[ros-users] call for testing: camera1394 in C-turtle

[Patrick Beeson]

A few things Jack.  1) if no guid is given its defaults to the first
camera, but the guid is not displayed in the dynamic_reconfigure GUI.
2) The defaults for my camera have the gain so low, that the image is
black.  New users may think this isn't working.  I'd suggest at least
setting auto_gain to 2 to ensure they see something.  Also, the
tutorial could use a page on using the yaml files.  It took me a while
to realize that the new API needs me to set auto_* to 3 in order for
the sclalrs I set to have any effect.

These are small things.  I think you've done a remarkable job taking
the original 1394 driver and making it easy to use and stable.  One of
these days I hope to find time to do the same with the
swissranger_camera driver.


On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Jack O'Quin <jack.oquin at gmail.com> wrote:
> A new camera1394 driver has been released to the C-turtle SVN
> repository. It includes numerous API changes from the review process.
> (This version has not yet appeared in the binary packages.)
>
> There is also documentation and preliminary tutorials matching this interface:
>
>  http://www.ros.org/wiki/camera1394
>  http://www.ros.org/wiki/camera1394/Tutorials
>
> Most of the tutorials are incomplete, but there is already enough
> information to be helpful. (Documentation review coming soon.)
>
> Most unit testing was on Ubuntu Karmic (AMD 64-bit dual-core) with
> 1394a bus, a Unibrain Fire-i, and a Sony XCD-SX90CR (using a bilingual
> cable). I especially need test results on Ubuntu Lucid and Mac OS X,
> and for as many different cameras as possible.
>
> If you run tests, please respond to this message (on or off list),
> listing each processor type, operating system, bus type (1394a or
> 1394b), and camera model tried. Mention any problems you encounter,
> and whether it could be made to work.
>
> There is no Troubleshooting page yet for camera1394. I'll create an
> empty one to use for feedback on problems and workarounds.
> --
>  joq
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