Multiple nodes subscribed to a topic make the topic slower
Hi, I have a python node that is subscribed to an Odometry msg (queue = 1). In the subscription callback, this node only fills another message (custom Odometry msg) and publishes it (queue = 1). There are 8 nodes, in the same computer, subscribed to this new topic (all of them with queue = 1). Despite the original Odometry msg is published at 30Hz (checked using rostopic hz command) the custom odometry message is only published at 5-6Hz. However, every time that I kill one of the nodes subscribed to this custom odometry msg the publish rate increases. It seems like when there are to many nodes subscribed to a topic they make the topic publication slower loosing lots of messages. Have any one faced before this problem? Am I doing something wrong with the queues?
Thank you!
After more trials I've measured that the callback function takes around 0.2s with the publisher queue=1 (asynchronous). However, if I remove the queue, making the node synchronous, the function only takes 0.005s and publishes at 30Hz as desired! Are not asynchronous nodes better than synchronous?