The Motor Safety feature acts as a watchdog timer for an individual motor. More...

#include <frc/MotorSafety.h>

Inheritance diagram for frc::MotorSafety:

Public Member Functions
	MotorSafety ()

virtual	~MotorSafety ()

	MotorSafety (MotorSafety &&rhs)

MotorSafety &	operator= (MotorSafety &&rhs)

void	Feed ()
	Feed the motor safety object. More...

void	SetExpiration (units::second_t expirationTime)
	Set the expiration time for the corresponding motor safety object. More...

units::second_t	GetExpiration () const
	Retrieve the timeout value for the corresponding motor safety object. More...

bool	IsAlive () const
	Determine if the motor is still operating or has timed out. More...

void	SetSafetyEnabled (bool enabled)
	Enable/disable motor safety for this device. More...

bool	IsSafetyEnabled () const
	Return the state of the motor safety enabled flag. More...

void	Check ()
	Check if this motor has exceeded its timeout. More...

virtual void	StopMotor ()=0

virtual std::string	GetDescription () const =0
	The return value from this method is printed out when an error occurs. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static void	CheckMotors ()
	Check the motors to see if any have timed out. More...

Detailed Description

The Motor Safety feature acts as a watchdog timer for an individual motor.

It operates by maintaining a timer that tracks how long it has been since the feed() method has been called for that actuator. Code in the Driver Station class initiates a comparison of these timers to the timeout values for any actuator with safety enabled every 5 received packets (100ms nominal).

The subclass should call Feed() whenever the motor value is updated.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ MotorSafety() [1/2]

frc::MotorSafety::MotorSafety ( )

◆ ~MotorSafety()

virtual frc::MotorSafety::~MotorSafety ( )

virtual

◆ MotorSafety() [2/2]

frc::MotorSafety::MotorSafety ( MotorSafety && rhs )

Member Function Documentation

◆ Check()

void frc::MotorSafety::Check ( )

Check if this motor has exceeded its timeout.

This method is called periodically to determine if this motor has exceeded its timeout value. If it has, the stop method is called, and the motor is shut down until its value is updated again.

◆ CheckMotors()

static void frc::MotorSafety::CheckMotors ( )

static

Check the motors to see if any have timed out.

This static method is called periodically to poll all the motors and stop any that have timed out.

◆ Feed()

void frc::MotorSafety::Feed ( )

Feed the motor safety object.

Resets the timer on this object that is used to do the timeouts.

◆ GetDescription()

virtual std::string frc::MotorSafety::GetDescription ( ) const

pure virtual

The return value from this method is printed out when an error occurs.

This method must not throw!

Implemented in frc::DifferentialDrive, frc::MecanumDrive, frc::NidecBrushless, frc::PWMMotorController, frc::Relay, and frc::RobotDriveBase.

◆ GetExpiration()

units::second_t frc::MotorSafety::GetExpiration ( ) const

Retrieve the timeout value for the corresponding motor safety object.

Returns: the timeout value.

◆ IsAlive()

bool frc::MotorSafety::IsAlive ( ) const

Determine if the motor is still operating or has timed out.

Returns: true if the motor is still operating normally and hasn't timed out.

◆ IsSafetyEnabled()

bool frc::MotorSafety::IsSafetyEnabled ( ) const

Return the state of the motor safety enabled flag.

Return if the motor safety is currently enabled for this device.

Returns: True if motor safety is enforced for this device.

◆ operator=()

MotorSafety & frc::MotorSafety::operator= ( MotorSafety && rhs )

◆ SetExpiration()

void frc::MotorSafety::SetExpiration ( units::second_t expirationTime )

Set the expiration time for the corresponding motor safety object.

Parameters

expirationTime The timeout value.

◆ SetSafetyEnabled()

void frc::MotorSafety::SetSafetyEnabled ( bool enabled )

Enable/disable motor safety for this device.

Turn on and off the motor safety option for this PWM object.