Blocks are now disabled if no shaft encoder motors are detected

Author: sorre97

src/assets/toolbox_adv.xml

@@ -243,6 +243,13 @@
 			</value>
 		</block>
         <block type="coderbot_adv_move_distance">
+			<value name="DISTANCE">
+				<block type="math_number">
+					<field name="NUM">1000</field>
+				</block>
+			</value>
+		</block>
+        <block type="coderbot_adv_move_speed_distance">
 			<value name="SPEED">
 				<block type="math_number">
 					<field name="NUM">100</field>

src/components/Activity.vue

@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ export default {
 		CB: process.env.CB_ENDPOINT + process.env.APIv2,
 		CBv1: process.env.CB_ENDPOINT,
 		status: null,
+        info: null,
 		code: '',
 		workspace: null,
 		generalDialog: false,
@@ -757,6 +758,7 @@ export default {
 				return sbsPrefix + 'get_bot().sleep(' + elapse + ')\n';
 			};
             
+            /** ENCODER METHODS **/
             // muovi bot [direzione] a velocità [velcità] per [tempo] 
 			Blockly.Blocks['coderbot_adv_move'] = {
 				// Block for moving forward.
@@ -794,6 +796,10 @@ export default {
 					});
 					this.setPreviousStatement(true);
 					this.setNextStatement(true);
+                    if(self.info.motors !== "DC encoder motors")
+                    {
+                       this.setDisabled(true);
+                    }
 				}
 			};
 
@@ -844,6 +850,10 @@ export default {
 					});
 					this.setPreviousStatement(true);
 					this.setNextStatement(true);
+                    if(self.info.motors !== "DC encoder motors")
+                    {
+                       this.setDisabled(true);
+                    }
 				}
 			};
 
@@ -860,7 +870,59 @@ export default {
 				var code = sbsPrefix + "get_bot()." + action + "(speed=" + speed + ", distance=" + distance + ")\n";
 				return code;
 			};
+            
+            // muovi bot [direzione] a velocità [velocità] per [distanza] metri
+			Blockly.Blocks['coderbot_adv_move_speed_distance'] = {
+				// Block for moving forward.
+				init: function() {
+					var ACTIONS = [
+						[Blockly.Msg.CODERBOT_MOVE_ADV_TIP_FORWARD, 'FORWARD'],
+						[Blockly.Msg.CODERBOT_MOVE_ADV_TIP_BACKWARD, 'BACKWARD']
+					]
+					this.setHelpUrl('http://code.google.com/p/blockly/wiki/Move');
+					this.setColour(40);
+
+					this.appendDummyInput("ACTION")
+						.appendField(Blockly.Msg.CODERBOT_MOVE_ADV_MOVE)
+						.appendField(new Blockly.FieldDropdown(ACTIONS), 'ACTION');
+                    this.appendValueInput('SPEED')
+						.setCheck('Number')
+						.appendField(Blockly.Msg.CODERBOT_MOVE_ADV_SPEED);
+					this.appendValueInput('DISTANCE')
+						.setCheck('Number')
+						.appendField(Blockly.Msg.CODERBOT_MOVE_ADV_ELAPSE)
+                        .appendField(Blockly.Msg.MEASURE_UNIT);
+					this.setInputsInline(true);
+					// Assign 'this' to a variable for use in the tooltip closure below.
+					var thisBlock = this;
+					this.setTooltip(function() {
+						var mode = thisBlock.getFieldValue('ACTION');
+						var TOOLTIPS = {
+							FORWARD: Blockly.Msg.CODERBOT_MOVE_ADV_TIP_FORWARD,
+							BACKWARD: Blockly.Msg.CODERBOT_MOVE_ADV_TIP_BACKWARD
+						};
+						return TOOLTIPS[mode] + Blockly.Msg.CODERBOT_MOVE_ADV_TIP_TAIL;
+					});
+					this.setPreviousStatement(true);
+					this.setNextStatement(true);
+				}
+			};
+
+			Blockly.Python['coderbot_adv_move_speed_distance'] = function(block) {
+				// Generate Python for moving forward.
+				var OPERATORS = {
+					FORWARD: ['forward'],
+					BACKWARD: ['backward']
+				};
+				var tuple = OPERATORS[block.getFieldValue('ACTION')];
+				var action = tuple[0];
+				var speed = Blockly.Python.valueToCode(block, 'SPEED', Blockly.Python.ORDER_NONE);
+				var distance = Blockly.Python.valueToCode(block, 'DISTANCE', Blockly.Python.ORDER_NONE);
+				var code = sbsPrefix + "get_bot()." + action + "(speed=" + speed + ", distance=" + distance + ")\n";
+				return code;
+			};
 
+            /** end of ENCODER METHODS **/
 
 			Blockly.Blocks['coderbot_motion_move'] = {
 				// Block for moving forward.
@@ -1823,6 +1885,11 @@ export default {
 					this.statusData = response.data
 					this.status = response.status
 				}.bind(this))
+                axios.get(this.CB + '/info')
+                    .then(function(response) {
+                        this.info = response.data
+                        console.log(this.info)
+				}.bind(this))
 				.catch(function(error) {
 					console.log(error);
 					// If the disconnection happened while in this component, send a notification

src/components/Settings.vue

@@ -612,7 +612,8 @@ export default {
 					cbVersion: null,
 					backendVersion: null,
 					vueVersion: null,
-					kernel: null
+					kernel: null,
+                    motors: null
 				},
 				logs: {
 					log: null