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Unread 23-02-2012, 11:45
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Re: CAN periodic status
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Originally Posted by rrossbach View Post
Haven't tried using this in team code - didn't even realize it was available in the FRC firmware - but I just downloaded the most recent update of the RDK (8555, updated 2/1/2012) and it looks like the docs now include the periodic status CAN messages, at least for the non-FRC firmware.
Thanks, I last downloaded the RDK a few days before the latest update.

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Originally Posted by Phalanx View Post
My thought is you are asking for a Periodic Status every 100ms (.1) and you are checking that status every 100ms which makes perfect sense. However, I'm wondering if you're getting "caught" between status message updates. I'd try setting it to .09 and checking every 100ms.
I had the same thought, but haven't had a chance to try it yet. When I probed the status, it appeared that it was missing around half of the messages, but it's really hard to tell with a rate of 10hz.
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