Difference between revisions of "Changing SimpleMotion baud rate"

/*
 Notes:
 
 This is a complete demo application to change SM bus baud rate with error handling.
 
 This demo requires SimpleMotion V2 library from GitHub that is dated 27th July 2018 (27.7.2018) or later.
*/
 
#include <stdio.h>
#include "simplemotion.h"
 
//GLOBALS
smbus smhandle=-1; //SM bus handle (no requirement to be global, we're using it as global just to simplify this example)
const char *SMBusDeviceName="FTDI0";
 
//simple function to test whether communication works to a range of slave devices.
//returns smtrue if connection test passed and smfalse if any of devices didn't respond properly
smbool TestConnection( int fromAddress, int toAddress )
{
    for(int i=fromAddress; i<=toAddress; i++)
    {
        smint32 serialNr;
        if(smRead1Parameter(smhandle, i, SMP_SERIAL_NR, &serialNr ) != SM_OK)
        {
            return smfalse;//read failed
        }
    }
    return smtrue;//all passed
}
 
//open bus with custom baud rate. this can be called again to re-open bus if connection is lost at some point
//(i.e. if some communicating function timeouts and does not return SM_OK).
//this function will return smtrue on success, smfalse on any error.
smbool OpenBusWithCustomBaudrate()
{
    //new bus baud rate
    const int pbs=1000000; //note: for FTDI USB chip based interfaces (i.e. SMV2USB and IONICUBE with USB connector, the max supported PBS is 3000000)
 
    //adjustable in 10ms steps up to 8000 ms
    const int slaveSMWatchdogTimeountMs=700;
 
    //this defines how low SM library will wait for slave device's response before
    //returing from a communicating function call (such as smSetParameter or smGetParameter).
    //Make sure to set this value higher than slaveSMWatchdogTimeountMs to have SM watchdog working properly.
    const int slaveResponseTimeoutMs=1000;
 
    //close bus first if it's been opened previously (if re-calling OpenBusWithCustomBaudrate)
    if(smhandle>=0)
        smCloseBus(smhandle);
 
    //open SM bus with default baud rate
    smSetBaudrate(460800);
    smhandle=smOpenBus(SMBusDeviceName);
 
    //test if bus open failed
    if(smhandle<0)
        return smfalse;//failed
 
    //setup SM bus watchdog feature for all slave devices.
    //when communication is timeouted, motor will be stopped AND their baud rate will be reset to default so we can
    //easliy re-connect to them.
    smSetParameter(smhandle,0,SMP_FAULT_BEHAVIOR,((slaveSMWatchdogTimeountMs/10)<<8)|1);
 
    //set SM library-end timeout for any communicating command. this is longer than slaveSMWatchdogTimeountMs
    //to ensure that slave baudrate will always reset if communication error happens (no valid response received
    //that SM library can read)
    smSetTimeout(slaveResponseTimeoutMs);
 
    //change baudrate of all devices on the bus (by giving address 0). it is important to change all devices at once so no communication errors happen due to some wrong baud rate devices on the bus.
    smSetParameter(smhandle,0,SMP_BUS_SPEED,pbs);
 
    //reopen SM bus device with new baud rate
    smCloseBus(smhandle);
    smSetBaudrate(pbs);
    smhandle=smOpenBus(SMBusDeviceName);
 
    //test if bus open failed
    if(smhandle<0)
        return smfalse;//failed
 
    //optional, but recommended: test that new baud rate works on each device on the bus
    //i.e. it can be done by reading some variable from each of the bus devices, such as SMP_SERIAL_NR
    return TestConnection( first slave device address, last slave device address );
 
    //after this function returns, continue using bus at new speed normally.
    //keep in mind that new commands must be sent to bus at least with the rate defined by slaveSMWatchdogTimeountMs.
    //if any command fails to timeout, or by any other reason timeout occurs, then devices have reset to default speed
    //and reinitialization of the speed is needed.}
}
 
//your SimpleMotion application
int main()
{
    /*in your SM application, the code might  follow this kind pattern: */
    smSetDebugOutput(SMDebugMid,stderr);
 
    if( OpenBusWithCustomBaudrate() == smfalse )
    {
        //handle error
        printf("Can't open bus\n");
        return 0;
    }
 
    while(1)
    {
        //do some communication, anything
 
        smint32 deviceType;
        int slaveAddress=enter some address here;
        smRead1Parameter(smhandle, slaveAddress, SMP_DEVICE_TYPE, &deviceType );
 
        if(getCumulativeStatus(smhandle)!=SM_OK)
        {
            //some of above SM commands have failed.
 
            //handle error:
            printf("SM error occurred, status %d\n", getCumulativeStatus(smhandle));
            resetCumulativeStatus(smhandle);
            //...
 
            //if this is happened due to the command timeout, then we know that bus baud rate has been reset to default in all
            //slave devices thanks to SM watchdog.
            //in this case, then call OpenBusWithCustomBaudrate BEFORE continuing communication
            return 1;
        }
        else //read ok
        {
            //print result & quit demo app, in real app do something else maybe
            printf("Read succeed, device type at address %d = %d\n", slaveAddress, deviceType);
            smCloseBus(smhandle);
            return 2;
        }
    }
}