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SICKAG / sick_scan_xd

Based on the sick_scan drivers for ROS1, sick_scan_xd merges sick_scan, sick_scan2 and sick_scan_base repositories. The driver supports both Linux (native, ROS1, ROS2) and Windows (native and ROS2).
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Information about LaunchFiles #186

Closed adrianfernandeziturcemi closed 1 year ago

adrianfernandeziturcemi commented 1 year ago

Hello, i am searching for more information about the launch files. I am using a LMS511-22100 in particular. Some of my questions are:

  1. Are the parameters specific to each series of sensors, if so, is there a doc that lists all the available configuration options?
  2. Is there a tool in this library to generate a launch file by connecting to an already configured scanner?
  3. Is it neccesary to pass a launch file as an argument to connect to the scanner?

Thanks for your time, i am new to this library and i just managed to set it up and running.

rostest commented 1 year ago

Thank you for your message. Each scanner family requires its specific configuration which is given by a launch file, e.g. sick_lms_5xx.launch for a LMS511. You need to pass this launchfile to the driver from the command line.

The launchfile contains basic default settings. Normally you do not need to modify these settings. If you changed the IP address of the scanner, the parameter hostname must be set, e.g. hostname:=192.168.0.123 on the command line or <arg name="hostname" default="192.168.0.123"/> in the launch file. Configuration of parameters cloud_topic (the ROS topic for published point clouds) and frame_id (the ROS frame for published point clouds) can be useful.

Currently there is no tool to generate resp. modify a launch file. See the comments in the file for more information and the operation manual (telegram listing) for details. Please do not hesitate to ask, if you are in doubt or need to configure specific properties.

rostest commented 1 year ago

Closed due to inactivity.