[IGSTK-Users] Serial Communication problem in release

[sebastian ordas]

hi Patrick,

now it works!

sebastian

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:33 PM, Patrick Cheng <cheng at isis.georgetown.edu>
wrote:

> 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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