GUIs for Testing Motor Control Firmware

This repository contains GUIs that can be used inside Code Composer Studio (CCS) to do some basic tests with the motor control boards running the Dual Motor Torque Control firmware (e.g. to check if motors are connected correctly).

In recent versions of CCS the "GUI Composer Designer" add-on, which was used to create the GUIs, is not supported anymore. However, there is still a "Runtime" add-on which still allows using the GUIs.

Below are instructions on how to setup the runtime add-on to use the GUIs, which works for recent versions of CCS. If you want to edit them, see instructions for GUI Composer Designer v1.

GUI Composer 1 Runtime

While the GUI Composer Designer v1 is not available anymore for CCS >6.1.2, there is still the GUI Composer Runtime v1 with which existing GUIs can still be used.

Installation

Open the CCS App Center (Menu: Help > CCS App Center), search for "GUI Composer Runtime v1" and install it.

Location of GUIs

Unfortunately the Runtime expects the GUIs to be located at a different place than the Designer. The Runtime is looking for them in the directory "webapps" inside the CCS installation directory (e.g. ~/ti/ccs910/ccs/webapps, but will depend on where you installed CCS. The "webapps" directory may not be created automatically, in this case create it manually inside the ti/ccs910/ccs folder). To use the GUIs they have to be copied or symlinked there:

git clone https://github.com/open-dynamic-robot-initiative/mw_gui_universal.git
cd ~/ti/ccs910/ccs/webapps  # path will be different depending on the version and how you installed it.  Search for the "webapps" folder.
ln -s path_to/mw_gui_universal/dual_motors .
ln -s path_to/mw_gui_universal/single_motor .

Running a GUI

When the GUIs are placed at the correct directory, they should be listed in the menu "View > Gui Composer > Applications v1". Simply select a GUI from there to execute it.

Available GUIs

Universal Dual Motor GUI

Can be used with several dual motor applications that are based on the InstaSPIN examples (most imporant our Dual Motor Torque Control firmware). There are different tabs for different applications (e.g. "Torque Control", "Velocity Control"). Note that usually only some of them can be used, depending on the program that is running on the board.

Universal Single Motor GUI

Same as above but for single motor applications.