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* Then create a slider (click on the corresponding tool button or select 'Slider' from menu 'Actors'). | * Then create a slider (click on the corresponding tool button or select 'Slider' from menu 'Actors'). | ||
* Press <ctrl> button and click with '''right''' mouse button on the appeared slider widget: Change the size of the slider. | * Press <ctrl> button and click with '''right''' mouse button on the appeared slider widget: Change the size of the slider. | ||
| − | * Press <ctrl> button and click with | + | * Press <ctrl> button and click with '''left''' mouse button on the slider widget: Change the position of the slider. |
| − | * Press <ctrl> button and click with | + | * Press <ctrl> button and click with '''middle''' mouse button on the slider widget: A new configuration window appears. |
* Select the 'Actor' Tab and select "actor 0" as IO Channel and "Port No. 0" as Widget Port. | * Select the 'Actor' Tab and select "actor 0" as IO Channel and "Port No. 0" as Widget Port. | ||
* Press "-->" button to establish the connection. Your Slider is now connected to the ControllerInput "actor 0" of the reply_value program. | * Press "-->" button to establish the connection. Your Slider is now connected to the ControllerInput "actor 0" of the reply_value program. | ||
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* create an LCD widget (click on on the corresponding tool button or select 'LCD' from menu 'Sensors'). | * create an LCD widget (click on on the corresponding tool button or select 'LCD' from menu 'Sensors'). | ||
* Change Size and Position of this new widget, too. | * Change Size and Position of this new widget, too. | ||
| − | * Press <ctrl> button and click with | + | * Press <ctrl> button and click with '''middle''' mouse button on the LCD widget. |
* select the 'Sensor' Tab and select "sensor 0" as IO Channel and "Port No. 0" as Widget Port. | * select the 'Sensor' Tab and select "sensor 0" as IO Channel and "Port No. 0" as Widget Port. | ||
* Press "-->" button to establish the connection. Your LCD is now connected to the SensorOutput "sensor 0" of the reply_value program. | * Press "-->" button to establish the connection. Your LCD is now connected to the SensorOutput "sensor 0" of the reply_value program. | ||
Revision as of 16:17, 5 January 2006
Contents
First Steps in MCA2
Step into the section that considers your favorite operation system.
Linux
Download
Get the newest version of MCA2 on sorceforge:
- Download MCA2 from http://mca2.sf.net
[~]$ tar -xzf mca2.4.0.beta.tgz [~]$ mv mca2.4.0.beta.tgz mca2 [~]$ cd mca2
Build
- configure MCA2 for your system
[~]$ scons configure=yes
- set environment variables
[~]$ source script/mcasetenv
- compile everything
[~]$ scons
Executables are installed in $(MCAHOME)export/$(TARGET)/bin Libraries and plugins in $(MCAHOME)export/$(TARGET)/lib
MCAHOME is your MCA2 directory. TARGET is created automatically depending on your operation system and CPU. Example: mca2/export/i686_Linux_debug/
Test
There are several test programs already built:
- reply_values
- pass_values
- time_test
- blackboard_test
They serve as examples for coding and execution. Start reply_values:
[~]$ reply_values 4 &
Then start mcabrowser:
[~]$ mcabrowser &
A treeview appears. Exapnd the treeview by clicking on the '+' symbols. If you click onto any name, a corresponding window with additional information appears. If a graph with modules and edges appear, click on any of them to get more information. Try also to acces the IO-interfaces of modules and groups. As you can see, the module ReplyValues submits 4 values on ControllerInput and SensorOutput sides. The mcabrowser is a tool that enables to analyze and debug existing mca control programs.
Start mcagui now:
[~]$ mcagui &
- Change the size of the window.
- Then create a slider (click on the corresponding tool button or select 'Slider' from menu 'Actors').
- Press <ctrl> button and click with right mouse button on the appeared slider widget: Change the size of the slider.
- Press <ctrl> button and click with left mouse button on the slider widget: Change the position of the slider.
- Press <ctrl> button and click with middle mouse button on the slider widget: A new configuration window appears.
- Select the 'Actor' Tab and select "actor 0" as IO Channel and "Port No. 0" as Widget Port.
- Press "-->" button to establish the connection. Your Slider is now connected to the ControllerInput "actor 0" of the reply_value program.
- Close the Configuration Window "Edit".
- create an LCD widget (click on on the corresponding tool button or select 'LCD' from menu 'Sensors').
- Change Size and Position of this new widget, too.
- Press <ctrl> button and click with middle mouse button on the LCD widget.
- select the 'Sensor' Tab and select "sensor 0" as IO Channel and "Port No. 0" as Widget Port.
- Press "-->" button to establish the connection. Your LCD is now connected to the SensorOutput "sensor 0" of the reply_value program.
- Close the Configuration Window "Edit".
- Use the slider: LCD value will change, too.
- Have a look at the console output of reply_values.
- Have a look at the IO-values in mcabrowser (use auto-update)
Windows
Download
Get the newest version of MCA2 on sorceforge:
- Download MCA2 from http://mca2.sf.net
Please have a look at README_WIN32 as long as this section is not updated.
MAC/OSX
Download
MAC/OS X support is not available for MCA version 2.4.x so far.
