MicroBasic interfering with Watchdog timeout? HDC2450S
- mjdesrosiers
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9 years 9 months ago #29528289
by mjdesrosiers
MicroBasic interfering with Watchdog timeout? HDC2450S was created by mjdesrosiers
Hello,
I\'m running a script that checks a couple of different conditions to open a contactor at an appropriate time. I\'ve got another switch ahead of the contactor going to the main battery voltage, so if the first switch is open, I want the contactor open as well, to save power.
This is the script I\'ve got so far:
The script works fine, it\'s not my problem. My problem is that the watchdog timeout never happens when I\'m running the script. Is this a known issue? Product is HDC2450S.
I\'m running a script that checks a couple of different conditions to open a contactor at an appropriate time. I\'ve got another switch ahead of the contactor going to the main battery voltage, so if the first switch is open, I want the contactor open as well, to save power.
This is the script I\'ve got so far:
Option Explicit
dim CaughtEStop as Boolean
CaughtEstop = false
top:
\' volts, 2 == main battery voltage
\' volts, 1 == logic battery voltage
if (GetValue(_VOLTS, 2) < GetValue(_VOLTS, 1)) then
\' if the main voltage is less than the logic voltage
\' ( which happens because of a diode drop )
if CaughtEStop then
\' only act on e stop if other if clause has seen it first
SetCommand(_EX, 1)
\' set reset the boolean to false
CaughtEstop = false
end if
\' set speed to 0
SetCommand(_G, 1, 0)
end if
wait(250)
\' if the fault flag is not one of the acceptable kinds
\' 0 == no fault flag
\' 4 == undervoltage, which would happen if the contactor was open
if (GetValue(_FF) <> 0 and GetValue(_FF) <> 4) then
\' turn off contactor
SetCommand(_D0, 0, 3)
else
CaughtEStop = true\'
SetCommand(_D1, 1, 3)
end if
wait(250)
goto top The script works fine, it\'s not my problem. My problem is that the watchdog timeout never happens when I\'m running the script. Is this a known issue? Product is HDC2450S.
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- Griffin Baker
9 years 9 months ago #29528290
by Griffin Baker
Replied by Griffin Baker on topic Re:MicroBasic interfering with Watchdog timeout? HDC2450S
The default timeout is 1 second. So if the controller sees a command every 1 second, then the watchdog timer wouldn\'t time out.
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- mjdesrosiers
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9 years 9 months ago #29528291
by mjdesrosiers
Replied by mjdesrosiers on topic Re:MicroBasic interfering with Watchdog timeout? HDC2450S
Am I understanding you correctly, then, that each of those SetCommand calls is resetting the watchdog timer?
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- Griffin Baker
9 years 9 months ago #29528292
by Griffin Baker
Replied by Griffin Baker on topic Re:MicroBasic interfering with Watchdog timeout? HDC2450S
yes.
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- mjdesrosiers
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9 years 9 months ago #29528293
by mjdesrosiers
Replied by mjdesrosiers on topic Re:MicroBasic interfering with Watchdog timeout? HDC2450S
Does only the SetCommand trigger the reset? If I query the state and only set if needed, that would drastically lower the frequency of setting the commands.
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- Griffin Baker
9 years 9 months ago #29528294
by Griffin Baker
Replied by Griffin Baker on topic Re:MicroBasic interfering with Watchdog timeout? HDC2450S
To get a better idea try this.
Go to the console tab of the roborun utility. Send in the go command for a motor.
!G 1 200
if you click send it will give the motor go command. After one second, the motor will then stop as the watchdog timer has now timed out.
If you set the watchdog timer higher say 5 seconds, ^RWD 5000, then the watch will time out after 5 seconds.
If you send the go command and repeatedly send the command every 2 seconds, you\'ll notice that the watchdog never times out. If you click it once, and wait 5 seconds, it will time out.
Go to the console tab of the roborun utility. Send in the go command for a motor.
!G 1 200
if you click send it will give the motor go command. After one second, the motor will then stop as the watchdog timer has now timed out.
If you set the watchdog timer higher say 5 seconds, ^RWD 5000, then the watch will time out after 5 seconds.
If you send the go command and repeatedly send the command every 2 seconds, you\'ll notice that the watchdog never times out. If you click it once, and wait 5 seconds, it will time out.
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- mjdesrosiers
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9 years 9 months ago #29528295
by mjdesrosiers
Replied by mjdesrosiers on topic Re:MicroBasic interfering with Watchdog timeout? HDC2450S
I understand this part of the watchdog timeout. My primary commands are coming in over RS232. My initial understanding, which has proven wrong, was that the watchdog was only responding to what came over RS232. I now understand that any command, whether it be over RS232 or by a \'SetCommand\' function, resets the watchdog timer. I suppose I\'ll have to tweak my code to get clever and not trigger the timer reset.
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