Mambo with sched schedular not working

[ihsancemil]

sched.scheduler(time.time, self.mambo.smart_sleep).enter(10, 2, self.mambo.fly_direct, (20, 0, 0, 0, 1))
sched.scheduler(time.time, self.mambo.smart_sleep).enter(40, 2, self.mambo.fly_direct, (20, 0, 0, 0, 1))
sched.scheduler(time.time, self.mambo.smart_sleep).enter(70, 2, self.mambo.fly_direct, (-20, 0, 0, 0, 1))
sched.scheduler(time.time, self.mambo.smart_sleep).enter(100, 2, self.mambo.fly_direct, (-20, 0, 0, 0, 1))

I want to send roll, pitch, yaw angles to the parrot mambo for every 30 second to see its mathematical behavior. However If I write a code like above pyparrot giving an error with description

timeout - trying again

This error sometimes solving by itself without writing any correction code, however generaly it gives me an error.

[amymcgovern]

If you are using time.sleep in there at all, it won't work. The BLE disconnects with any use of time.sleep. it's why I call smart_sleep. Now the wifi shouldn't care...

[ihsancemil]

I'm using wifi connection. I'm trying to track an object with image processing and control theory. Is there any way to print out timeout in wifi mode?

[ihsancemil]

Also I'm using Parrot Mambo Version 1.5.7, is there any change to get over this problem by updating the library?

[amymcgovern]

Updating the library is always a good thing IMHO. I don't usually see timeouts in wifi mode (but I can guarantee them in BLE due to the way the BLE library works). I do have an automated timer that tries to reconnect. Do the mambo eyes switch to blinking when this happens? Maybe you have an error elsewhere in the code causing the disconnect?

[ihsancemil]

Yes mambo starts blinking when I try to send data and I get timeout. Also what did you mean bu "automated timer that tries to reconnect". Should I call mambo.connect over and over again to escape timeout error?

[ihsancemil]

It seems that even self.s = sched.scheduler(time.time, self.mambo.smart_sleep) breaks wifi connection. Writing my own scheduler algorithm solved the problem.

I simply initialize a list with tasks inside (second, function, args, is_done)

                self.task_list = [[10, self.mambo.fly_direct, (20, 0, 0, 0, 1), False],
                                  [40, self.mambo.fly_direct, (20, 0, 0, 0, 1), False],
                                  [70, self.mambo.fly_direct, (-20, 0, 0, 0, 1), False],
                                  [100, self.mambo.fly_direct, (-20, 0, 0, 0, 1), False]]

then I perform if second claimed

            second = time.time() - self.start_time
            print("Time get: ", second)
            for task_index in range(len(self.task_list)):
                if not (self.task_list[task_index][3]) and (second -1 < self.task_list[task_index][0] < second + 1):
                    print("Performing task: ", task_index)
                    self.task_list[task_index][3] = True
                    self.task_list[task_index][1](*self.task_list[task_index][2]) 

even if it is spagetti code, this is enough for me for now.