we are using several Phidgets components in our robot.
Our setup includes a SBC4 to which 2 rotary encoders, 1 potentiometer, 1 DC Motor Controller and 1 Analog Voltage Output are attached to the VINT ports.
The SBC4 is attached to a network switch where it shares a LAN with a more powerfull computer. We are running our C++ program to control the Phidgets and read data from them on this computer.
Following the scheme provided in the examples we use the "CheckError" mechanism to stop the program if any phidget function from libphidget22 fails.
We are having very frequent "CheckErrors" that make our program to crash after few minutes running.
By inspecting the NetworkServer log on the SBC4 we observe these messages each time it crashes:
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ERR [phidget22][2019-06-10T13:34:13 hubdevice.c+405 PhidgetHubDevice_dataInput()]: Got an unexpected MSG in vint data: 0xff
ERR [phidget22][2019-06-10T13:34:13 spi.c+91 PhidgetSPIReadThreadFunction()]: SPI ReadThread continuing - PhidgetDevice_read returned: 0x1c - Unexpected Error
ERR [phidget22][2019-06-10T13:34:13 vintdevice.c+88 PhidgetVINTDevice_bridgeInput()]: Failed to send VINT_PACKET_TYPE_PHIDGET_RESET message: 0x04 - Op Interrupted
ERR [phidget22][2019-06-10T13:34:13 phidget.c+2553 Phidget_close()]: Failed to send BP_CLOSERESET to device: 0x04 - Op Interrupted
ERR [phidget22][2019-06-10T13:34:14 vintdevice.c+88 PhidgetVINTDevice_bridgeInput()]: Failed to send VINT_PACKET_TYPE_PHIDGET_RESET message: 0x03 - Timed Out
ERR [phidget22][2019-06-10T13:34:14 phidget.c+2553 Phidget_close()]: Failed to send BP_CLOSERESET to device: 0x03 - Timed Out
ERR [phidget22][2019-06-10T13:34:15 vintdevice.c+88 PhidgetVINTDevice_bridgeInput()]: Failed to send VINT_PACKET_TYPE_PHIDGET_RESET message: 0x03 - Timed Out
ERR [phidget22][2019-06-10T13:34:15 phidget.c+2553 Phidget_close()]: Failed to send BP_CLOSERESET to device: 0x03 - Timed Out
ERR [phidget22][2019-06-10T13:34:16 spilinux.c+229 PhidgetSPISendPacket()]: write timeout
ERR [phidget22][2019-06-10T13:34:16 phidget.c+1422 sendpacket()]: PhidgetSPISendPacket() returned: 0x03 - Timed Out
ERR [phidget22][2019-06-10T13:34:16 vintdevice.c+88 PhidgetVINTDevice_bridgeInput()]: Failed to send VINT_PACKET_TYPE_PHIDGET_RESET message: 0x03 - Timed Out
ERR [phidget22][2019-06-10T13:34:16 phidget.c+2553 Phidget_close()]: Failed to send BP_CLOSERESET to device: 0x03 - Timed Out
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[10919.777300] vinthub (err): Incoming packet too small: 0
[10919.777311] vinthub (err): Incoming packet too small: 0
[10919.777314] vinthub (err): Incoming packet too small: 0
[10919.777317] vinthub (err): Incoming packet too small: 0
[10919.777320] vinthub (err): Incoming packet too small: 0
[10919.777323] vinthub (err): Incoming packet too small: 0
[10919.781502] vinthub (err): Incoming packet too small: 0
[10919.781505] vinthub (err): Incoming packet too small: 0
[10919.781509] vinthub (err): Incoming packet too big: 226
[10922.358942] vinthub (err): spi_xfer timeout (>200ms) - retransmitting
[10922.559042] vinthub (err): spi_xfer timeout (>200ms) - retransmitting
[10922.759136] vinthub (err): spi_xfer timeout (>200ms) - retransmitting
[10922.959188] vinthub (err): spi_xfer timeout (>200ms) - retransmitting
[10923.159261] vinthub (err): spi_xfer timeout (>200ms) - retransmitting
[10923.196354] vinthub (err): write timed out
Does anyone know about those "unexpected errors" registered by the hubdevice and what can be the reason? Our SBC4 is updated to the last libphidget22 version and we also updated the hub firmware.