Start motordriver as soon as possible but without waveform

CommandStation-EX.ino

@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ void setup()
 
 // Initialise HAL layer before reading EEprom or setting up MotorDrivers 
   IODevice::begin();
+// Set up MotorDrivers early to initialize all pins
+  TrackManager::Setup(MOTOR_SHIELD_TYPE);
 
   DISPLAY_START (
     // This block is still executed for DIAGS if display not in use
@@ -104,11 +106,7 @@ void setup()
   // let's make sure to initialise the ADCee class!
   ADCee::begin();
   // Responsibility 3: Start the DCC engine.
-  // Note: this provides DCC with two motor drivers, main and prog, which handle the motor shield(s)
-  // Standard supported devices have pre-configured macros but custome hardware installations require
-  //  detailed pin mappings and may also require modified subclasses of the MotorDriver to implement specialist logic.
-  // STANDARD_MOTOR_SHIELD, POLOLU_MOTOR_SHIELD, FIREBOX_MK1, FIREBOX_MK1S are pre defined in MotorShields.h
-  TrackManager::Setup(MOTOR_SHIELD_TYPE);
+  DCC::begin();
 
   // Start RMFT aka EX-RAIL (ignored if no automnation)
   RMFT::begin();

DCC.cpp

@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ const byte FN_GROUP_5=0x10;
 FSH* DCC::shieldName=NULL;
 byte DCC::globalSpeedsteps=128;
 
-void DCC::begin(const FSH * motorShieldName) {
-  shieldName=(FSH *)motorShieldName;
+void DCC::begin() {
   StringFormatter::send(&USB_SERIAL,F("<iDCC-EX V-%S / %S / %S G-%S>\n"), F(VERSION), F(ARDUINO_TYPE), shieldName, F(GITHUB_SHA));
 #ifndef DISABLE_EEPROM
   // Load stuff from EEprom

DCC.h

@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ const byte MAX_LOCOS = 30;
 class DCC
 {
 public:
-  static void begin(const FSH * motorShieldName);
+  static inline void setShieldName(const FSH * motorShieldName) {
+    shieldName=(FSH *)motorShieldName;
+  };
+  static void begin();
   static void loop();
 
   // Public DCC API functions

GITHUB_SHA.h

@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define GITHUB_SHA "devel-202306210849Z"
+#define GITHUB_SHA "devel-202306222055Z"

TrackManager.cpp

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ void TrackManager::Setup(const FSH * shieldname,
       }
     }
   }
-  DCC::begin(shieldname);   
+  DCC::setShieldName(shieldname);
 }
 
 void TrackManager::addTrack(byte t, MotorDriver* driver) {

version.h

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 #include "StringFormatter.h"
 
 
-#define VERSION "4.2.57"
+#define VERSION "4.2.58"
+// 4.2.58 - Start motordriver as soon as possible but without waveform
 // 4.2.57 - New overload handling (faster and handles commonFaultPin again)
 //        - Optimize analog read STM32
 // 4.2.56 - Update IO_RotaryEncoder.h: