[ros-users] Driver for the Laser sick PLS200-214??

Wed Nov 3 23:11:29 UTC 2010

Hi Dan,

I think so, only you need send the correct messages

Do you have the manual of the Laser, for see the messages between PC and
Laser??
How are you currently using the laser?

Best regards....

2010/11/3 Dan Lazewatsky <lazewatskyd at cse.wustl.edu>

> Hi Aaron -
> Do you happen to know if your adapted driver would work with the PLS101? We
> have a few that it would be nice to get working in ROS.
>
> -Dan
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Aaron Martinez Romero <
> aaronmartinezromero at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I finished my adaption of the driver LMS200 of PlayerStage, to use
>> with the Laser PLS200-212.
>>
>> First I modify the driver sicklms200 for use with the laser pls200 in
>> Player, and later I create a "driver/node" for ROS, and Works!!!!!
>>
>> I attached a image using the laser in Player with playerv, and ROS with
>> Rviz.....
>>
>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2548197/pls200_ros_player.jpeg
>>
>> Best regards...
>>
>>
>> 2010/10/25 Aaron Martinez Romero <aaronmartinezromero at gmail.com>
>>
>> Hi Blaise, thanks for respond.
>>>
>>> I saw the documentation of sicktoolbox and my laser model, is not
>>> supported.
>>>
>>> I think that is a lot of work to modify the sicktoolbox and
>>> sicktoolbox_wrapper driver for the PLS200 Laser.
>>>
>>> I saw that the driver sick_lms400 is based in a driver of Player, I will
>>> try use this method with my laser with the driver of Player that I modified.
>>>
>>> Best regards...
>>>
>>> 2010/10/25 Blaise Gassend <blaise at willowgarage.com>
>>>
>>> Hi Aaron,
>>>>
>>>> The current ROS LMS driver uses the sicktoolbox. So my first questions
>>>> to you would be:
>>>>
>>>> - Does sicktoolbox support the PLS200-214? If it does, then tweaking
>>>> the sicktoolbox_wrapper driver should allow the PLS to work. (It might
>>>> also be necessary to update the version of sicktoolbox that is pulled
>>>> by the sicktoolbox package.)
>>>>
>>>> - Can sicktoolbox be modified to support the PLS200-214? From what you
>>>> write, you were easily able to upgrade the player driver to work with
>>>> the PLS. If that's the case, I imagine that sicktoolbox can be
>>>> similarly enhanced.
>>>>
>>>> If neither of those options works, it should be relatively easy to get
>>>> the Player driver working with ROS. You just have to call ros_init to
>>>> create a ROS node, advertise a topic, copy the data into a message,
>>>> and publish that message. I imagine you may also have to take out some
>>>> player-specific code.
>>>>
>>>> I think that there may also be some player to ROS bridges out there
>>>> that might allow you to use the player driver directly.
>>>>
>>>> Blaise
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:57 AM, Aaron Martinez Romero
>>>> <aaronmartinezromero at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > Hello,
>>>> >
>>>> > Anybody know if this laser have a driver for ROS??? ( Laser sick
>>>> PLS200-214
>>>> > )
>>>> >
>>>> > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2548197/PLS200-214-comp.jpg
>>>> >
>>>> > If not, Which is the steps for program a driver for this Laser.
>>>> >
>>>> > I modified the driver of the Player for the Laser LMS200 and the Laser
>>>> is
>>>> > working with Player,  Can I use this driver for ROS???
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks.
>>>> > Best regards...
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > Atentamente,
>>>> > Aarón Martínez Romero
>>>> > Ingeniero en Informática
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>>>> > http://www.AaronMR.com
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>>>
>>>
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>>> Atentamente,
>>> Aarón Martínez Romero
>>> Ingeniero en Informática
>>> Tlf: 600 283 349
>>> http://www.AaronMR.com
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Atentamente,
>> Aarón Martínez Romero
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>> http://www.AaronMR.com
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Aarón Martínez Romero
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