ark::serial::SerialDeviceStage

Defined in header “ark/serial/stages/serial_device_stage.hh”.

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This stage allows you to connect to a serial device, and it will publish “packet groups” to the rest of the system. Packets are considered to be the data returned from a “read” call of to the device.

Methods

• SerialDeviceStage(std::string name)
  Constructor.

• ~SerialDeviceStage()
  Destructor. Implemented privately to handle cleanup.

• void initialize(pipeline::StageInterface & interface)
  Initializes the stage, starting threads and creating publishers.

• void start()
  Indicates that the system has settled and you should begin any threads or processing.

• void shutdown()
  Stops the stage, shutting down threads.

• bool is_opened()
  Returns true if the device is opened; false otherwise. This is intended to be used for testing.

• std::string get_device_path()
  Returns the path to the device.