Device found but not able to start [Original Astra Camera]

[BruttherJOE]

Hi all, while running with original astra camera I am able to find the device but not able to start. This is running on Ubuntu 22.04 ROS Humble. Any help will be appreciated, attached below is the log.

[INFO] [launch]: Default logging verbosity is set to INFO
[INFO] [component_container-1]: process started with pid [8723]
[component_container-1] [INFO] [1699939706.286147973] [camera.camera_container]: Load Library: /home/joe/astra_ws/install/orbbec_camera/lib/liborbbec_camera.so
[component_container-1] [INFO] [1699939706.344701786] [camera.camera_container]: Found class: rclcpp_components::NodeFactoryTemplate<orbbec_camera::OBCameraNodeDriver>
[component_container-1] [INFO] [1699939706.344764186] [camera.camera_container]: Instantiate class: rclcpp_components::NodeFactoryTemplate<orbbec_camera::OBCameraNodeDriver>
[component_container-1] [11/14 13:28:26.348498][info][8723][Context.cpp:67] Context created with config: /home/joe/astra_ws/install/orbbec_camera/share/orbbec_camera/config/OrbbecSDKConfig_v1.0.xml
[component_container-1] [11/14 13:28:26.348508][info][8723][Context.cpp:72] Context work_dir=/home/joe/astra_ws/src/OrbbecSDK_ROS2/orbbec_camera/launch
[component_container-1] [11/14 13:28:26.352918][warning][8723][OpenNIDeviceInfo.cpp:116] New openni device matched.
[component_container-1] [11/14 13:28:26.352993][info][8723][LinuxPal.cpp:110] Create PollingDeviceWatcher!
[component_container-1] [11/14 13:28:26.353012][info][8723][DeviceManager.cpp:15] Current found device(s): (2)
[component_container-1] [11/14 13:28:26.353017][info][8723][DeviceManager.cpp:24]       - Name: BootDevice, PID: 0x0401, SN/ID: , Connection: USB2.0
[component_container-1] [11/14 13:28:26.353020][info][8723][DeviceManager.cpp:24]       - Name: Astra, PID: 0x0401, SN/ID: , Connection: USB2.0
[component_container-1] [INFO] [1699939707.354778817] [camera.camera]: device list count 2
[component_container-1] [INFO] [1699939707.354869561] [camera.camera]: Connecting to the default device
[INFO] [launch_ros.actions.load_composable_nodes]: Loaded node '/camera/camera' in container '/camera/camera_container'
[component_container-1] [INFO] [1699939707.356356180] [camera.camera]: OB_STREAM_IRsensor isn't supported by current device! -- Skipping...
[component_container-1] [INFO] [1699939707.356392597] [camera.camera]: OB_STREAM_COLORsensor isn't supported by current device! -- Skipping...
[component_container-1] [INFO] [1699939707.356398903] [camera.camera]: OB_STREAM_DEPTHsensor isn't supported by current device! -- Skipping...
[component_container-1] [ERROR] [1699939707.356490003] [camera.camera]: Failed to setup devices: propertyManager have not been initialized
[component_container-1] [ERROR] [1699939707.362229854] [camera.camera]: startDevice failed: This device has no valid sensor!
[component_container-1] [INFO] [1699939708.354775232] [camera.camera]: device list count 2
[component_container-1] [INFO] [1699939709.354776017] [camera.camera]: device list count 2
[component_container-1] [INFO] [1699939710.354776236] [camera.camera]: device list count 2

[albertoezquerro]

I'm facing the same issue here. Any updates on this?

[zhonghong322]

Astra cameras are not supported. We will filter out Astra cameras in future versions.

[unicornuniform]

Astra cameras are not supported. We will filter out Astra cameras in future versions.

What should someone use if they want to use an original Astra camera with ROS 2?

[GabeSmythe1]

Is this still the case? The astra camera's python launch files are still being updated frequently. I'm also wondering if there is an alternative for Astra cams in ROS2.

[niektuytel]

Yeah, indeed is there then a other opportunity? (i personally think this cam is still relative in development.)