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Diffstat (limited to 'src/modules/commander/commander.cpp')
-rw-r--r-- | src/modules/commander/commander.cpp | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/modules/commander/commander.cpp b/src/modules/commander/commander.cpp index 0bf5cfe34..ddfbd65a1 100644 --- a/src/modules/commander/commander.cpp +++ b/src/modules/commander/commander.cpp @@ -1081,6 +1081,25 @@ int commander_thread_main(int argc, char *argv[]) if (updated) { orb_copy(ORB_ID(sensor_combined), sensor_sub, &sensors); + /* Check if the barometer is healthy and issue a warning in the GCS if not so. + * Because the barometer is used for calculating AMSL altitude which is used to ensure + * vertical separation from other airtraffic the operator has to know when the + * barometer is inoperational. + * */ + if (hrt_elapsed_time(&sensors.baro_timestamp) < FAILSAFE_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT) { + /* handle the case where baro was regained */ + if (status.barometer_failure) { + status.barometer_failure = false; + status_changed = true; + mavlink_log_critical(mavlink_fd, "baro healthy"); + } + } else { + if (!status.barometer_failure) { + status.barometer_failure = true; + status_changed = true; + mavlink_log_critical(mavlink_fd, "baro failed"); + } + } } orb_check(diff_pres_sub, &updated); |