Excellent, glad to hear that works. I added some information on using
udev on the hokuyo node web page for the next person who wants to try
this.

http://www.ros.org/wiki/hokuyo_node

On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 13:07 +0200, Jochen Kläß wrote:
> Thanks,
> 
> the change from:
> PROGRAM="/getID /dev/ttyACM%n q"
> to:
> PROGRAM="/getID %N q"
> did solve the problem.
> 
> - Jochen
> 
> >
> > Hi Jochen,
> >
> > Here is what we are running on the PR2. It seems to work almost all the
> > time (still trying to track down those few times that don't work, but
> > thy are rare). It seems pretty close to what you are doing. Have you
> > tried "udevadm monitor" to watch what is going on when you plug in?
> >
> > Udev rule:
> >
> >
> > SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", KERNEL=="ttyACM[0-9]*", ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Hokuyo
> > Data Flex for USB", ATTRS{product}=="URG-Series USB Driver",
> > PROGRAM=="/etc/ros/run.sh hokuyo_node getID %N q",
> > SYMLINK+="sensors/hokuyo_%c"
> >
> > /etc/ros/run.sh
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > . /etc/ros/setup.sh
> > rosrun $@
> >
> > On Mon, 2010-04-12 at 17:51 +0200, Jochen Kl?? wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I tried using the hokuyo getID program to identify a hokuyo.
> >> The program works correct and returns the serial-number by using it from
> >> a
> >> normal shell.
> >> However udev doesn't create a symlink when the hokuyo is plugged in.
> >> Oddly, running a "udevadm test" on the ttyACM device the rule is
> >> executed
> >> and the symlink is created.
> >>
> >> here is my udev rule (karmic system):
> >> SUBSYSTEM=="usb", KERNEL=="ttyACM*",PROGRAM="/getID /dev/ttyACM%n q",
> >> ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Hokuyo Data Flex for USB",
> >> ATTRS{product]=="URG-Series USB Driver", SYMLINK+="hokuyo_%c",
> >> MODE="0666"
> >>
> >> Has anyone seen this behavior before?
> >>
> >> - Jochen Kl??
> >>
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