1 // ray.cxx -- "RayWoodworth" motion chair support
3 // Written by Alexander Perry, started May 2000
5 // Copyright (C) 2000, Alexander Perry, alex.perry@ieee.org
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24 #include <simgear/constants.h>
25 #include <simgear/debug/logstream.hxx>
26 #include <simgear/io/iochannel.hxx>
28 #include <FDM/flight.hxx>
37 chair_vertical[0] = 0.0;
38 chair_vertical[1] = 0.0;
39 // chair_FILE = stderr;
48 // Ray Woodworth (949) 262-9118 has a three axis motion chair.
50 // It expects +/- 5V signals for full scale. In channel order, axes are:
51 // roll, pitch, yaw, sway, surge, heave
52 // The drivers are capable of generating (in the same order)
53 // +/- 30deg, 30deg, 30deg, 12in, 12in, 12in
54 // The signs of the motion are such that positive volts gives
55 // head right, head back, feet right, body right, body back, body up
57 // In this code implementation, the voltage outputs are generated
58 // using a ComputerBoards DDA06/Jr card and the associated Linux driver.
59 // Data is written to the device /dev/dda06jr-A as byte triplets;
60 // The first byte is the channel number (0-5 respectively) and
61 // the remaining two bytes are an unsigned short for the signal.
64 bool FGRAY::gen_message() {
65 // cout << "generating RayWoodworth message" << endl;
66 FGInterface *f = cur_fdm_state;
68 const double fullscale[6] = { -0.5, -0.5, -0.5, /* radians */
69 -0.3, -0.3, -0.15 /* meters */ };
71 /* Figure out how big our timesteps are */
72 double dt = 0.05; /* seconds */
74 /* get basic information about gravity */
75 double grav_acc = -9.81;
76 double vert_acc = f->get_A_Z_pilot() * 0.3;
77 if ( -3.0 < vert_acc )
80 for ( axis = 0; axis < 3; axis++ )
81 { /* Compute each angular axis together with the linear
82 axis which is coupled by smooth coordinated flight
85 double lin_pos, lin_acc;
87 /* Retrieve the desired components */
89 case 0: ang_pos = f->get_Phi();
90 lin_acc = f->get_A_Y_pilot() * 0.3;
92 case 1: ang_pos = f->get_Theta();
93 lin_acc = f->get_A_X_pilot() * 0.3;
95 case 2: ang_pos = f->get_Psi();
96 lin_acc = grav_acc - vert_acc;
104 /* Make sure the angles are reasonable onscale */
105 /* We use an asymmetric mapping so that the chair behaves
106 reasonably when upside down. Otherwise it oscillates. */
107 while ( ang_pos < -2*SGD_PI/3 ) {
108 ang_pos += 2 * SGD_PI;
110 while ( ang_pos > 4*SGD_PI/3 ) {
111 ang_pos -= 2 * SGD_PI;
114 /* Tell interested parties what the situation is */
116 fprintf ( chair_FILE, "RAY %s, %8.3f rad %8.3f m/s/s =>",
117 ((axis==0)?"Roll ":((axis==1)?"Pitch":"Yaw ")),
121 /* The upward direction and axis are special cases */
125 /* Integrate vertical acceleration into velocity,
126 diluted by 50% and with a 0.2 second high pass */
127 chair_rising += ( lin_acc - chair_rising ) * dt * 0.5;
128 /* Integrate velocity into position, 0.2 sec high pass */
129 chair_height += ( chair_rising - chair_height ) * dt * 0.5;
130 lin_pos = chair_height;
133 /* Make sure that we walk through North cleanly */
134 if ( fabs ( ang_pos - chair_heading ) > SGD_PI )
135 { /* Need to swing chair by 360 degrees */
136 if ( ang_pos < chair_heading )
137 chair_heading -= 2 * SGD_PI;
138 else chair_heading += 2 * SGD_PI;
140 /* Remove the chair heading from the true heading */
141 ang_pos -= chair_heading;
142 /* Wash out the error at 5 sec timeconstant because
143 a standard rate turn is 3 deg/sec and the chair
144 can just about represent 30 degrees full scale. */
145 chair_heading += ang_pos * dt * 0.2;
146 /* If they turn fast, at 90 deg error subtract 30 deg */
147 if ( fabs(ang_pos) > SGD_PI / 2 )
148 chair_heading += ang_pos / 3;
151 { /* 3 second low pass to find attitude and gravity vector */
152 chair_vertical[axis] += ( dt / 3 ) *
153 ( lin_acc / vert_acc + ang_pos
154 - chair_vertical[axis] );
155 /* find out how much linear acceleration is left */
156 lin_acc -= chair_vertical[axis] * vert_acc;
157 /* reposition the pilot tilt relative to the chair */
158 ang_pos -= chair_vertical[axis];
159 /* integrate linear acceleration into a position */
160 lin_pos = lin_acc; /* HACK */
163 /* Tell interested parties what we'll do */
165 fprintf ( chair_FILE, " %8.3f deg %8.3f cm.\n",
166 ang_pos * 60.0, lin_pos * 100.0 );
169 /* Write the resulting numbers to the command buffer */
170 /* The first pass number is linear, second pass is angle */
171 for ( subaxis = axis; subaxis < 6; subaxis += 3 )
172 { unsigned short *dac;
173 /* Select the DAC in the command buffer */
174 buf [ 3*subaxis ] = subaxis;
175 dac = (unsigned short *) ( buf + 1 + 3*subaxis );
176 /* Select the relevant number to put there */
177 double propose = ( subaxis < 3 ) ? ang_pos : lin_pos;
178 /* Scale to the hardware's full scale range */
179 propose /= fullscale [ subaxis ];
180 /* Use a sine shaped washout on all axes */
181 if ( propose < -SGD_PI / 2 ) *dac = 0x0000; else
182 if ( propose > SGD_PI / 2 ) *dac = 0xFFFF; else
183 *dac = (unsigned short) ( 32767 *
184 ( 1.0 + sin ( propose ) ) );
187 /* That concludes the per-axis calculations */
190 /* Tell the caller what we did */
198 bool FGRAY::parse_message() {
199 SG_LOG( SG_IO, SG_ALERT, "RAY input not supported" );
205 // process work for this port
206 bool FGRAY::process() {
207 SGIOChannel *io = get_io_channel();
209 if ( get_direction() == SG_IO_OUT ) {
211 if ( ! io->write( buf, length ) ) {
212 SG_LOG( SG_IO, SG_ALERT, "Error writing data." );
215 } else if ( get_direction() == SG_IO_IN ) {
216 SG_LOG( SG_IO, SG_ALERT, "in direction not supported for RAY." );