AP_Scripting: add test for NAMED_VALUE_STRING

libraries/AP_Scripting/docs/docs.lua

@@ -2907,6 +2907,11 @@ gcs = {}
 ---@param value number -- value to send
 function gcs:send_named_float(name, value) end
 
+-- send named string value using NAMED_VALUE_STRING message
+---@param name string -- up to 10 chars long
+---@param value string -- value to send, up to 64 chars long
+function gcs:send_named_string(name, value) end
+
 -- set message interval for a given serial port and message id
 ---@param port_num integer -- serial port number
 ---@param msg_id uint32_t_ud|integer|number -- MAVLink message id

libraries/AP_Scripting/examples/simple_named_string.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+-- This script just sends a named value string in a loop...
+function update() -- this is the loop which periodically runs
+  gcs:send_named_string('Lua String', "Lua String Value") -- send a value
+  -- this one is 70 characters long (longer than the field length of Value):
+  gcs:send_named_string('Long Lua String', "0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789") -- send a value
+
+  return update, 1000 -- reschedules the loop
+end
+
+return update() -- run immediately before starting to reschedule

libraries/AP_Scripting/generator/description/bindings.desc

@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ singleton GCS rename gcs
 singleton GCS method send_text void MAV_SEVERITY'enum MAV_SEVERITY_EMERGENCY MAV_SEVERITY_DEBUG "%s"'literal string
 singleton GCS method set_message_interval MAV_RESULT'enum uint8_t 0 MAVLINK_COMM_NUM_BUFFERS uint32_t'skip_check int32_t -1 INT32_MAX
 singleton GCS method send_named_float void string float'skip_check
+singleton GCS method send_named_string void string string
 singleton GCS method frame_type MAV_TYPE'enum
 singleton GCS method get_hud_throttle int16_t
 singleton GCS method sysid_mygcs_last_seen_time_ms uint32_t