Cant multitask in python fron robotmesh, need hel0

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#1

I am using robot mesh studio python to code multitasking but cant figure it out. Does anyone have an example of how to multitask in this code?

#2

Hello 244, Take a look at this document from RobotMesh. It includes a sample program.
https://docs.robotmesh.com/python-threading

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#3

This didnt work either. What I’m trying to do is make a macro but when I have the else statements to stop my intakes, it affects the macro too and wont run the intakes during the macro

#4

Hi RD244.

Could you make your program public, and then post a link to it in this thread?

Cheers, Sam

#5

The motors will follow the most recent command. If you have one task that is constantly sending commands to a motor, other tasks won’t have much of an opportunity to do anything with that motor. One way around this would be a variable that tracks whether or not the motor is in use by another task. In the larger world of programming, this kind of variable is called a mutex.

You could do something like this:

intake_in_use = False

def macro ():
  while intake_in_use:
    pass
  intake_in_use = True
  #macro code goes here
  intake_in_use = False

def drivercontrol():
  while True:
    if not intake_in_use:
      #drivercontrol intake code (i.e. if...elif..else style)
      pass
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#6

Where would I put the macro function so that it runs?

#7

Doesn’t it have to be in driver control to run?

#8

Did you look at the examples and documentation linked by @jrp62 earlier in this thread?