[ros-users] p2os TCP instead of serialport/usb

Hello,



I would like to use the p2os stack to interface an Amigobot, which is an
Adept MobileRobots (ActivMedia) robot. This robot uses ARIA as firmware,
and so do Pioneer 2/Pioneer 3 (DX and AT).

According to
http://www.ros.org/wiki/p2os/Tutorials/Getting%20Started%20with%20p2os a
computer fixed to the robot is required. I was wondering if the
p2os_driver also supports to connect via TCP to the robot instead of
using a serial/usb interface.



In robot_para,ms.h I could see these defines



/* conection stuff */

#define DEFAULT_P2OS_PORT "/dev/ttyS0"

#define DEFAULT_P2OS_TCP_REMOTE_HOST "localhost"

#define DEFAULT_P2OS_TCP_REMOTE_PORT 8101



I guess the DEFAULT_P2OS_TCP_REMOTE_HOST refers to the port where to
publish messages? Is it possible to set the DEFAULT_P2OS_PORT to an
ethernet interface?



I would like to run both nodes, p2os_driver and telop_keyboard on a
laptop an have p2os_driver sending the commands to the ARIA firmware via
wlan. Is this possible?



Thanks for any hints,



BR