Programming for CMUCam

[chris31]

Remember that the robot runs on a continuos loop. So instead of stopping it, you just need to not call in on they next loop if you dont want it to be running.

[teh_pwnerer795]

Originally Posted by chris31

Remember that the robot runs on a continuos loop. So instead of stopping it, you just need to not call in on they next loop if you dont want it to be running.

How would i do that? ..

[chris31]

Dont call Servo_trace in you user_routine when you dont want it to run. Say you only want it to run when switch_1 is on then it would look like this

PHP Code:

if (switch_1 == 1)
{
Servo_Track();
} 


[JBotAlan]

Originally Posted by teh_pwnerer795

How would i do that? ..

In user_routines.c in Kevin Watson's "bells and whistles" version of his camera code (which you are probably using if you are calling Servo_Track()) there is this code:

	// This function reads data placed in the T_Packet_Data
	// structure by the Camera_Handler() function and if new
	// tracking data is available, attempts to keep the center
	// of the tracked object in the center of the camera's
	// image using two servos that drive a pan/tilt platform.
	// If the camera doesn't have the object within it's field 
	// of view, this function will execute a search algorithm 
	// in an attempt to find the object.
	if(tracking_menu_active == 0)
	{
		Servo_Track();
	}

You are looking at the last bit there. That code checks if the code in terminal.c (I think) has set the tracking_menu_active variable to 0; if it has, it calls Servo_Track(). What you want to do is modify the line two lines above Servo_Track(); to read something like:

if((tracking_menu_active == 0)&&(whatever condition you want here))

where "whatever condition you want here" is replaced by what you want your code to check to see if it should call Servo_Track(). You could have a variable, for instance, called jbotRulesTheWorld (hey, I just had to add that ) and you want your code to call Servo_Track() if jbotRulesTheWorld equals 1. You would write:

if((tracking_menu_active == 0)&&(jbotRulesTheWorld == 1))

in place of the original

if(tracking_menu_active == 0)

Good luck, and if you need more help don't hesitate to post back here.

JBot (rules the world... )

EDIT: Oh, well Chris31 beat me to it. I'll still leave this post here for clarity.

[teh_pwnerer795]

found an easier way .... i'll just declare Camera_Idle(); ... that'll stop everything that its trying to track.. but thxs alot for ur help