writeControlTableItem

Description

Initialization function gets data from DYNAMIXEL control table item.

Syntax

  • writeControlTableItem(item_idex, id, data, timeout)

Parameters

  • item_index : DYNAMIXEL control table item index. Data type : unsigned int8

    enum ControlTableItem{
      MODEL_NUMBER = 0,
      MODEL_INFORMATION,
      FIRMWARE_VERSION,
      PROTOCOL_VERSION,
      ID,
      SECONDARY_ID,
      BAUD_RATE,
      DRIVE_MODE,
      CONTROL_MODE,
      OPERATING_MODE,
      CW_ANGLE_LIMIT,
      CCW_ANGLE_LIMIT,
      TEMPERATURE_LIMIT,
      MIN_VOLTAGE_LIMIT,
      MAX_VOLTAGE_LIMIT,
      PWM_LIMIT,
      CURRENT_LIMIT,
      VELOCITY_LIMIT,
      MAX_POSITION_LIMIT,
      MIN_POSITION_LIMIT,
      ACCELERATION_LIMIT,
      MAX_TORQUE,
      HOMING_OFFSET,
      MOVING_THRESHOLD,
      MULTI_TURN_OFFSET,
      RESOLUTION_DIVIDER,
      EXTERNAL_PORT_MODE_1,
      EXTERNAL_PORT_MODE_2,
      EXTERNAL_PORT_MODE_3,
      EXTERNAL_PORT_MODE_4,
      STATUS_RETURN_LEVEL,
      RETURN_DELAY_TIME,
      ALARM_LED,
      SHUTDOWN,
    
      TORQUE_ENABLE,
      LED,
      LED_RED,
      LED_GREEN,
      LED_BLUE,
      REGISTERED_INSTRUCTION,
      HARDWARE_ERROR_STATUS,
      VELOCITY_P_GAIN,
      VELOCITY_I_GAIN,
      POSITION_P_GAIN,
      POSITION_I_GAIN,
      POSITION_D_GAIN,
      FEEDFORWARD_1ST_GAIN,
      FEEDFORWARD_2ND_GAIN,
      P_GAIN,
      I_GAIN,
      D_GAIN,
      CW_COMPLIANCE_MARGIN,
      CCW_COMPLIANCE_MARGIN,
      CW_COMPLIANCE_SLOPE,
      CCW_COMPLIANCE_SLOPE,
      GOAL_PWM,
      GOAL_TORQUE,
      GOAL_CURRENT,
      GOAL_POSITION,
      GOAL_VELOCITY,
      GOAL_ACCELERATION,
      MOVING_SPEED,
      PRESENT_PWM,
      PRESENT_LOAD,
      PRESENT_SPEED,
      PRESENT_CURRENT,
      PRESENT_POSITION,
      PRESENT_VELOCITY,
      PRESENT_VOLTAGE,
      PRESENT_TEMPERATURE,
      TORQUE_LIMIT,
      REGISTERED,
      MOVING,
      LOCK,
      PUNCH,
      CURRENT,
      SENSED_CURRENT,
      REALTIME_TICK,
      TORQUE_CTRL_MODE_ENABLE,
      BUS_WATCHDOG,
      PROFILE_ACCELERATION,
      PROFILE_VELOCITY,
      MOVING_STATUS,
      VELOCITY_TRAJECTORY,
      POSITION_TRAJECTORY,
      PRESENT_INPUT_VOLTAGE,
      EXTERNAL_PORT_DATA_1,
      EXTERNAL_PORT_DATA_2,
      EXTERNAL_PORT_DATA_3,
      EXTERNAL_PORT_DATA_4,
    
      LAST_DUMMY_ITEM = 0xFF
    };
    
  • id : ID of a specific DYNAMIXEL. Data type : unsigned int8
  • data : Data to write on the DYNAMIXEL control table. Data type : unsigned int32
  • timeout : Timeout for a response to a data transfer. (default : 100ms) Data type : unsigned int32

Returns

  • True(1) on success.
  • False(0) on failure.

Example

  const int DXL_DIR_PIN = 2;
  Dynamixel2Arduino dxl(Serial1, DXL_DIR_PIN);
  dxl.writeControlTableItem(TORQUE_ENABLE, 1, 1);