There's a tutorial for writing an rviz display plugin here, though multi-echo laser scan would probably have a lot in common with the existing LaserScan display.

A pull request against rviz would be gladly accepted, or you can just keep it as a separate plugin and release it separately.  The only difference in the code is the namespace you put it in.


On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Dereck Wonnacott <dereck@gmail.com> wrote:
Wow, that's an ideal solution! 

Thank you. :)

~Dereck


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On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Chad Rockey <chadrockey@willowgarage.com> wrote:
Hi Dereck,

UTM-30LX-EW are supported through the new 'urg_node'.  It's going to be a beta release officially in Hydro.  However, the driver is currently available in Groovy as:
ros-groovy-urg-node

Source for it and the multiecho compatibility library, 'laser_proc' are available at the following:

I'm not sure when/if RVIZ will be patched to have a MultiEchoLaserScan display - a pull request would be great.

- Chad


On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Dereck Wonnacott <dereck@gmail.com> wrote:
Is anyone out there working on support for the new Hokuyo UTM-30LX-EW laser scanner?

If not, I plan on patching hokuyo_node to support multi-echo and ethernet sensors. 

I don't have much graphics experience but I might try adding multi-echo support to rviz while I'm at it. :)

Suggestions and feedback appreciated. :)


Regards,

~Dereck



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