write_characters(serial_fd, (const unsigned char *) reset, resetLen )!=resetLen) {
perror("\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: failed writing auto-config to tracker");
status = vrpn_TRACKER_FAIL;
return;
}
// make sure the command is sent out
vrpn_drain_output_buffer( serial_fd );
// wait for auto reconfig
vrpn_SleepMsecs(500);
// now set modes: pos/quat, group, stream
resetLen=0;
// group mode
reset[resetLen++] = 'P';
reset[resetLen++] = 35;
reset[resetLen++] = 1;
// pos/quat mode sent to each receiver (transmitter is unit 1)
// 0xf0 + addr is the cmd to tell the master to forward a cmd
for (i=1;i<=cSensors;i++) {
reset[resetLen++] = (unsigned char)(0xf0 + i + d_useERT);
reset[resetLen++] = ']';
}
//
// Set the active hemisphere based on what's in the config file.
unsigned char hem, sign;
switch (activeHemisphere)
{
case HEMI_PLUSX : hem = 0x00; sign = 0x00; break;
case HEMI_MINUSX: hem = 0x00; sign = 0x01; break;
case HEMI_PLUSY : hem = 0x06; sign = 0x00; break;
case HEMI_MINUSY: hem = 0x06; sign = 0x01; break;
case HEMI_PLUSZ : hem = 0x0c; sign = 0x00; break;
case HEMI_MINUSZ: hem = 0x0c; sign = 0x01; break;
}
// prepare the command
for (i=1;i<=cSensors;i++) {
reset[resetLen++] = (unsigned char)(0xf0 + i + d_useERT);
reset[resetLen++] = 'L';
reset[resetLen++] = hem;
reset[resetLen++] = sign;
}
// write it all out
fprintf(stderr," vrpn_Flock: Setting parameters...\n");
if (vrpn_write_characters(serial_fd, (const unsigned char *) reset, resetLen )!=resetLen) {
perror("\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: failed writing set mode cmds to tracker");
status = vrpn_TRACKER_FAIL;
return;
}
// make sure the commands are sent out
vrpn_drain_output_buffer( serial_fd );
// clear the input buffer (it will contain a single point
// record from the poll command above and garbage from before reset)
vrpn_flush_input_buffer(serial_fd);
resetLen=0;
// get the system status to check that it opened correctly
// examine value cmd is 'O'
reset[resetLen++]='O';
// flock system status is 36
reset[resetLen++]=36;
// write the cmd and get response
if (vrpn_write_characters(serial_fd, (const unsigned char *) reset, resetLen )!=resetLen) {
perror("\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: failed writing get sys config to tracker");
status = vrpn_TRACKER_FAIL;
return;
}
// make sure the command is sent out
vrpn_drain_output_buffer( serial_fd );
// let the tracker respond
vrpn_SleepMsecs(500);
fprintf(stderr," vrpn_Flock: Checking for response...\n");
unsigned char response[14];
int cRet;
if ((cRet=vrpn_read_available_characters(serial_fd, response, 14))!=14) {
fprintf(stderr,
"\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: received only %d of 14 chars as status",
cRet);
status = vrpn_TRACKER_FAIL;
return;
}
// check the configuration ...
int fOk=1;
for (i=0;i<=cSensors-1+d_useERT;i++) {
fprintf(stderr, "\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: unit %d", i);
if (response[i] & 0x20) {
fprintf(stderr," (a receiver)");
} else {
fprintf(stderr," (a transmitter)");
// now we allow non transmitters at fisrt address !!!!
// if (i != 0) {
// fprintf(stderr,"\nError: VRPN Flock driver can only accept transmitter as first unit\n");
// status = vrpn_TRACKER_FAIL;
// fOk=0;
// return;
// }
}
if (response[i] & 0x80) {
fprintf(stderr," is accessible");
} else {
fprintf(stderr," is not accessible");
fOk=0;
}
if (response[i] & 0x40) {
fprintf(stderr," and is running");
} else {
fprintf(stderr," and is not running");
fOk=0;
}
}
fprintf(stderr, "\n");
if (!fOk) {
perror("\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: problems resetting tracker.");
status = vrpn_TRACKER_FAIL;
return;
}
#define GET_FREQ
#ifdef GET_FREQ
fprintf(stderr, "\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: sensor measurement rate is %lf hz.",
getMeasurementRate());
#endif
// now start it running
resetLen = 0;
if (fStream==1) {
// stream mode
reset[resetLen++] = '@';
if (vrpn_write_characters(serial_fd, (const unsigned char *) reset, resetLen )!=resetLen) {
perror("\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: failed writing set mode cmds to tracker");
status = vrpn_TRACKER_FAIL;
return;
}
// make sure the commands are sent out
vrpn_drain_output_buffer( serial_fd );
}
fprintf(stderr,"\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: done with reset ... running.\n");
vrpn_gettimeofday(×tamp, NULL); // Set watchdog now
status = vrpn_TRACKER_SYNCING; // We're trying for a new reading
}
int vrpn_Tracker_Flock::get_report(void)
{
int ret;
unsigned RECORD_SIZE = 15;
// The reports are 15 bytes long each (Pos/Quat format plus
// group address), with a phasing bit set in the first byte
// of each sensor.
// If not in group mode, then reports are just 14 bytes
// VRPN sends every tracker report for every sensor.
if (!fGroupMode) {
RECORD_SIZE = 14;
}
// We need to search for the phasing bit because if the input
// buffer overflows then it will be emptied and overwritten.
// If we're synching, read a byte at a time until we find
// one with the high bit set.
if (status == vrpn_TRACKER_SYNCING) {
// Try to get a character. If none, just return.
if (vrpn_read_available_characters(serial_fd, buffer, 1) != 1) {
return 0;
}
// If the high bit isn't set, we don't want it we
// need to look at the next one, so just return
if ( (buffer[0] & 0x80) == 0) {
fprintf(stderr,"\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: Syncing (high bit not set)");
cSyncs++;
if (cSyncs>RECORD_SIZE) {
// reset the tracker if more than a few syncs occur
status = vrpn_TRACKER_RESETTING;
}
return 0;
}
cSyncs=0;
// Got the first character of a report -- go into PARTIAL mode
// and say that we got one character at this time.
bufcount = 1;
vrpn_gettimeofday(×tamp, NULL);
status = vrpn_TRACKER_PARTIAL;
}
// Read as many bytes of this record as we can, storing them
// in the buffer. We keep track of how many have been read so far
// and only try to read the rest. The routine that calls this one
// makes sure we get a full reading often enough (ie, it is responsible
// for doing the watchdog timing to make sure the tracker hasn't simply
// stopped sending characters).
ret = vrpn_read_available_characters(serial_fd, &buffer[bufcount],
RECORD_SIZE-bufcount);
if (ret == -1) {
fprintf(stderr,"\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: Error reading");
status = vrpn_TRACKER_FAIL;
return 0;
}
bufcount += ret;
if (bufcount < RECORD_SIZE) { // Not done -- go back for more
return 0;
}
// confirm that we are still synched ...
if ( (buffer[0] & 0x80) == 0) {
fprintf(stderr,"\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: lost sync, resyncing.");
status = vrpn_TRACKER_SYNCING;
return 0;
}
// Now decode the report
// from the flock manual (page 28) and ascension's code ...
// they use 14 bit ints
short *rgs= (short *)buffer;
short cs = (short)(RECORD_SIZE/2);
// Go though the flock data and make into two's complemented
// 16 bit integers by:
// 1) getting rid of the lsb phasing bit
// 2) shifting the lsbyte left one bit
// 3) recombining msb/lsb into words
// 4) shifting each word left one more bit
// These are then scaled appropriately.
unsigned char uchLsb;
unsigned char uchMsb;
for (int irgs=0;irgs<cs;irgs++) {
// The data is dealt with as bytes so that the host byte ordering
// will not affect the operation
uchLsb = (unsigned char)(buffer[irgs*2] & 0x7F);
uchLsb <<= 1;
uchMsb = buffer[irgs*2+1];
rgs[irgs] = (short)( ((unsigned short) uchLsb) + (((unsigned short) uchMsb) << 8) );
rgs[irgs] <<= 1;
}
// scale factor for position.
// According to Jo Skermo, this depends on whether we're using the
// extended-range transmitter or not.
double int_to_inches;
if (d_useERT) {
int_to_inches = 144.0/32768.0;
} else {
int_to_inches = 36.0/32768.0;
}
int i;
for (i=0;i<3;i++) {
// scale and convert to meters
pos[i] = (double)(rgs[i] * int_to_inches * 0.0254);
}
// they code quats as w,x,y,z, we need to give out x,y,z,w
// The quats are already normalized
#define WTF (float)(1.0/32768.0) /* float to word integer */
for (i=4;i<7;i++) {
// quat[i-4] = (double)(((short *)buffer)[i] * WTF);
d_quat[i-4] = (double)(rgs[i] * WTF);
}
d_quat[3] = (double)(rgs[3] * WTF);
// Because the Flock was used at UNC by having the transmitter
// above the user, we were always operating in the wrong hemisphere.
// According to the Flock manual, the Flock should report things
// in the same way other trackers do. The original code inverted
// the Quaternion value before returning it, probably because of this
// hemisphere problem. Sebastien Maraux pointed out the confusion.
// To Enable either mode to work, the code now has an optional parameter
// that will invert the quaternion, but it is not the default anymore.
// Others must have been using the Flock in the same manner, because
// they didn't see a problem with this code.
if (d_invertQuaternion) { q_invert(d_quat, d_quat); }
if (fGroupMode) {
// sensor addr are 0 indexed in vrpn, but start at 2 in the flock
// (1 is the transmitter)
// d_sensor = buffer[RECORD_SIZE-1]-2;
d_sensor = buffer[RECORD_SIZE-1]-1-d_useERT;
}
// all set for this sensor, so cycle
status = vrpn_TRACKER_SYNCING;
bufcount = 0;
#ifdef VERBOSE
print_latest_report();
#endif
return 1;
}
#define poll() { \
char chPoint = 'B';\
fprintf(stderr,"."); \
if (vrpn_write_characters(serial_fd, (const unsigned char *) &chPoint, 1 )!=1) {\
perror("\nvrpn_Tracker_Flock: failed writing set mode cmds to tracker");\
status = vrpn_TRACKER_FAIL;\
return;\
} \
vrpn_gettimeofday(×tamp, NULL);\
}
void vrpn_Tracker_Flock::send_report(void) {
vrpn_Tracker_Serial::send_report();
// NOTE: the flock behavior is very finicky -- if you try to poll
// again before most of the last response has been read, then
// it will complain. You need to wait and issue the next
// group poll only once you have read out the previous one entirely
// As a result, polling is very slow with multiple sensors.
if (fStream==0) {
if (d_sensor==(cSensors-1)) {
poll();
}
}
// successful read, so reset the reset count
cResets = 0;
#ifdef STATUS_MSG
// data to calc report rate
struct timeval tvNow;
// get curr time
vrpn_gettimeofday(&tvNow, NULL);
if (fFirstStatusReport) {
// print a status message in cStatusInterval seconds
cStatusInterval=3;
tvLastStatusReport=tvNow;
cReports=0;
fFirstStatusReport=0;
fprintf(stderr, "\nFlock: status will be printed every %d seconds.",
STATUS_MSG_SECS);
}
cReports++;
if (vrpn_TimevalMsecs(vrpn_TimevalDiff(tvNow, tvLastStatusReport)) >
cStatusInterval*1000){
double dRate = cReports /
(vrpn_TimevalMsecs(vrpn_TimevalDiff(tvNow,
tvLastStatusReport))/1000.0);
time_t tNow = time(NULL);
char *pch = ctime(&tNow);
pch[24]='\0';
fprintf(stderr, "\nFlock: reports being sent at %6.2lf hz "
"(%d sensors, so ~%6.2lf hz per sensor) ( %s )",
dRate, cSensors, dRate/cSensors, pch);
tvLastStatusReport = tvNow;
cReports=0;
// display the rate every STATUS_MSG_SECS seconds
cStatusInterval=STATUS_MSG_SECS;
}
#endif
}