From recent discussion on ML, simply a place to put down ideas before we forget them ...

• Use Wiki for FAQ instead of XML doc

FAQ

• My shared libraries won't load
• The deployer won't load my plugins
• Can I use dynamic memory allocation, and where?
• How do I run in real time? ie how do I configure my system to allow

Orocos to run in real-time

• Why do I have periodic delays when attaching a remote deployer?
• Configuring OmniORB instead of TAO
• OmniORB options for IDL
• How do I set a client application using pyOmniOrb (OmniORB python bindings)?

<quote> Actually it's an option of the omniidl compiler... the command to use is

omniidl -bcxx -Wba myIdlFile.idl

This will become definately a FAQ item :-) <quote>

• My wiki page is blank

<quote> When your text is not appearing on your wiki page, it's because you ended your wiki page with an indented line. So if your last line is:

this is my last line

the wiki code clears the whole page. It's clearly a Drupal/wiki module thing/bug. <quote>

• Is it possible to log messages from scripts and state machines?

Check out OCL's HmiConsoleOutput component.

• What is the coding style used by Orocos?

You can take a look at the CODING_STYLE.txt file. Also, we worked out the indentation rules for Eclipse and Emacs.

• Error linking readline with OCL's taskbrowser

Tutorials

• Seems like I have to first read up on Activities. Can you point me to a good example for such a component test and mockobject in rtt/tests?
• Hello world as an application
• Hello world with the deployer
• Use of reporting component
• CMake and non-standard install location for Orocos
• Distributed deployment - ie how to use more than one deployer, and setting up CORBA
• Adding types to Orocos
• Adding types to Orocos+Corba
• Changing ReadDataPort/WriteDataPort to DataPort for CORBA-based deployment

System examples

• Robotics

Examples like Stephen proposed earlier

Focus on : Kinematics, path planning, HMI/interfacing

• Machine control

Similar to Robotics with without kinematics or path planning

Master controller that controls slave devices through a state machine

Focus on : state machines & events

• Distributed

Sensor data processing using various distributed components

Focus on : Data flow

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