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answered 2016-06-03 10:12:57 -0500

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  1. @kmhallen is right: don't run the cloud node, because VLP16-points.launch already starts the cloud nodelet. Since they are both publishing the same information to the /velodyne_points topic, the result will be confusing and waste cycles and bandwidth.

  2. The recommended method is to attach the Velodyne to its own ethernet port with a statically assigned IP in the 192.168.1.x range. We normally do it via the Ubuntu network manager like this:

    • IP address: 192.168.1.77
    • netmask: 255.255.255.0
    • gateway: 192.168.1.0

Setting up a VLP-16 is very similar to this 32E tutorial.

  1. @kmhallen is right: don't run the cloud node, because VLP16-points.launch already starts the cloud nodelet. Since they are both publishing the same information to the /velodyne_points topic, the result will be confusing and waste cycles and bandwidth.

  2. The recommended method is to attach the Velodyne to its own ethernet port with a statically assigned IP in the 192.168.1.x range. We normally do it via the Ubuntu network manager like this:

    • IP address: 192.168.1.77
    • netmask: 255.255.255.0
    • gateway: 192.168.1.0

Setting up a VLP-16 is very similar to this 32E tutorial. We'd like to make a VLP-16 version of that tutorial some time soon.