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7.40 sickpls

Authors

Yannick Brosseau yannick.brosseau(at)usherbrooke.ca,Andrew Howard ahoward(at)usc.edu

Synopsis

The sickpls driver is used to control a SICK PLS laser range-finder. This driver will soon be merged into the sicklms200 driver.

Interfaces

Supported interfaces:

Required devices:

Supported configuration requests:

Configuration file options

Name Type Default Meaning
pose tuple [0.0 0.0 0.0] The mounted pose of the laser (in mm, mm, degrees)
delay integer 0 Startup delay on the laser, in seconds (set this to 35 if you have a newer generation Pioneer whose laser is switched on when the serial port is open).
port string "/dev/ttyS1" The serial port to be used
rate integer 9600 Baud rate to use when talking to laser; should be one of 9600, 38400, 500000.
resolution integer 50 The angular scan resolution to be used (in units of 0.01 degrees)
invert integer 0 Set this flag if the laser is mounted upside-down; the range and bearing results will be flipped so the laser appears to be right-way-up.

Notes


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2004-06-02