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Currently the task inspector blocks if there is a bad network
connection to the remote task. I pushes a non blocking version to
the branch proxy. If you want to try it out add the following lines
to autoproj/overrides.yml:<br>
<br>
overrides:<br>
- tools/orocos.rb<br>
branch: proxy<br>
- gui/vizkit<br>
branch: proxy<b><br>
</b><br>
This push required some heavy changes in orocos.rb (see git log) and
uses boost threads (double buffering) to synchronize the<br>
remote task with the local TaskContextProxy. All unit test are
passed but I am not planing to push the changes to master before the
end of this month. Nevertheless this branch will be the default
branch for the project I am working on and any other project is
welcome to use it. In the long run this will replace the orogen task
port_proxy, Vizkit::TaskProxy, Vizkit::PortProxy and
Vizkit::ReaderWriterProxy. <br>
<br>
Key Features:<br>
* base for nearly non blocking GUIs which automatically reconnect <br>
* non blocking access to remote task interfaces<br>
-- reading properties, attributes, model name, rtt state<br>
-- iterating over ports, properties, attributes<br>
* non blocking auto reconnect <br>
* non blocking corba name service client<br>
* non blocking creation of Orocos::TaskContext, Orocos::OutputPort,
Orocos::InputPort<br>
<br>
Missing Features:<br>
* no support for avahi <br>
* connect_to, starting, stopping a task and writing properties are
still blocking <br>
* requires to load all models at start-up to be able to load the
right transport plugins from the c++ thread<br>
<br>
Alex<br>
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Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Duda
Unterwasserrobotik
DFKI Bremen
Robotics Innovation Center
Robert-Hooke-Straße 5
28359 Bremen, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)421 178-456620
Fax: +49 (0)421 178-454150
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