Hi Steven,

I am running ros-diamondback-orocos-toolchain-ros
(0.4.0-s1308766814~lucid)

Component is deployed using
<struct name="Connector" type="re_articulationOROCOS_coupling::Connector">
<struct name="Activity" type="PeriodicActivity">
<simple name="Priority" type="short"><value>0<value><simple>
<simple name="Period" type="double"><value>0.1<value><simple>
<simple name="Scheduler"
type="string">\<value>ORO_SCHED_OTHER<value>\<simple>
<struct>
<simple name="AutoConf" type="boolean"><value>1<value><simple>
<simple name="AutoStart" type="boolean"><value>1<value><simple>
<struct name="Properties" type="PropertyBag">
<simple name="learningSpeedFactor"
type="double"><description>Speed Factor for learning
<description><value>5.0<value><simple>
<simple name="newPeriod4PlayBack" type="double"><description>New
Period for play back <description><value>0.05<value><simple>
<struct>
<struct name="Ports" type="PropertyBag">
<simple name="msrJntPosPort"
type="string"><value>MsrJointPos<value><simple>
<simple name="msrCartPosPort" type="string"><value>MsrCartPos<value><simple>
<simple name="RobotStatePort"
type="string"><value>RobotStateConn<value><simple>
<simple name="FRIStatePort" type="string"><value>FRIStateConn<value><simple>
<simple name="cartPosCmdPort"
type="string"><value>cartPosCmdPort<value><simple>
<struct>
<struct name="Peers" type="PropertyBag">
<simple type="string"><value>FRIServer<value><simple>
<simple type="string"><value>trajectoryGeneratorJntPos<value><simple>
<struct>
<struct>

> - what is the actual error message you get?
I am not getting any error msgs. It is just returning false
http://www.orocos.org/stable/documentation/rtt/v2.x/api/html/classRTT_1_...

I am also attaching my component cpp file for your reference.

Thanks,
Gajan

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Steven Bellens
<steven [dot] bellens [..] ...> wrote:
> Hey Gajan,
>
> 2011/7/14 Gajamohan Mohanarajah <gajamohan [dot] m [..] ...>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a periodic component and I want to change the period of the
>> updateHook after a certain state has been reached.
>>
>> I tried doing with this->setPeriod(newPeriod) (inside the updateHook).
>> But it always fails. Please let me know how do I go ahead debugging
>> it.
>>
>> FYI:I also tried to stop the component and then setPeriod (in the
>> deployer). But it still failed.
>
> Can you give us some more information:
> - what version of orocos are you using?
> - what is the actual error message you get?
>
>
> I can update the period of a periodic component while running:
>
> reporter [R]> setPeriod (0.5)
>  = true
>
>
> Steven
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Gajan
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