hi there,
i'am currently playing with the electrical system. i'am not sure if i,ve
found a bug or if i'am using it the wrong way.
if configured the following setup:
(supplier (alternator) 115V)
|
(connector (with switch A))
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(bus A)
|
(connector)
|
(output A)
i've noticed that the properties bound to bus A and output A are not
updated (to 0V) if i switch of switch A.
after reading the source code a little bit, i've noticed, that
properties are not always updated (they are only updated if
FGElectricalSystem::propagate() goes down the "electric tree", which
only happens if the current volts are greater than the volts in the
current FGElectricalComponent; this is not the case if, in my case,
switch A is false, because current volts is set to 0 if a switch is
false/off).
i've written a small patch (attached to this mail) which updates all the
connected properties of the buses and outputs, after updating the
FGElectricalSystem-objects.
but maybe there is a bug in my thinking and usage of the elements...
cu markus
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Index: electrical.cxx
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RCS file: /var/cvs/FlightGear-0.9/source/src/Systems/electrical.cxx,v
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> //
> // update the properties of buses and outputs
> //
> for ( i = 0; i < buses.size(); ++i ) {
> FGElectricalBus *node = (FGElectricalBus *)buses[i];
> for( j = 0; j < node->get_num_props(); ++j ) {
> fgSetFloat( node->get_prop(j).c_str(), node->get_volts() );
> }
> }
>
> for ( i = 0; i < outputs.size(); ++i ) {
> FGElectricalOutput *node = (FGElectricalOutput *)outputs[i];
> for( j = 0; j < node->get_num_props(); ++j ) {
> fgSetFloat( node->get_prop(j).c_str(), node->get_volts() );
> }
> }
>
>
