Update GenericComPlugin.cs

[NeoTokyoNori]

Hello CV,
I have continued to work on my gun controller,
and am at the point where, almost everything is working,
but the serial data lag is still a problem.

The previous pull request based on your advice, improved the lag,
but it lasts only for about 24 hrs, after which I must re-boot my computer to fix it again.
But now, it seems that even that is not fixing it anymore.....

When viewing the data in the arduino serial monitor, there is no lag,
but there is major lag when watching it in FP (10secs+),
so I guess the issue must be in this code.

I would like to try to add a PurgeComm method to the code,
but I do not understand c# enough to get it to work,
so I would really like to hear your advise..

The main error is:
The name 'PurgeComm' does not exist in the current context

edit;
SerialPort.DiscardInBuffer Method
may be more appropriate.

cheers!

[AndersMalmgren]

I would write my custom plugin for this, if its going to be a product in the end it better as a plugin anyway. You can base it on the FreeIMU plugin.

I will take a look at the generic com, but I wouldn't hold my breath :/

[NeoTokyoNori]

Hi CV,
Since I cannot get it to work in the source code yet,
I just tried doing DiscardInBuffer(); from the FP script like below,
and it has definitely made the lag go away !

code:
from System.IO.Ports import SerialPort

if starting:
global port
port = SerialPort("COM19", 57600)
port.Open();
port.DiscardInBuffer();

So is it a good thing todo in general, when initializing the port....no?

btw, I am going to do this as an opensource hardware project.
I do not plan to make a product and sell it. ; )