SRX Mag Encoder Absolute position under SIM

[Crossle86]

I am setting the value of the pwm measured absolute position during sim with:
simCollection.setPulseWidthPosition()
and then reading with:
talon.getSensorCollection().getPulseWidthPosition()
This seems to work fine accepting that the absolute position is a virtual concept without the hardware.
However, in the log I am seeing this during sim runs:
CTR: CAN frame not received/too-stale.
Talon SRX 2 GetPulseWidthPosition

Is this expected? Anything to worry about?

[JCaporuscio]

So the CAN data that has sensor collection's absolute position is sent slowly by default.
Simulation timings in Windows aren't absolute - they can fluctuate. So what's likely happening is the already slow frame is exceeding the timeout for the too-stale error code.

Use talon.setStatusFramePeriod to speed up the appropriate frame (in this case Status 8). I would choose something around 100ms or faster depending on how quickly you want the data.