AP_RangeFinder_NMEA.cpp

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#include <AP_HAL/AP_HAL.h>
#include "AP_RangeFinder_LightWareSerial.h"
#include <AP_SerialManager/AP_SerialManager.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include "AP_RangeFinder_NMEA.h"

extern const AP_HAL::HAL& hal;

// constructor initialises the rangefinder
// Note this is called after detect() returns true, so we
// already know that we should setup the rangefinder
AP_RangeFinder_NMEA::AP_RangeFinder_NMEA(RangeFinder::RangeFinder_State &_state,
                                         AP_SerialManager &serial_manager,
                                         uint8_t serial_instance) :
    AP_RangeFinder_Backend(_state),
    _distance_m(-1.0f)
{
    uart = serial_manager.find_serial(AP_SerialManager::SerialProtocol_Rangefinder, serial_instance);
    if (uart != nullptr) {
        uart->begin(serial_manager.find_baudrate(AP_SerialManager::SerialProtocol_Rangefinder, serial_instance));
    }
}

// detect if a NMEA rangefinder by looking to see if the user has configured it
bool AP_RangeFinder_NMEA::detect(AP_SerialManager &serial_manager, uint8_t serial_instance)
{
    return serial_manager.find_serial(AP_SerialManager::SerialProtocol_Rangefinder, serial_instance) != nullptr;
}

// update the state of the sensor
void AP_RangeFinder_NMEA::update(void)
{
    uint32_t now = AP_HAL::millis();
    if (get_reading(state.distance_cm)) {
        // update range_valid state based on distance measured
        _last_reading_ms = now;
        update_status();
    } else if ((now - _last_reading_ms) > 3000) {
        set_status(RangeFinder::RangeFinder_NoData);
    }
}

// return last value measured by sensor
bool AP_RangeFinder_NMEA::get_reading(uint16_t &reading_cm)
{
    if (uart == nullptr) {
        return false;
    }

    // read any available lines from the lidar
    float sum = 0.0f;
    uint16_t count = 0;
    int16_t nbytes = uart->available();
    while (nbytes-- > 0) {
        char c = uart->read();
        if (decode(c)) {
            sum += _distance_m;
            count++;
        }
    }

    // return false on failure
    if (count == 0) {
        return false;
    }

    // return average of all measurements
    reading_cm = 100.0f * sum / count;
    return true;
}

// add a single character to the buffer and attempt to decode
// returns true if a complete sentence was successfully decoded
bool AP_RangeFinder_NMEA::decode(char c)
{
    switch (c) {
    case ',':
        // end of a term, add to checksum
        _checksum ^= c;
        FALLTHROUGH;
    case '\r':
    case '\n':
    case '*':
    {
        // null terminate and decode latest term
        _term[_term_offset] = 0;
        bool valid_sentence = decode_latest_term();

        // move onto next term
        _term_number++;
        _term_offset = 0;
        _term_is_checksum = (c == '*');
        return valid_sentence;
    }

    case '$': // sentence begin
        _sentence_type = SONAR_UNKNOWN;
        _term_number = 0;
        _term_offset = 0;
        _checksum = 0;
        _term_is_checksum = false;
        _distance_m = -1.0f;
        return false;
    }

    // ordinary characters are added to term
    if (_term_offset < sizeof(_term) - 1)
        _term[_term_offset++] = c;
    if (!_term_is_checksum)
        _checksum ^= c;

    return false;
}

// decode the most recently consumed term
// returns true if new sentence has just passed checksum test and is validated
bool AP_RangeFinder_NMEA::decode_latest_term()
{
    // handle the last term in a message
    if (_term_is_checksum) {
        uint8_t checksum = 16 * char_to_hex(_term[0]) + char_to_hex(_term[1]);
        return ((checksum == _checksum) &&
                !is_negative(_distance_m) &&
                (_sentence_type == SONAR_DBT || _sentence_type == SONAR_DPT));
    }

    // the first term determines the sentence type
    if (_term_number == 0) {
        // the first two letters of the NMEA term are the talker ID.
        // we accept any two characters here.
        if (_term[0] < 'A' || _term[0] > 'Z' ||
            _term[1] < 'A' || _term[1] > 'Z') {
            _sentence_type = SONAR_UNKNOWN;
            return false;
        }
        const char *term_type = &_term[2];
        if (strcmp(term_type, "DBT") == 0) {
            _sentence_type = SONAR_DBT;
        } else if (strcmp(term_type, "DPT") == 0) {
            _sentence_type = SONAR_DPT;
        } else {
            _sentence_type = SONAR_UNKNOWN;
        }
        return false;
    }

    if (_sentence_type == SONAR_DBT) {
        // parse DBT messages
        if (_term_number == 3) {
            _distance_m = atof(_term);
        }
    } else if (_sentence_type == SONAR_DPT) {
        // parse DPT messages
        if (_term_number == 1) {
            _distance_m = atof(_term);
        }
    }

    return false;
}

// return the numeric value of an ascii hex character
int16_t AP_RangeFinder_NMEA::char_to_hex(char a)
{
    if (a >= 'A' && a <= 'F')
        return a - 'A' + 10;
    else if (a >= 'a' && a <= 'f')
        return a - 'a' + 10;
    else
        return a - '0';
}