emit doesn't work in playground

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Thymio in playground simulator cannot hear global events (sent with emit) from another Thymio.

emit doesn't work in playground

TKaelin 30 Mar 2020 10:00

As stated in the description on page [1] I would assume that the emit command ist supported in the playground environment. But I can't get it done.

In the .playground file I defined two Thymios

<robot type="thymio2" x="15" y="30" nodeId="1" port="33335" name="Tim1"/>
<robot type="thymio2" x="15" y="30" nodeId="2" port="33336" name="Tim2"/>

It seems that the two robots aren't in the same network. I tried it with different options (same/different/without nodeId, port or name), but nothing worked.

My questions are:
- Is the emit command supported in the playground environment?
- If yes, is there perhaps an example of a .playground file around? That would help me to find out what I did wrong.

I'm greatly thankful for all help!

[1] http://wiki.thymio.org/en:asebaplayground

Re: emit doesn't work in playground

riedo 21 Apr 2020 14:08

Hello,

the emit function is supported in the playground environment. If you define a global event you will be able to watch it from the computer just like on a real robot. However, in Playground, even if there are several robots, they are not considered to be in the same network, so they do not see each other's events.
With physical robots, it is the same: when you connect 2 Thymios to a single computer, they will not share events.
In Aseba 1.6.1 there is a small executable called asebaswitch which allows to group robots and let them share events.
http://wiki.thymio.org/en:asebaswitchremap
In Thymio Suite 2.0, as the infrasctructure was changed quite a lot, this feature is not implemented yet (but will be in the future; an interface will allow to easily group robots in a network)