Interface with breaker
 

My team captain thinks I need to interface with the breaker panel to tell if a breaker blows

Do any of you have any ways to go about this. There is a pwm slot in it, but I know neither where it goes nor what to do to get information from it

Re: Interface with breaker
 

You use the serial port and plug it into the RC program port.
(that pwm type connector is unsupportd at this time)
The default code is already setup to send the breaker data back to he dashboard program. Take a look in user_routines.c and you'll see it towards the end of the Default_Routine.

Re: Interface with breaker
 

Is it in the DDT version? What does it look like if it is because I can't really tell anything that might be it

Re: Interface with breaker
 

oops, my fault of course.

The breaker code is in Process_Data_From_Master_uP() of both the 2.2 and 2.4 versions of the default code.

Code:

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/* Example code to check if a breaker was ever tripped. */
if (aBreakerWasTripped)
{
  for (i=1;i<29;i++)
  {
        if (Breaker_Tripped(i))
          User_Byte1 = i;
          /* Update the last breaker tripped on User_Byte1 (to demonstrate the use of a user byte) Normally, you do something else if a breaker got tripped (ex: limit a PWM output) */
  }
}


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Re: Interface with breaker
 

My DDT code did not come with it, could I just put that in there

Also, do you know where is the manual for the breaker panel is, because think our electronics people did it their way instead of the right way and the dashboard is telling me that everything is tripped

Re: Interface with breaker
 

The breaker panel telemetry parser is located in IFI's serial port driver. I've taken all of the breaker code and placed it into it's own source file. It's part of the latest build of the serial port driver I mentioned in the "Updated: Serial Port Driver Code" thread.

-Kevin

Re: Interface with breaker
 

The dashboard manual is at http://www.ifirobotics.com/circuit-breaker-panel.shtml

The code will drop right into the DDT code, however, I haven't looked at the DDT closely to see if there are any potential serial port conflicts. Try it and you can tell me if it works okay.

Re: Interface with breaker
 

I dumped that code in and got 2 errors from the compilation

I think it is because you have breaker functions and that is the only thing pertaining to breakers that i know i have

Re: Interface with breaker
 

The only way you can tell if your breaker had a fuse trip is if you do it the 'right' way. Fill up the positives from 1 up (they're numbered) and for the negatives, the circuit that is using positive 1 needs to use negative 1 also. The same with 2, positive 2, and negative 2. Do the same all the way up. You can test the breaker. When you give it power, the light should flash green. Pull a fuse out without shutting off power, and if the light flashes red, it's working. As for the dashboard program, I haven't even seen one for this year. Where did you get it? I had a version from InnovationFirst.com, but they don't have it anymore.

Re: Interface with breaker
 

You're right. You need the Breaker_Tripped() function as well.
What Kevin was referring to above is he has already extracted Breaker_Tripped() so you can easily add it to your DDT project.

Go to Kevin's website and pickup his http://kevin.org/frc/frc_serial_ports_0.3.zip
within that zip file Kevin has pulled the function and data structures you need into the two files:

• breaker_panel.c
• breaker_panel.h

Copy just these two files into your DDT project folder and add them to your list of project files (Project -> Add Files to Project...).

I just checked this combination and you'll need to add:
#define FALSE 0
to breaker_panel.h or include it from somewhere else where it's already defined.

Re: Interface with breaker
 

What should my prototype for Breaker_Tripped() be, and is there any specific place I have to put it?


Also, would i put my printf statement to tell me a breaker tripped in the if loop or the for loop?


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Is it Ok if I just put it right here like this?
The compiler is happy

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