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Lua data sharing across scripts
Overview:
OpenTX considers all function, mix, and telemetry scripts to be 'permanent' scripts that share the same runtime environment. They are typically loaded at power up or when a new model is selected. However, they are also reinitialized when a script is added or removed during model editing.
Lua scoping rules:
Any variable or function not declared local is implicitly global. Care must be taken to avoid unintentional global declarations, and ensure that the globals you intentionally declare have unique names to avoid conflicts with scripts written by others.
Example:
This example consists of three scripts
- count-dn.lua - this is a mix script than can be run stand alone to announce time remaining based on a user-defined switch and duration. It updates two global variables (gCountUp and gCountDown). It also creates output values (ctup and ctdn) which are for demonstration purposes only.
- count-up.lua - this is an optional function script which will do count up announcements based on harded coded values.
- shocount.lua - this is an optional telemetry script which simply shows the current values of the gCountUp and gCountDown variables.
Installation:
- count-dn.lua
- copy to /SCRIPTS/MIXES
- configure on the transmitter CUSTOM SCRIPT page
- suggested switch = "SA"
- suggested mins = 3
- suggested sw_high = 0
- screen image:​​
- count-up.lua
- copy to /SCRIPTS/FUNCTIONS
- configure on the transmitter SPECIAL FUNCTIONS page
- suggested switch SA(down)
- screen image:​​
- shocount.lua
- copy to /SCRIPTS/TELEMETRY
- configure on the transmitter TELEMETRY page
- screen image:​​
Script sources:
count-dn.lua
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-- these globals can be referenced in function and telemetry scripts
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gCountUp = 0
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gCountDown = 0
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​
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local target
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local running = false
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local complete = false
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local announcements = { 720, 660, 600, 540, 480, 420, 360, 300, 240, 180, 120, 105, 90, 75, 60, 55, 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0}
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local annIndex -- index into the announcements table (1 based)
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local minUnit -- used by playNumber() for unit announcement
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​
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local input =
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{
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{ "switch", SOURCE}, -- switch used to activate count down
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{ "mins", VALUE, 1, 12, 2 }, -- minutes to count down
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{ "sw_high", VALUE, 0, 1, 1 } -- 0 = active when low, otherwise active when high
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}
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​
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local output = {"ctup", "ctdn" }
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​
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local function init()
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local version = getVersion()
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if version < "2.1" then
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minUnit = 16 -- unit for minutes in OpenTX 2.0
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elseif version < "2.2" then
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minUnit = 23 -- unit for minutes in OpenTX 2.1
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else
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minUnit = 25 -- unit for minutes in OpenTX 2.2
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end
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end
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​
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local function countdownIsRunning(switch, sw_high)
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-- evaluate switch - return true if we should be counting down
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if (sw_high > 0) then
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return (switch > -1000)
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else
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return (switch < 1000)
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end
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end
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​
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local function run(switch, mins, sw_high)
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local timenow = getTime() -- 10ms tick count
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local minutes
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local seconds
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​
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if (not countdownIsRunning(switch, sw_high)) then
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running = false
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complete = false
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return 0, 0 -- ***** NOTE: early exit *****
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end
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​
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if (complete) then
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return 0, 0 -- must reset the switch before we go again
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end
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​
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if (not running) then
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running = true
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target = timenow + ((mins * 60) * 100)
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annIndex = 1
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end
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​
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gCountDown = math.floor(((target - timenow) / 100) + .7) -- + is adj. to for announcement lag
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gCountUp = (mins * 60) - gCountDown
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​
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while gCountDown < announcements[annIndex] do
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annIndex = annIndex + 1 -- catch up
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end
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​
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if gCountDown == announcements[annIndex] then
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minutes = math.floor(gCountDown / 60)
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seconds = gCountDown % 60
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if minutes > 0 then
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playNumber(minutes, minUnit, 0)
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end
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if seconds > 0 then
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playNumber(seconds, 0, 0)
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end
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annIndex = annIndex + 1
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end
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​
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if gCountDown <= 0 then
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playNumber(0,0,0)
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running = false
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gCountDown = 0
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complete = true
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end
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​
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return gCountUp * 10.24, gCountDown * 10.24
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end
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​
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return { input=input, output=output, init=init, run=run }
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count-up.lua
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gCountUp = 0
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​
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local min = 5
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local max = 30
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local last = 0
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local announcements = { 5, 10, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 }
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local annIndex = 1
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​
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local function run(e)
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if not (gCountUp == last) then
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last = gCountUp
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for key, value in pairs(announcements) do
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if value == last then
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playNumber(last, 0, 0)
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end
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end
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end
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end
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​
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return{run=run}
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shocount.lua
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-- these globals can be referenced in mix, function, and telemetry scripts
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gCountUp = 0
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gCountDown = 0
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​
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local function run(e)
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lcd.clear()
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lcd.drawText(1,1,"OpenTx Lua Data Sharing",0)
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​
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lcd.drawText(1,11,"gCountUp:", 0)
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lcd.drawText(lcd.getLastPos()+2,11,gCountUp,0)
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lcd.drawText(1, 21, "gCountDown:", 0)
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lcd.drawText(lcd.getLastPos()+2,21,gCountDown,0)
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end
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​
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return{run=run}
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