State reported by an entity in the vehicle. The source entity is identified in the message header.
| Name | Abbreviation | Unit | Type | Description | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | state | Enumerated | uint8_t | State of entity. | Same as field type |
| Flags | flags | Bitfield | uint8_t | Complementary entity state flags. | Same as field type |
| Complementary description | description | - | plaintext | Complementary human-readable description of entity state. | Same as field type |
Request entities to report their state. Entities should respond by issuing an appropriate EntityState message.
This message has no fields.
This message describes an entity.
| Name | Abbreviation | Unit | Type | Description | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entity Identifier | id | - | uint8_t | Entity identifier. | Same as field type |
| Label | label | - | plaintext | Entity label or empty if the entity id is not valid. | Same as field type |
| Component name | component | - | plaintext | Name of the plugin/component/subsystem associated with this entity. | Same as field type |
| Activation Time | act_time | s | uint16_t | Amount of time needed to properly activate the entity. | Same as field type |
| Deactivation Time | deact_time | s | uint16_t | Amount of time needed to properly deactivate the entity. | Same as field type |
Request information about an entity identifier. The receiving system shall reply with an EntityInfo message with the details of that entity.
| Name | Abbreviation | Unit | Type | Description | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entity Identifier | id | - | uint8_t | Entity identifier. | Same as field type |
This message describes the names and identification numbers of all entities in the system.
| Name | Abbreviation | Unit | Type | Description | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| operation | op | Enumerated | uint8_t | Operation to perform. | Same as field type |
| list | list | TupleList | plaintext | Example: “Battery=11;CTD=3” | Same as field type |
Control the activity of entities.
| Name | Abbreviation | Unit | Type | Description | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operation | op | Enumerated | uint8_t | Activate or deactivate an entity. | Same as field type |
Report of software CPU usage.
| Name | Abbreviation | Unit | Type | Description | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usage percentage | value | % | uint8_t | The CPU usage, in percentage, of the sending software. | Same as field type |
Message generated when tasks bind to messages.
| Name | Abbreviation | Unit | Type | Description | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer name | consumer | - | plaintext | The name of the consumer (e.g. task name). | Same as field type |
| Message Identifier | message_id | - | uint16_t | The id of the message to be listened to. | Same as field type |
Request the destination system to restart itself.
This message has no fields.
This message gives information about a configuration parameter.
| Name | Abbreviation | Unit | Type | Description | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section Name | section | - | plaintext | The name of the configuration section. | Same as field type |
| Parameter Name | param | - | plaintext | The name of the parameter. | Same as field type |
| Value | value | - | plaintext | The current value of the parameter. | Same as field type |
This message is used to control the configuration in IMC-compatible systems.
| Name | Abbreviation | Unit | Type | Description | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operation | op | Enumerated | uint8_t | The operation to be done to the configuration is encoded here. | Same as field type |
| Parameters | params | - | message-list | The list of parameters to be retrieved / to be set / answered. Parameters are encoded as a list of Parameter messages. | Same as field type |
This message controls the calibration procedure of a given device. The destination device is selected using the destination entity identification number.
| Name | Abbreviation | Unit | Type | Description | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operation | op | Enumerated | uint8_t | Operation to perform. | Same as field type |
State of the calibration procedure.
| Name | Abbreviation | Unit | Type | Description | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Steps | total_steps | - | uint8_t | Total number of steps of the calibration procedure. | Same as field type |
| Current Step Number | step_number | - | uint8_t | Number of the current step being performed. | Same as field type |
| Description | step | - | plaintext | Human-readable description of the current step. | Same as field type |
| Flags | flags | Bitfield | uint8_t | Additional flags. | Same as field type |
State of entity activation/deactivation.
| Name | Abbreviation | Unit | Type | Description | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | state | Enumerated | uint8_t | Current state. | Same as field type |
| Error | error | - | plaintext | Human-readable error message. | Same as field type |
Query the activation/deactivation state of an entity. The recipient shall reply with an EntityActivationState message.
This message has no fields.
Vehicle opertional limits. For aircraft this should represent the flight envelope and the dynamic contraints.
| Name | Abbreviation | Unit | Type | Description | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action on the vehicle operational limits | op | Enumerated | uint8_t | Action on the vehicle operation limits | Same as field type |
| Minimum speed | speed_min | m/s | fp32_t | Minimum operation speed. For aircraft this is equal or larger then the stall speed. | Same as field type |
| Maximum speed | speed_max | m/s | fp32_t | Maximum operation speed. For aircraft this is limited by the engine power or structural contrains. | Same as field type |
| Longitudinal maximum acceleration | long_accel | m/s/s | fp32_t | Maximum longitudinal acceleration. | Same as field type |
| Maximum MSL altitude | alt_max_msl | m | fp32_t | Maximum altitude above mean-sea-level. | Same as field type |
| Maximum Dive Rate Speed Fraction | dive_fraction_max | - | fp32_t | Maximum dive rate (negative vertical speed) as a fraction of the longitudinal speed. | Same as field type |
| Maximum Climb Rate Speed Fraction | climb_fraction_max | - | fp32_t | Maximum climb rate (positive vertical speed) as a fraction of the longitudinal speed. | Same as field type |
| Bank limit | bank_max | rad | fp32_t | Limit to the bank angle (roll; angle over the xx body-axis). | Same as field type |
| Bank rate limit | p_max | rad/s | fp32_t | Limit to the bank angular rate (roll; angle over the xx body-axis). | Same as field type |
| Minimum pitch angle | pitch_min | rad | fp32_t | Minimum pitch angle (angle over the xx body-axis). | Same as field type |
| Maximum pitch angle | pitch_max | rad | fp32_t | Maximum pitch angle (angle over the xx body-axis). | Same as field type |
| Maximum pitch rate | q_max | rad/s | fp32_t | Maximum pitch angular rate (angle over the xx body-axis). | Same as field type |
| Minimum load factor | g_min | g | fp32_t | Minimum load factor, i.e., maximum positive acceleration in the zz body-axis as a factor of the gravity acceleration at mean-sea-level. | Same as field type |
| Maximum load factor | g_max | g | fp32_t | Maximum load factor, i.e., maximum negative acceleration in the zz body-axis as a factor of the gravity acceleration at mean-sea-level. | Same as field type |
| Maximum lateral load factor | g_lat_max | g | fp32_t | Maximum lateral load factor, i.e., maximum acceleration in the yy body-axis as a factor of the gravity acceleration at mean-sea-level. | Same as field type |
| Minimum RPMs | rpm_min | rpm | fp32_t | Minimum motor RPMs. | Same as field type |
| Maximum RPMs | rpm_max | rpm | fp32_t | Maximum motor RPMs. | Same as field type |
| Maximum RPM rate | rpm_rate_max | rpm/s | fp32_t | Maximum motor RPMs’ rate of change. | Same as field type |
No description
| Name | Abbreviation | Unit | Type | Description | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Messages | msgs | - | message-list | Same as field type |