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You could broadcast a tf from C++ (or python), but it's easier to use a static_transform_publisher http://wiki.ros.org/tf#static_transform_publisher

For your transform xyz would be 0 0 0, and then 0 1.570796 0 for yaw pitch roll (or play with the numbers until it comes out right).

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