[IGSTK-Users] Serial Communication problem in release

[Patrick Cheng]

Hi Sebastian and Andinet,

Thank you for the discussion about this issue.

I have found the problem of the bug. Basically, the return value of 
serialComm->OpenCommunication() is not initialized (In OpenPort success, 
it forgot to set the variable to be SUCCESS). DEBUG version of the 
runtime library will initialize the memory to known value, but RELEASE 
won't do that. That's why it works under Debug but not Release .

I have attached the new igstkSerialCommunication.cxx file. I have tested 
here under Windows + VS 2005. Let me know if this fix the bug on your 
platform.


Thank you,

Patrick

sebastian ordas wrote:
> Hi Andinet,
>  
> 
>     We just run the igstkPolarisTrackerTest4 on IGSTK VS-2003 Release
>     build and
>     everything went well. I am a bit confused why you are having the
>     problem.
> 
> 
> but .. are you checking the return error value from 
> "serialComm->OpenCommunication()" ?
> 
> if I don't check it like in the original igstkPolarisTrackerTest4 
> example, the test continues and retrieves [0,0,0] coords; but that's 
> because the FOB classes that are not completely working yet.
>  
> 
> 
> 
>     Anyways, I will follow up this issue with Patrick Cheng next week
>     since he had
>     similar problem in the past. We will update you our findings.
> 
> 
> fine, keep me posted. In the meanwhile I will continue studying the 
> tracker code, state machines, etc.
> I suspect the error comes from not properly running or setting my apps 
> and tests. 
> 
> 
>     PS: I noticed you got the the Flock of birds  code to work in the new
>     tracker architecture. That is great! Let us know if you encounter
>     any other problems,
> 
> 
> It's just a first version. If you find some time, could you please check 
> the code?
> 
> have a nice weekend,
> 
> Sebastian
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