initial work on pass through mode for ReadError

js/serial_backend.js

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
                     MSP.disconnect_cleanup();
                     PortUsage.reset();
                     configuration_received = false; // reset valid config received variable (used to block tabs while not connected properly)
+                    MSP_pass_through = false;
 
                     // unlock port select & baud
                     $('div#port-picker #port').prop('disabled', false);
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ function onOpen(openInfo) {
 
         serial.onReceive.addListener(read_serial);
 
+        if (!MSP_pass_through) {
             // disconnect after 10 seconds with error if we don't get IDENT data
             GUI.timeout_add('connecting', function() {
                 if (!configuration_received) {
@@ -153,6 +155,10 @@ function onOpen(openInfo) {
                     }
                 });
             });
+        } else {
+            $('div#port-picker a.connect').text(chrome.i18n.getMessage('disconnect')).addClass('active');
+            GUI.log('Connection opened in <strong>pass-through</strong> mode');
+        }
     } else {
         console.log('Failed to open serial port');
         GUI.log(chrome.i18n.getMessage('serialPortOpenFail'));
@@ -177,10 +183,12 @@ function onClosed(result) {
 }
 
 function read_serial(info) {
-    if (!CLI_active) {
+    if (!CLI_active && !MSP_pass_through) {
         MSP.read(info);
-    } else {
+    } else if (CLI_active) {
         handle_CLI(info);
+    } else if (MSP_pass_through) { // needs to be verified, might be removed after pass_through is 100% deployed
+        MSP.read(info);
     }
 }
 

main.js

@@ -54,10 +54,11 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
         if ($(this).parent().hasClass('active') == false) { // only initialize when the tab isn't already active
             var self = this;
             var index = $(self).parent().index();
+            var tab = $(self).parent().prop('class');
 
             // if there is no active connection, return
-            if (configuration_received == false) {
-                GUI.log('You need to connect before you can view any of the tabs', 'red');
+            if (!configuration_received && tab != 'tab_logging') {
+                GUI.log('You need to <strong>connect</strong> before you can view any of the tabs');
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -65,9 +66,6 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
                 // disable previously active tab highlight
                 $('li', tabs).removeClass('active');
 
-                // get tab class name (there should be only one class listed)
-                var tab = $(self).parent().prop('class');
-
                 // Highlight selected tab
                 $(self).parent().addClass('active');
 

tabs/logging.js

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+var MSP_pass_through = false;
+
 function tab_initialize_logging() {
     ga_tracker.sendAppView('Logging');
     GUI.active_tab = 'logging';
 
     var requested_properties = [];
 
+    if (configuration_received) {
         MSP.send_message(MSP_codes.MSP_RC, false, false, get_motor_data);
 
         function get_motor_data() {
@@ -13,6 +16,21 @@ function tab_initialize_logging() {
         function load_html() {
             $('#content').load("./tabs/logging.html", process_html);
         }
+    } else {
+        MSP_pass_through = true;
+
+        // we will initialize RC.channels array and MOTOR_DATA array manually
+        RC.active_channels = 8;
+        for (var i = 0; i < RC.active_channels; i++) {
+            RC.channels[i] = 0;
+        }
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+            MOTOR_DATA[i] = 0;
+        }
+
+        $('#content').load("./tabs/logging.html", process_html);
+    }
 
     function process_html() {
         // translate to user-selected language
@@ -36,7 +54,7 @@ function tab_initialize_logging() {
                     });
 
                     if (requested_properties.length) {
-                        // print header for the
+                        // print header for the csv file
                         print_head();
 
                         function poll_data() {
@@ -44,6 +62,7 @@ function tab_initialize_logging() {
                             crunch_data();
 
                             // request new
+                            if (!MSP_pass_through) {
                                 for (var i = 0; i < requested_properties.length; i++) {
                                     MSP.send_message(MSP_codes[requested_properties[i]]);
 
@@ -56,6 +75,7 @@ function tab_initialize_logging() {
                                     */
                                 }
                             }
+                        }
 
                         GUI.interval_add('log_data_pull', poll_data, parseInt($('select.speed').val()), true); // refresh rate goes here
                         GUI.interval_add('flush_data', function() {