Application: pDeadManPost

Brief Synopsis:

Enable configured postings to be staged in the absence of other events.

Authors:

  • Michael Benjamin

Groups:

Dependencies:

Distribution:

  • moos-ivp.org

Documentation:

Contact Email:

  • mikerb@mit.edu

Function:

The pDeadManPost application allows the user to arrange configured posts to the MOOSDB in the absence of another event. The following are a few of the motivating scenarios: (1) On a shoreside community, a dead-man post can be made to trigger an alert when a deployed vehicle is out of contact after some period of time. The alert could be a posting to trigger an alarm .wav file or a spoken alert message through iSay. (2) On a surface vehicle, a dead-man post can be made to put the vehicle in a station-keeping mode if comms to the shoreside command and control goes silent for some period of time. (3) On an underwater vehicle, a dead-man post can be made to put the vehicle in a return-to-home mode if it loses updates from navigation beacons for some period of time.

Lines of Code:

  • 346 (with libraries: 23,271)

Files of Code:

  • 5 (with libraries: 221)

Work Years:

  • 0.07 (with libraries: 5.25)