7.4 amtecpowercube

Authors

Brian P. Gerkey gerkey(at)stanford.edu

Synopsis

The amtecpowercube driver provides control of an industrial-strength pan-tilt unit called the PowerCube, made by Amtec.

Interfaces

Supported interfaces:

• ptz

Required devices:

• None.

Supported configuration requests:

• PLAYER_PTZ_CONTROL_MODE_REQ

Configuration file options

Name Type Default Meaning

port string "/dev/ttyS0" The serial port to be used

home integer 0 Whether to home the unit before commanding it

speed integer 40 Maximum pan/tilt speed (deg/sec)

Notes

• This driver is new and not thoroughly tested.
• For constant swiveling, the PowerCube works better under velocity control.