From jzoss at swri.org Mon Jan 4 17:51:22 2010 From: jzoss at swri.org (Zoss, Jeremy K.) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 16:51:22 -0600 Subject: [Pioneer-users] Precision of Vel2 Command Message-ID: We are using VEL2 commands to individually control the velocity of Left and Right wheels on our P3AT robot. From testing, we've observed that this command interface limits the precision of commanded velocity to increments of 20mm/s (e.g. 20, 40, 60, ...). We would like to have finer-grained control of low speeds (say ~2mm/s intervals in the 5-50 mm/s range). Inspection of the code seems to tie this limit to the vel2divisor platform parameter (which is 20 for our P3AT). From ArRobot::StateReflector, we find this code: transVal = ArMath::roundShort(myTransVal/myParams->getVel2Divisor()); So, I have two questions related to this precision issue: 1) Is there a way to reduce this precision increment from 20 to 1 or 2? (This probably involves changing something on the microcontroller). 2) If I recast my command to use transVel & rotVel, is this subject to the same precision limitations? From looking at ArRobot.cpp, it looks like these are only rounded to the nearest mm/s, so this may not be an issue. Thanks! Jeremy Zoss Southwest Research Institute From reed at mobilerobots.com Tue Jan 5 08:27:13 2010 From: reed at mobilerobots.com (Reed Hedges) Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:27:13 -0500 Subject: [Pioneer-users] Precision of Vel2 Command In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4B433E31.4020003@mobilerobots.com> Hi Jeremy, yes the VEL2 command is limited by the Vel2Div unit; this is built into the protocol and can't be changed. If you can, we recommend using Trans Vel and Rot Vel. (Note that acceleration and decelerations will be applied when using these commands.) Reed Zoss, Jeremy K. wrote: > We are using VEL2 commands to individually control the velocity of Left > and Right wheels on our P3AT robot. From testing, we've observed that > this command interface limits the precision of commanded velocity to > increments of 20mm/s (e.g. 20, 40, 60, ...). We would like to have > finer-grained control of low speeds (say ~2mm/s intervals in the 5-50 > mm/s range). > > Inspection of the code seems to tie this limit to the vel2divisor > platform parameter (which is 20 for our P3AT). From > ArRobot::StateReflector, we find this code: > transVal = ArMath::roundShort(myTransVal/myParams->getVel2Divisor()); > > So, I have two questions related to this precision issue: > > 1) Is there a way to reduce this precision increment from 20 to 1 or 2? > (This probably involves changing something on the microcontroller). > > 2) If I recast my command to use transVel & rotVel, is this subject to > the same precision limitations? From looking at ArRobot.cpp, it looks > like these are only rounded to the nearest mm/s, so this may not be an > issue. > > Thanks! > Jeremy Zoss > Southwest Research Institute > > _______________________________________________ > Pioneer-users mailing list > Pioneer-users at lists.mobilerobots.com > http://lists.mobilerobots.com/mailman/listinfo/pioneer-users > > To unsubscribe visit the above webpage or send an e-mail to: > > pioneer-users-leave at lists.mobilerobots.com > > > Visit http://robots.mobilerobots.com for information including documentation, FAQ, tips, manuals, and software, firmware and driver downloads. > From reed at mobilerobots.com Tue Jan 5 11:50:34 2010 From: reed at mobilerobots.com (Reed Hedges) Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:50:34 -0500 Subject: [Pioneer-users] Wireless connection In-Reply-To: References: , <4B1D2600.4060601@mobilerobots.com> , <4B264552.1050707@mobilerobots.com> , <4B2F82D1.5020107@mobilerobots.com> Message-ID: <4B436DDA.9030604@mobilerobots.com> Hello, Were you able to make any improvement or find any more information about this problem? Have you tried it with an Access Point (Managed mode network), or tried other laptops (with different wireless cards)? We don't have a lot of experience with ad-hoc networks and the robot. Does anyone else on the list have experience using the robot in an ad-hoc network? Reed pioneer3at robot wrote: > It is Ad-Hoc. > > > Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:14:41 -0500 > > From: reed at mobilerobots.com > > To: pioneer3at at hotmail.com > > Subject: Re: [Pioneer-users] Wireless connection > > > > > > Is the network Ad-Hoc (point-to-point from robot to laptop) or > Managed (with an > > access point/base station)? > > > > Reed > > > > > > > > pioneer3at robot wrote: > > > When the laptop is near the robot and robot don't move i don't have > > > problem with the connection for long time (30 minutes more or less). > > > > > > The real problem with the connection starts when the robot is moving > > > (the signal of wireless is good), after a while disconnects. > > > if i use tightvnc send me: "Error while waiting for server > message", if i use telnet: "Connection Lost". > > > The onboard computer runs Linux. > > > > > >> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:01:54 -0500 > > >> From: reed at mobilerobots.com > > >> To: pioneer3at at hotmail.com; pioneer-users at mobilerobots.com > > >> Subject: Re: [Pioneer-users] Wireless connection > > >> > > >> pioneer3at robot wrote: > > >>> My laptop disconnects from the wireless network and on the screen > of my laptop send me a message ( i can't remember it now). > > >>> The robot have an onboard computer. > > >> > > >> You may need to improve the wireless network (e.g. the position of > the access > > >> point) or otherwise troubleshoot that with your local network > administrators. If > > >> the connection between the robot and the access point over > wireless is good but > > >> the laptop connection is not reliable, connecting the laptop (or > other computer) > > >> to the access point via a LAN/wire ethernet cable can remove that > problem. > > >> > > >> Since the robot has an onboard computer, you can run programs on > the onboard > > >> computer then disconnect the vnc, ssh, or other remote terminal > program. Make > > >> sure that closing that connection does not cause the program to > hang or exit. > > >> > > >> Does the onboard computer run Windows or Linux? > > >> > > >> If it runs Linux, the program can hang if it is using ArKeyHandler > to get > > >> keyboard input, that should be disabled in the source code. Also > if on Linux, > > >> make sure to run the program in the background from the shell, > possibly using > > >> the 'nohup' tool, since exiting the shell would kill the program > as well. > > >> > > >> Reed > > >> > > >> > > >>> When i run tightvnc i connect with the computer of the robot. > > >>> Thank you, for your time. > > >>> > > >>>> Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:57:52 -0500 > > >>>> From: reed at mobilerobots.com > > >>>> To: pioneer3at at hotmail.com > > >>>> CC: pioneer-users at lists.mobilerobots.com > > >>>> Subject: Re: [Pioneer-users] Wireless connection > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> Hello, is your laptop disconnecting from the wireless network, > or is the robot > > >>>> connection failing? > > >>>> > > >>>> When you run tightvnc on your laptop, what remote computer are > you connecting > > >>>> to? Does the robot have an onboard computer? > > >>>> > > >>>> Reed > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> pioneer3at robot wrote: > > >>>>> I have a pioneer 3at. > > >>>>> I want to control the robot wireless with my laptop (Windows XP > sp2). > > >>>>> On the robot i have a bridge and on laptop i run the tightvnc. > > >>>>> My laptop can see the wireless network that i have create but > can't connect, and if i'm lucky and connect this keeps only for less > than a minute, then disconnect. > > >>>>> Could you please give me instructions (about the hardware and > software that i need and step by step what i need to do)? > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> _________________________________________________________________ > > >>>>> Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online. > > >>>>> > http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_1:092010 > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >>>>> > > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>>> Pioneer-users mailing list > > >>>>> Pioneer-users at lists.mobilerobots.com > > >>>>> http://lists.mobilerobots.com/mailman/listinfo/pioneer-users > > >>>>> > > >>>>> To unsubscribe visit the above webpage or send an e-mail to: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> pioneer-users-leave at lists.mobilerobots.com > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Visit http://robots.mobilerobots.com for information including > documentation, FAQ, tips, manuals, and software, firmware and driver > downloads. > > >>> > > >>> _________________________________________________________________ > > >>> Windows Live Hotmail: Your friends can get your Facebook updates, > right from Hotmail?. > > >>> > http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_4:092009 > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online. > > > > http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_1:092010 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Windows Live: Friends get your Flickr, Yelp, and Digg updates when they > e-mail you. > From kiryazov at cogs.nbu.bg Tue Jan 5 17:27:48 2010 From: kiryazov at cogs.nbu.bg (kiryazov at cogs.nbu.bg) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 00:27:48 +0200 (EET) Subject: [Pioneer-users] direct control of PTZ camera In-Reply-To: <4B436DDA.9030604@mobilerobots.com> References: , <4B1D2600.4060601@mobilerobots.com> , <4B264552.1050707@mobilerobots.com> , <4B2F82D1.5020107@mobilerobots.com> <4B436DDA.9030604@mobilerobots.com> Message-ID: <4fdb9c760e62e44101c47ae9f5c6751f.squirrel@mail.nbu.bg> Dear All I have PTZ camera with my Pioneer 3 Dx robot. I want to control the cam directly - to send command to the motors. Is it possible? Highlevel commands for setting the camera acceleration as setRotAccel wich are available for the robot also will be enought but I cannot find such in the ArVCC4 class. Does somebody knows some solution? Thanks! Kiril. From reed at mobilerobots.com Thu Jan 7 16:34:16 2010 From: reed at mobilerobots.com (Reed Hedges) Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:34:16 -0500 Subject: [Pioneer-users] ARIA 2.7.2 Released Message-ID: <4B465358.2070801@mobilerobots.com> ARIA 2.7.2 has been posted. This is an update to 2.7.1 which adds the following: * Added Seekur Jr. support * Added support for distinct "research patrolbot" robot type * Added SICK LMS 100 support * Added experimental Novatel SPAN GPS support * Fixed a bug in ArLaser (not enough space in buffer for all laser readings if more than 180) * Added parameter files researchPB.p, mt400.p, seekurjr.p. This version of libAria should be compatible with libAria 2.7.0 and dependent libraries built with 2.7.0 should work with this version. Packages for Linux and Windows can be downloaded at Let us know if you have any questions or problems with this version. -- Reed Hedges Developer Support / Software MobileRobots Inc. Find downloads, documentation, FAQ, mailing lists and more at: From hmartin at grpss.ssr.upm.es Tue Jan 12 11:02:12 2010 From: hmartin at grpss.ssr.upm.es (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Henar_Mart=EDn_Rodr=EDguez?=) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:02:12 +0100 Subject: [Pioneer-users] Wireless connection Message-ID: <620d795c1001120802x15086918k6924da93e66a6319@mail.gmail.com> Hello! We have just bought a P3-DX robot and we're trying to set up the wireless connection (our WiFi network is secured by WPA2). We've already worked with other Debian distributions, and we managed wireless connections via some GUI manager (mainly NetworkManager ). We've tried to install NetworkManager using Synaptic but we can't get it. Is there any special repository that we can set up in order to be able to get and install NetworkManager? (Any other GUI-based wireless manager application would be welcomed! But, important, it should enable WPA2 security) Thank you very much for your help! -- Henar -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mobilerobots.com/pipermail/pioneer-users/attachments/20100112/8c3ce832/attachment.html From cizeron at gostai.com Wed Jan 13 11:09:17 2010 From: cizeron at gostai.com (Eddy Cizeron) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:09:17 +0100 Subject: [Pioneer-users] Failed to connect to laser, no poweron received Message-ID: <4B4DF02D.8050300@gostai.com> Hi I've just reinstalled a Debian on a P3DX robot. By testing with guiServerStatic (or arnlServer, I've tried both), the laser does not seem to work normally. Red and yellow LEDs are switched on, then red and green LEDs blink before the system stops with the message : ArSick: waiting for laser to power on. ArSickPacketReceiver::receivePacket: wrong address (0x0 instead of 0x80) ArSick: Failed to connect to laser, no poweron received. Couldn't connect to sick, exiting Server shutting down. Disconnecting from robot. The configuration file seems correct. Any idea ? Thanks From C.Brunskill at surrey.ac.uk Wed Jan 13 11:14:19 2010 From: C.Brunskill at surrey.ac.uk (C.Brunskill at surrey.ac.uk) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:14:19 -0000 Subject: [Pioneer-users] Failed to connect to laser, no poweron received References: <4B4DF02D.8050300@gostai.com> Message-ID: <4D29D193E537E647A6E21FAFC98A2AD46C27E6@EVS-EC1-NODE1.surrey.ac.uk> Hi Eddy, I have had exactly the same problem after upgrading Debian (see my message to this group dated Sep 8 09:22:27 in the archives). I've not found a solution yet, I'm afraid, but there are no other changes I'm aware of other than the OS upgrade. If you do find a fix, please give me a shout! Thanks. Regards, Chris -----Original Message----- From: pioneer-users-bounces at lists.mobilerobots.com on behalf of Eddy Cizeron Sent: Wed 13/01/2010 16:09 To: pioneer-users at lists.mobilerobots.com Subject: [Pioneer-users] Failed to connect to laser, no poweron received Hi I've just reinstalled a Debian on a P3DX robot. By testing with guiServerStatic (or arnlServer, I've tried both), the laser does not seem to work normally. Red and yellow LEDs are switched on, then red and green LEDs blink before the system stops with the message : ArSick: waiting for laser to power on. ArSickPacketReceiver::receivePacket: wrong address (0x0 instead of 0x80) ArSick: Failed to connect to laser, no poweron received. Couldn't connect to sick, exiting Server shutting down. Disconnecting from robot. The configuration file seems correct. Any idea ? Thanks _______________________________________________ Pioneer-users mailing list Pioneer-users at lists.mobilerobots.com http://lists.mobilerobots.com/mailman/listinfo/pioneer-users To unsubscribe visit the above webpage or send an e-mail to: pioneer-users-leave at lists.mobilerobots.com Visit http://robots.mobilerobots.com for information including documentation, FAQ, tips, manuals, and software, firmware and driver downloads. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mobilerobots.com/pipermail/pioneer-users/attachments/20100113/e18791db/attachment.html From cizeron at gostai.com Wed Jan 13 11:22:50 2010 From: cizeron at gostai.com (Eddy Cizeron) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:22:50 +0100 Subject: [Pioneer-users] Failed to connect to laser, no poweron received In-Reply-To: <4B4DF02D.8050300@gostai.com> References: <4B4DF02D.8050300@gostai.com> Message-ID: <4B4DF35A.8060509@gostai.com> Hi Chris, Could I have any information about you past and current Debian version ? We have just reinstalled the same version than before : gostai at muon:~$ uname -a Linux muon 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Wed Aug 19 06:06:52 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux gostai at muon:~$ cat /etc/debian_version 5.0.3 Thanks > > Hi Eddy, > > > > I have had exactly the same problem after upgrading Debian (see my > > message to this group dated Sep 8 09:22:27 in the archives). I've not > > found a solution yet, I'm afraid, but there are no other changes I'm > > aware of other than the OS upgrade. > > > > If you do find a fix, please give me a shout! > > > > Thanks. > > > > Regards, > > > > Chris > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pioneer-users-bounces at lists.mobilerobots.com on behalf of Eddy > > Cizeron > > Sent: Wed 13/01/2010 16:09 > > To: pioneer-users at lists.mobilerobots.com > > Subject: [Pioneer-users] Failed to connect to laser, no poweron received > > > > Hi > > > > I've just reinstalled a Debian on a P3DX robot. By testing with > > guiServerStatic (or arnlServer, I've tried both), the laser does not > > seem to work normally. Red and yellow LEDs are switched on, then red and > > green LEDs blink before the system stops with the message : > > > > ArSick: waiting for laser to power on. > > ArSickPacketReceiver::receivePacket: wrong address (0x0 instead of 0x80) > > ArSick: Failed to connect to laser, no poweron received. > > Couldn't connect to sick, exiting > > Server shutting down. > > Disconnecting from robot. > > > > The configuration file seems correct. Any idea ? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pioneer-users mailing list > > Pioneer-users at lists.mobilerobots.com > > http://lists.mobilerobots.com/mailman/listinfo/pioneer-users > > > > To unsubscribe visit the above webpage or send an e-mail to: > > > > pioneer-users-leave at lists.mobilerobots.com > > > > > > Visit http://robots.mobilerobots.com for information including > > documentation, FAQ, tips, manuals, and software, firmware and driver > > downloads. > > > From C.Brunskill at surrey.ac.uk Wed Jan 13 11:42:03 2010 From: C.Brunskill at surrey.ac.uk (C.Brunskill at surrey.ac.uk) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:42:03 -0000 Subject: [Pioneer-users] Failed to connect to laser, no poweron received References: <4B4DF02D.8050300@gostai.com> <4B4DF35A.8060509@gostai.com> Message-ID: <4D29D193E537E647A6E21FAFC98A2AD46C27E7@EVS-EC1-NODE1.surrey.ac.uk> Hi Eddie, Unfortunately I am not in the office this afternoon. We upgraded to Deb 4.1 from 3.x if I remember correctly, I'll check for you before the end of the week though. Chris -----Original Message----- From: pioneer-users-bounces at lists.mobilerobots.com on behalf of Eddy Cizeron Sent: Wed 13/01/2010 16:22 To: pioneer-users at lists.mobilerobots.com Subject: Re: [Pioneer-users] Failed to connect to laser, no poweron received Hi Chris, Could I have any information about you past and current Debian version ? We have just reinstalled the same version than before : gostai at muon:~$ uname -a Linux muon 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Wed Aug 19 06:06:52 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux gostai at muon:~$ cat /etc/debian_version 5.0.3 Thanks > > Hi Eddy, > > > > I have had exactly the same problem after upgrading Debian (see my > > message to this group dated Sep 8 09:22:27 in the archives). I've not > > found a solution yet, I'm afraid, but there are no other changes I'm > > aware of other than the OS upgrade. > > > > If you do find a fix, please give me a shout! > > > > Thanks. > > > > Regards, > > > > Chris > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pioneer-users-bounces at lists.mobilerobots.com on behalf of Eddy > > Cizeron > > Sent: Wed 13/01/2010 16:09 > > To: pioneer-users at lists.mobilerobots.com > > Subject: [Pioneer-users] Failed to connect to laser, no poweron received > > > > Hi > > > > I've just reinstalled a Debian on a P3DX robot. By testing with > > guiServerStatic (or arnlServer, I've tried both), the laser does not > > seem to work normally. Red and yellow LEDs are switched on, then red and > > green LEDs blink before the system stops with the message : > > > > ArSick: waiting for laser to power on. > > ArSickPacketReceiver::receivePacket: wrong address (0x0 instead of 0x80) > > ArSick: Failed to connect to laser, no poweron received. > > Couldn't connect to sick, exiting > > Server shutting down. > > Disconnecting from robot. > > > > The configuration file seems correct. Any idea ? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pioneer-users mailing list > > Pioneer-users at lists.mobilerobots.com > > http://lists.mobilerobots.com/mailman/listinfo/pioneer-users > > > > To unsubscribe visit the above webpage or send an e-mail to: > > > > pioneer-users-leave at lists.mobilerobots.com > > > > > > Visit http://robots.mobilerobots.com for information including > > documentation, FAQ, tips, manuals, and software, firmware and driver > > downloads. > > > _______________________________________________ Pioneer-users mailing list Pioneer-users at lists.mobilerobots.com http://lists.mobilerobots.com/mailman/listinfo/pioneer-users To unsubscribe visit the above webpage or send an e-mail to: pioneer-users-leave at lists.mobilerobots.com Visit http://robots.mobilerobots.com for information including documentation, FAQ, tips, manuals, and software, firmware and driver downloads. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://lists.mobilerobots.com/pipermail/pioneer-users/attachments/20100118/5d1ece59/attachment.html From reed at mobilerobots.com Mon Jan 18 17:12:11 2010 From: reed at mobilerobots.com (Reed Hedges) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:12:11 -0500 Subject: [Pioneer-users] Installing new applications In-Reply-To: <4db838d11001180222j2f934fcfsa4a167bbeddcacac@mail.gmail.com> References: <4db838d11001180222j2f934fcfsa4a167bbeddcacac@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B54DCBB.4060607@mobilerobots.com> Hi, the manual for the onboard computer can be found under "Onboard Computers" at http://robots.mobilerobots.com/wiki/Manuals#Onboard_Computers The computer board inside the robot (see the robot Operations Manual for its location) has USB and extra serial port interfaces but you will need to add your own connectors (or contact support at mobilerobots to order some). If your robot has a laser it has a USB connector on the back (for use with a joystick, but it works with any USB device). The computer board does have IDE interfaces with standard connectors, the hard disk is attached to one, and a CD-ROM or other IDE device can be attached to the other. The VSBC8 computer has floppy disk interface but the Cobra EBX12 does not. The easiest way to install software without having to open the robot and add devices to the computer is to download them using the network. Reed Srikant Iyer wrote: > Hello, > > The Pioneer 3 Operations Manual states that the P3-AT Onboard computer would > have upto 4 serial ports, ports for a 10/100 Base-T Ethernet, a monitor, a > keyboard and a mouse, and 2 USB Ports and support for floppy and IDE > hard-disk drives. > > However, I have only the serial port, the Ethernet port and ports for the > monitor, the keyboard and the mouse. I do not have any USB ports and don't > see how floppies can be used with the system. > > I wonder how to bring in data from elsewhere (such as installing an > application from a CD/DVD/thumb drive) can be done. I would like to install > a C/C++ compiler which would enable me to write and compile programs for the > robot using the ARIA library which came pre-installed in the Windows XP > Onborad computer. > > Thanking you in anticipation > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Pioneer-users mailing list > Pioneer-users at lists.mobilerobots.com > http://lists.mobilerobots.com/mailman/listinfo/pioneer-users > > To unsubscribe visit the above webpage or send an e-mail to: > > pioneer-users-leave at lists.mobilerobots.com > > > Visit http://robots.mobilerobots.com for information including documentation, FAQ, tips, manuals, and software, firmware and driver downloads. From reed at mobilerobots.com Mon Jan 18 17:27:16 2010 From: reed at mobilerobots.com (Reed Hedges) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:27:16 -0500 Subject: [Pioneer-users] Failed to connect to laser, no poweron received In-Reply-To: <4B4DF02D.8050300@gostai.com> References: <4B4DF02D.8050300@gostai.com> Message-ID: <4B54E044.401@mobilerobots.com> Hello, You may need to reset the serial port parameters using the 'setserial' command: http://robots.mobilerobots.com/wiki/Computer_Serial_Port_Configuration Namely the IRQ number. We usually use IRQ 10 for COM3 on the Versalogic EBX12 computer; set it in the computer BIOS first then use setserial if you need to reset it in Linux. Make sure there are no conflicts. You can also try setting the default baud rate (though normally ARIA is able to set before connecting). Eddy Cizeron wrote: > Hi > > I've just reinstalled a Debian on a P3DX robot. By testing with > guiServerStatic (or arnlServer, I've tried both), the laser does not > seem to work normally. Red and yellow LEDs are switched on, then red and > green LEDs blink before the system stops with the message : > > ArSick: waiting for laser to power on. > ArSickPacketReceiver::receivePacket: wrong address (0x0 instead of 0x80) > ArSick: Failed to connect to laser, no poweron received. > Couldn't connect to sick, exiting > Server shutting down. > Disconnecting from robot. > > The configuration file seems correct. Any idea ? > > Thanks > > > _______________________________________________ > Pioneer-users mailing list > Pioneer-users at lists.mobilerobots.com > http://lists.mobilerobots.com/mailman/listinfo/pioneer-users > > To unsubscribe visit the above webpage or send an e-mail to: > > pioneer-users-leave at lists.mobilerobots.com > > > Visit http://robots.mobilerobots.com for information including documentation, FAQ, tips, manuals, and software, firmware and driver downloads. > From cizeron at gostai.com Mon Jan 25 10:00:50 2010 From: cizeron at gostai.com (Eddy Cizeron) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:00:50 +0100 Subject: [Pioneer-users] New laser connexion problems In-Reply-To: <4B54E044.401@mobilerobots.com> References: <4B4DF02D.8050300@gostai.com> <4B54E044.401@mobilerobots.com> Message-ID: <4B5DB222.8080300@gostai.com> Hello I have new problems with the laser. arnlServer works perfectly but I cannot connect to the laser using my own c++ code. Examples proposed in the Aria / Arnl documentation use heterogeneous methods for this purpose. I've tried several ones but nothing conclusive. The solution using a simple connector : / m_laser = new Sick; m_robot->addRangeDevice(m_laser); ... m_simpleConnector = new ArSimpleConnector(m_argParser); if (!m_simpleConnector->parseArgs()) { m_simpleConnector->logOptions(); exit(1); } if (!m_simpleConnector->connectRobot(m_robot)) { printf("Could not connect to robot... exiting\n"); Aria::shutdown(); } ... m_simpleConnector->setupLaser(m_laser); m_laser->runAsync(); if (! m_laser->blockingConnect()) { printf("Could not connect to SICK laser... exiting\n"); Aria::shutdown(); }/ has an unexpected behaviour. It works fine when used together with MobileSim but generates an invalid pointer when used with the robot : /... Loaded robot parameters from p3dx-sh.p *** glibc detected *** /usr/local/gostai/bin/urbi-launch: free(): invalid pointer: 0x0a58a310 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6[0x401d1624] /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(cfree+0x96)[0x401d3826] /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6(_ZdlPv+0x21)[0x400e02e1] /usr/local/gostai/lib/libport.so(_ZNSt10_List_baseISsSaISsEED2Ev+0x3e)[0x403a4dce] /usr/local/Arnl/lib/libAriaForArnl.so(_ZNSt4listISsSaISsEED1Ev+0x1e)[0x40bb562e] /usr/local/Arnl/lib/libAriaForArnl.so(_ZN7ArLaserD2Ev+0xe6)[0x40bfd1aa] /usr/local/Arnl/lib/libAriaForArnl.so(_ZN8ArLMS2xxD2Ev+0x1d3)[0x40c1ed6b] .../ The solution using a robot connector and a laser connector : / m_laser = new Sick; m_robot->addRangeDevice(m_laser); ... m_connector = new ArRobotConnector(m_argParser, m_robot); if (! m_connector->connectRobot()) { ArLog::log (ArLog::Normal, "Could not connect to robot... exiting"); Aria::exit (3); } ... m_laserConnector = new ArLaserConnector(m_argParser, m_robot, m_connector); if (!m_laserConnector->connectLasers()) { ArLog::log(ArLog::Normal, "Could not connect to all lasers... exiting\n"); Aria::exit(2); } m_laser->runAsync (); if (!m_laser->blockingConnect()) { ArLog::log (ArLog::Normal, "Couldn't connect to sick, exiting"); Aria::exit(2); } / refuses to connect. /... Loaded robot parameters from p3dx-sh.p ArLaserConnector: Auto parsing args for lasers ArLaserConnector: Using robot params for connecting to laser lms2xx_1: waiting for laser to power on. lms2xx_1: Connected to the laser. laser: Invalid device connection, cannot connect. Couldn't connect to sick, exiting Disconnecting from robot. ArRobotPacketReceiver::receivePacket: bad packet, bad checksum lms2xx_1: Disconnecting from laser. .../ May it be linked with some extra parameters required by the ArAgumentParser instance ? The only thing I've put inside is : / m_argParser->addDefaultArgument("-connectLaser");/ Thanks Eddy Cizeron -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mobilerobots.com/pipermail/pioneer-users/attachments/20100125/a7311208/attachment.html From wu.xiaojun at gmail.com Mon Jan 25 11:28:18 2010 From: wu.xiaojun at gmail.com (XiaoJun Wu) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:28:18 +0800 Subject: [Pioneer-users] Need help on P3-DX fuse replacement Message-ID: <46fe77251001250828m18599f9dqfa079c01f6868048@mail.gmail.com> hi, all I burned a voltage converter today on the P3-DX robot, and the robot can't power on after that! I connected the 12v power from inside P3-DX to a voltage converter which outputs 5v to Hokuyo URG-4L laser scanner, and this connection worked for months without issue. Unfrotunately, today just after power on, some smoke arose from the converter in several seconds. After removing the converter and its connection, the roobt can't power on and the internal LED never get lighten... although the battery voltage is still 12v+ after this. Guess there was some shortage occured on the converter. Now I am wondering how to fix it, whether I am lucky so only need to replace a fuse or the whole power module is gone. According to the manual, the robot is delivered with "Replacement fuse", so my question is, where is this fulse located under the P3DX case? Any advise are appreciated. thanks x.j. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mobilerobots.com/pipermail/pioneer-users/attachments/20100126/8d07b51e/attachment.html From ghsalazar at ipn.mx Wed Jan 27 12:45:27 2010 From: ghsalazar at ipn.mx (=?iso-8859-1?B?R2FzdPNuIEgu?= Salazar-Silva) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:45:27 -0600 Subject: [Pioneer-users] Serial port parameter for cyton arm Message-ID: <20100127174526.GA4030@thule> Hi, We've received recently our pioneer robots at CINVESTAV-IPN and I'm trying to test to our Cyton arm with a Linux laptop and a wireless network. As far as I can tell from troubleshouting we've communication through the TCP/IP tunnel for the serial port. I've tested the arm with a windows computer connected directly to the serial port and it worked. Our plataform is: - A laptop with Ubuntu 9.10. - The remserial program configured for 9600 8N1. Tested indepently and working. - The Lantronix wiBox configured for 9600 8N1 on port 2. Tested indepently and working. My only conclusion is that the serial port parameters are not right, but after searching through the manual, the installation CD and MobileRobots site, I didn't find the values for these parameters. ?Could anyone help me, please? Thanks in advance, -- Gast?n Hugo Salazar Silva From ghsalazar at ipn.mx Thu Jan 28 14:04:35 2010 From: ghsalazar at ipn.mx (=?iso-8859-1?B?R2FzdPNuIEgu?= Salazar-Silva) Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:04:35 -0600 Subject: [Pioneer-users] Serial port parameter for cyton arm In-Reply-To: <20100127174526.GA4030@thule> References: <20100127174526.GA4030@thule> Message-ID: <20100128190434.GA4241@thule> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:45:26AM -0600, Gast?n H. Salazar-Silva wrote: Hi, We've received recently our pioneer robots at CINVESTAV-IPN and I'm trying to test to our Cyton arm with a Linux laptop and a wireless network. As far as I can tell from troubleshouting we've communication through the TCP/IP tunnel for the serial port. I've tested the arm with a windows computer connected directly to the serial port and it worked. Our plataform is: - A laptop with Ubuntu 9.10. - The remserial program configured for 9600 8N1. Tested indepently and working. - The Lantronix wiBox configured for 9600 8N1 on port 2. Tested indepently and working. My only conclusion is that the serial port parameters are not right, but after searching through the manual, the installation CD and MobileRobots site, I didn't find the values for these parameters. ?Could anyone help me, please? Thanks in advance, -- Gast?n Hugo Salazar Silva