caplcanoe

Delay function in CAPL apart from testwaitfortimeout()


I have a CAPL test node that controls a GPIB power supply. This CAPL generates a signal that is modified each 3 ms. My CAPL looks like this:

...
testcase wavGenerator()
{
   GPIBWrite(myDevice, "VOLT", voltValue);
   testwaitfortimeout(3);
   ...
}

The problem is that this testwaitfortimeout() function generates a comment in the test report, and since i use this function 2000/3000 times for each testcase, I end with a enormous test report.

I have tried implementing a function to generate a "delay" like waitfortimeout() does, like this:

void delay(int ms)
{
   float refTime;
   refTime = timeNowFloat();
   while(timeNowFloat() < (refTime + ms*100))
   {
      /* Wait to reach expected time*/
   }
}

but this crashes CANoe. I have tried something like this with setTimer() functions but the problem is the same. How can I generate this delay?


Solution

  • I found a way to deal with this, using a timer, an EnvVar and the function testWaitForEnvVar()

    on timer tDelay
    {
      @EnvDelayFunct = 1;
    }
    
    void delay(int ms)
    {
      int a;
      write("Wait for %i ms", ms); 
      setTimer(tDelay, ms);
      a = testWaitForEnvVar(EnvDelayFunct, 0);
      @EnvDelayFunct = 0;
    }