private void sendPidButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//save all settings before sending
CurrentData currentData = new CurrentData();
//have to do each one individually because two-dimentional arrays are wierd.
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
{
currentData.altPID[i] = PIDs[0, i];
currentData.pitchPID[i] = PIDs[1, i];
currentData.bankPID[i] = PIDs[2, i];
currentData.speedPID[i] = PIDs[3, i];
currentData.headingPID[i] = PIDs[4, i];
currentData.runwayLineupPID[i] = PIDs[5, i];
}
var writer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(CurrentData));
var wfile = new StreamWriter("currentData.xml");
writer.Serialize(wfile, currentData);
wfile.Close();
//encode and send the values to the serial port
if (serialPort.IsOpen)
{
//send only selected PIDs
if (pidPickerDropdown.SelectedIndex != -1)
{
string str = "CP";
switch (pidPickerDropdown.SelectedIndex)
{
case 0: str += "A"; break;
case 1: str += "P"; break;
case 2: str += "B"; break;
case 3: str += "S"; break;
case 4: str += "H"; break;
case 5: str += "R"; break;
default:
break;
}
string strSave = str; //the first part of the message will be the same throughout all 3 messages
str += "p";
str += (float)pBox.Value;
str += strSave;
str += "i";
str += (float)iBox.Value;
str += strSave;
str += "d";
str += (float)dBox.Value;
Console.WriteLine(str);
serialPort.Write(str);
}
}
}
private void loadLastPIDs()
{
//check for settings on startup and load them
if (File.Exists("currentData.xml"))
{
XmlSerializer reader = new XmlSerializer(typeof(CurrentData));
StreamReader file = new StreamReader("currentData.xml");
CurrentData readData = (CurrentData)reader.Deserialize(file);
file.Close();
// Apperantly you can't copy an entire array when using two-dimentional arrays
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
{
PIDs[0, i] = readData.altPID[i];
PIDs[1, i] = readData.pitchPID[i];
PIDs[2, i] = readData.bankPID[i];
PIDs[3, i] = readData.speedPID[i];
PIDs[4, i] = readData.headingPID[i];
PIDs[5, i] = readData.runwayLineupPID[i];
}
}
}