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# nxt.motcont module -- Interface to Linus Atorf's MotorControl NXC
# Copyright (C) 2011  Marcus Wanner
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.

import nxt
import nxt.error
import time
from threading import Lock

class MotorConError(nxt.error.ProtocolError):
    pass

def _power(power):
    pw = abs(power)
    psign = int(power >= 0) * 2 - 1
    if psign == -1:
        pw += 100
    pw = str(pw)
    pw = '0'*(3-len(pw))+pw #pad front with 0s to make 3 chars
    return pw

def _tacho(tacholimit):
    tacho = str(tacholimit)
    tacho = '0'*(6-len(tacho))+tacho #pad front with 0s to make 6 chars
    return tacho

def interval(delay, lastrun):
    now = time.time()
    if lastrun+delay > now:
        diff = now - lastrun
        time.sleep(0.010 - diff)

class MotCont():
    '''
This class provides an interface to Linus Atorf's MotorControl NXC
program. It is a wrapper which follows the documentation at 
http://www.mindstorms.rwth-aachen.de/trac/wiki/MotorControl
and provides command strings and timing intervals as dictated there. To
use this module, you will need to put MotorControl22.rxe on your NXT
brick. This file and its corresponding source can be found at
http://www.mindstorms.rwth-aachen.de/trac/browser/trunk/tools/MotorControl
You can use nxt_push or any other nxt file manager to put the file on
the NXT. Before using any of the functions here, use MotCont.start() to
start the program. You can also start it manually my using the menu on
the brick. When your script exits, it would be a good idea to do
b.stop_program().
'''
    def __init__(self, brick):
        self.brick = brick
        self.is_ready_lock = Lock()
        self.last_is_ready = time.time()-1
        self.last_cmd = {}
    
    def cmd(self, port, power, tacholimit, speedreg=1, smoothstart=0, brake=0):
        '''
Sends a "CONTROLLED_MOTORCMD" to MotorControl. port is
nxt.motor.PORT_[A-C], power is -100-100, tacholimit is 0-999999,
speedreg is whether to try to maintain speeds under load, and brake is
whether to enable active braking after the motor is in the specified
place (DIFFERENT from the nxt.motor.turn() function's brake arg).'''
        interval(0.010, self.last_is_ready)
        if port in self.last_cmd:
            interval(0.015, self.last_cmd[port])
        mode = str(
            0x01*int(brake)+
            0x02*int(speedreg)+
            0x04*int(smoothstart)
            )
        command = '1'+str(port)+_power(power)+_tacho(tacholimit)+mode
        self.brick.message_write(1, command)
        self.last_cmd[port] = time.time()
    
    def move_to(self, port, power, tachocount, speedreg=1, smoothstart=0, brake=0):
        '''
Same as cmd(), except that the tachocount is subtracted from the motor's
current position and that value is used to turn the motor. Power is
-100-100, but the sign is rewritten as needed.'''
        tacho = nxt.Motor(self.brick, port).get_tacho().block_tacho_count
        tacho = tachocount-tacho
        tsign = int(tacho >= 0) * 2 - 1
        tacho = abs(tacho)
        power = abs(power)*tsign
        self.cmd(port, power, tacho, speedreg, smoothstart, brake)
    
    def reset_tacho(self, port):
        '''
Sends a "RESET_ERROR_CORRECTION" to MotorControl, which causes it to
reset the current tacho count for that motor.'''
        interval(0.010, self.last_is_ready)
        self.brick.message_write(1, '2'+str(port))
        self.last_cmd[port] = time.time()
    
    def is_ready(self, port):
        '''
Sends an "ISMOTORREADY" to MotorControl and returns the reply.'''
        interval(0.010, self.last_is_ready)
        with self.is_ready_lock:
            self.brick.message_write(1, '3'+str(port))
            time.sleep(0.015) #10ms pause from the docs seems to not be adequate
            reply = self.brick.message_read(0, 1, 1)[1]
            if reply[0] != str(port):
                raise MotorConError, 'Wrong port returned from ISMOTORREADY'
        self.last_is_ready = time.time()
        return bool(int(reply[1]))

    def set_output_state(self, port, power, tacholimit, speedreg=1):
        '''
Sends a "CLASSIC_MOTORCMD" to MotorControl. Brick is a brick object,
port is nxt.motor.PORT_[A-C], power is -100-100, tacholimit is 0-999999,
speedreg is whether to try to maintain speeds under load, and brake is
whether to enable active braking after the motor is in the specified
place (DIFFERENT from the nxt.motor.turn() function's brake arg).'''
        interval(0.010, self.last_is_ready)
        if port in self.last_cmd:
            interval(0.015, self.last_cmd[port])
        command = '4'+str(port)+_power(power)+_tacho(tacholimit)+str(speedreg)
        self.brick.message_write(1, command)
        self.last_cmd[port] = time.time()

    def start(self, version=22):
        '''
Starts the MotorControl program on the brick. It needs to already be
present on the brick's flash and named MotorControlXX.rxc, where XX is
the version number passed as the version arg (default is whatever is
bundled with this version of nxt-python).'''
        try:
            self.brick.stop_program()
        except nxt.error.DirProtError:
            pass
        self.brick.start_program('MotorControl%d.rxe' % version)
        time.sleep(0.1)
    
    def stop(self):
        '''
Used to stop the MotorControl program. All this actually does is stop
the currently running rxe.'''
        self.brick.stop_program()