flockofbirds

Ascension Flock of Birds position tracker

The flockofbirds driver provides a basic interface to the ascension Flock of Birds 6DOF position tracker.

This driver ignores all commands and configuration requests and simple provides a continuous stream of interface_position2d updates from a single flock of birds controller.

There is currently no support for multiple trackers.

Compile-time dependencies
  • none
Provides
  • interface_position2d
Requires
  • None
Configuration requests
  • none
Configuration file options
  • port (string)
    • Default: "/dev/ttyS0"
    • The serial port to be used.
  • baudrate (integer)
    • Default: 115200
    • The baud rate to be used.
  • voidsize (integer)
    • Default: 50
    • Size of transmitter 'radius' in mm, ie minimum value axis can have without collision with tx
Example
driver
(
  name "flockofbirds"
  provides ["position:0"]
  port "/dev/ttyS0"
  baudrate 115200
)
Author
Toby Collett