openni_launch doesn't publish any data on the topics!

asked 2011-11-30 22:43:30 -0500

Rasoul
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updated 2016-10-24 09:02:34 -0500

ngrennan
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Hi everyone,

I have installed ROS electric recently. I try to get point cloud from the Kinect sensor by the following command:

$ roslaunch openni_launch openni.launch

It runs a few couple of nodelets and warns about the calibration .yaml files which seems to be OK. I can see a list of topics that it advertises, but neither "rviz" nor "rostopic hz" can capture any data from any topic starting with "/camera"!

However, with the following command:

$ roslaunch openni_camera openni_node.laucnh

I can capture point clouds streaming out from the Kinect sensor. Any idea why openni_launch doesn't publish any data on the topics?

Best, Rasoul

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answered 2011-12-01 00:36:39 -0500

Ben_S

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You might have a look at this answer by Patrick Mihelich. Maybe compiling the latest version from svn helps for you too. Sometimes the openni.launch works if you restart it a lot. I were having similar problems and spent a lot time on continuous restarting until i got output from rostopic hz...

Finally i did a clean reinstall and switched to 64 bit Ubuntu which helped a lot (at least for me).

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By compiling the latest version from svn, it started working properly. Thank you very much for your help!

Rasoul ( 2011-12-01 03:07:55 -0500 )edit

Im glad that i could help you. Could you please accept my answer, so that its clear, that the problem is solved? Thanks a lot. :)

Ben_S ( 2011-12-01 05:35:54 -0500 )edit

Hi, same issue here. Pointclouds are published and can see them when echoed topic wise. but not visible in rviz. can the reinstall b done using synaptic or should i remove n do it through svn?

karthik ( 2011-12-14 14:24:50 -0500 )edit

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answered 2012-02-14 17:20:53 -0500

Kogut
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I have a similar problem. Usually point clouds are not published. If I keep re-starting I can sometimes get point clouds rendered for a glorious 4-5 seconds before they stop publishing. My intuition tells me there's a race condition/deadlock somewhere, but I have no idea where to start looking because there are no useful error messages.

I will try 64-bit Ubuntu, but that's annoying.

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Did you compile the latest version from source? Your problem seems indeed a bit different though. Once it published for me it kept publishing as long as at least one subscriber was present. Do you get any output on the openni-console when it stops publishing?

Ben_S ( 2012-02-14 21:08:03 -0500 )edit

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