ROS for industrial networks
Has anyone used ROS to directly talk to devices over some of the more common industrial networks, like DeviceNet, ControlNet, or Profibus. I know that there is some support within ROS for EtherCat, but...
View ArticleROS Matlab I/O Subscribers don't work
Hi All, I'm trying to use the ROS-Matlab I/O package to publish and subscribe to topics from a roscore on a networked machine. I have gone through the network setup, and this is the current state of...
View ArticleLooking for an I/O rack for an embedded computer ROS friendly
I am in the early stages of a new mobile robot and I have at my disposal an embedded computer ARK-3440. I am looking into options to extend the I/O capabilities of the ARK-3440 with an I/O rack but I...
View Articlerqt_graph: Fatal IO error: client killed
Vitals: Windows 8.1 PuTTY Xming I can get xterm working. I can get xeyes working. I can get TurtleSim working. Just not rqt_graph. Not really a big deal because I have my linux box right next to me, I...
View Articlepcl::io module not working on Indigo
Hello all; I have a previous question opened in the forum related to the same topic, using the same system based on Ubuntu 14.04 x64 + Ros Indigo....
View ArticleIO error running rosrun rqt_console rqt_console
I'm facing a problem while running ros (e.g., rosrun rqt_console rqt_console & rosrun rqt_logger_level rqt_logger_level) I'm getting the following errors: Xlib: extension "XInputExtension" missing...
View ArticleFanuc Robot: Get ROS to read I/O pins
More of a general question, but has anyone figured out how to get a readout of any of the digital pins I/O within ros, as some form of a publisher?
View ArticleCalling service to UR I/O while performing shutdown
Hi, I am wondering if I can detect shutdown (for example by pressing ctrl+c) and send service before it closes down. I have a light connected to ur5's controller I/O and at the start of my program i am...
View ArticleAccess to modbus internal IO on UR driver
Hi everyone, Is it possible with the two ur packages to access to the internal IO ? You can access to the physical IO. Thomas
View ArticleHow can I control digital IOs for motoman?
Hi, I need to control the IOs of the DX100 controller. I control the robot with the latest motoman driver package (kinetic-devel). I just looked into the code and saw that there are functions...
View ArticleBuilding a stationary robot. ROS the right tool for me?
Hi there I'm wondering if ROS is the right system for me. I'm currently involved in a project which consists of building a device that has the purpose to take spectroscopic measurements using a laser...
View ArticleLooking for: Ethernet based IO device
Hi there I'm working on a project where I need to communicate with a lot of different hardware by sending TTL signals and reading voltages and ampers from various sensors and planning to use ROS....
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