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Instead of poking at the topics directly, dynamic_reconfigure has a command-line client and a python API that probably provide what you're looking for. Both are documented on the dynamic_reconfigure wiki page.

As a side note, I think that topic is used for the node to send updates when its parameters change; not for outside clients to change parameters.

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