Hi,
I try to set up a reactive RTT state machine. Unfortunately the state machine does not react to any events. I followed the instructions in the Orocos component manual. I thought, I need a (probably infinite) run function in reactive mode, so the state can react to events. But it doesn't make any difference if a implement a run function or not. The state machine stays in Init even though events are sent from the Hello-component. Could anyone please tell me, what I'm doing wrong? I'm using Orocos 2.7rc9.

Thanks a lot.
Sandra

Here is a simple example:

State Machine:
StateMachine States
{
var int count;

initial state Init
{
/* run */
/* { */
/* while(true) */
/* { */
/* yield; */
/* } */
/* } */

entry
{
msg("Init entry");
}

exit
{
msg("Init exit");
}

transition input(count)
{
msg("count: " + count);
} select sub;
}

state sub
{
entry
{
msg("sub entry");
}

/* run */
/* { */
/* while(true) */
/* { */
/* yield; */
/* } */
/* } */
exit
{
msg("sub exit");
}

transition input(count)
{
msg("count: " + count);
}

}

final state Final
{
}
}

RootMachine States StateI

Classes:
class Hello : public RTT::TaskContext
{
private:
OutputPort<int> output;
int count;

public:
Hello(std::string name) : RTT::TaskContext(name, PreOperational)
{
count = 0;
addPort( "output", output );
}
virtual void updateHook()
{
count++;
output.write(count);
}
};

class World : public RTT::TaskContext
{
private:
InputPort<int> input;

public:
World(std::string name) : RTT::TaskContext(name, PreOperational)
{
addEventPort("input", input);
addOperation("msg", &World::msg, this, RTT::OwnThread);
}

void msg(std::string msg)
{
std::cerr << msg <<std::endl;
}

virtual bool configureHook()
{
if(getProvider {
if (getProvider<Scripting>("scripting")->activateStateMachine("StateI"))
{
boost::dynamic_pointer_cast<scripting::ScriptingService>(provides("scripting"))->getStateMachine("StateI")->trace(true);
boost::dynamic_pointer_cast < RTT::scripting::ScriptingService > (provides("scripting"))->getStateMachine("StateI")->step();
// getProvider<Scripting>("scripting")->startStateMachine("StateI"); // don't start so it's in reactive mode
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
};

int ORO_main(int argc, char** argv)
{
Logger::In in("main()");

Hello hello("Hello");
hello.setActivity( new Activity(ORO_SCHED_OTHER, RTT::os::LowestPriority, 0.5 ) );

World world("World");
world.setActivity( new Activity(ORO_SCHED_OTHER, RTT::os::LowestPriority, 0 ) );

connectPeers(&world, &hello );

//connect Ports
hello.ports()->getPort("output")->connectTo(world.ports()->getPort("input"));

// Start the component:
if (world.configure())
{
world.start();
}
if (hello.configure())
{
hello.start();
}

getchar();

world.stop();
hello.stop();

world.disconnect();
hello.disconnect();

return 0;
}