send int16 via std_msg/string msg

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asked 2011-12-28 08:35:31 -0500

jayson ding
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Dear All

I am trying to send out int16 from host pc to arduino target. I firstly converted the int16 to two chars and then packaged them into one std_msg/string and send it to the target. My problem is that when I send data which is < 256 and > 0. the high bit will be zero. In this case, the string length will not be two char anymore which cause the com failed. Do anyone know how to fix this problem? thanks a lot.

I understand that my approach is a little awkward. I can use std_msg/int16 do that job directly. I am doing this is aiming to use the same string to carry multiple commands and data.

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answered 2011-12-29 00:55:20 -0500

joq
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Encode the data as either a hex or decimal character string, then parse it on the other end. That is a lot more effort than just sending std_msgs/int16, but seems necessary for multiple commands using the same string message type.

Maybe there is a better way to approach your design problem. Could you instead use multiple message types? Multiple topics?

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Agreed; using multiple topics with the appropriate message types is the right way to do this. And you get demultiplexing for free rather than having to do it yourself.

ahendrix ( 2011-12-30 14:26:10 -0500 )edit

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answered 2011-12-29 12:11:01 -0500

jayson ding
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Hi Jack Thanks for your answer. I tried to encode my data to decimal character string. My python code is "D %d %d %d" % data1, data2, data3. Unfortunately, the string length is changing among 13, 16, and 19. It depended on value of the data*. I feel this is not the right way. So I took your second suggestion and published two msgs std_msgs/String msg and geometry_msgs/Vector3 to deal with cmd and data respectively. I just tested it out. It works well. thanks. A side notes that I chose Vector3 vs std_msgs/Int16MultiArray just because I could not figure out how to publish Int16MultiArray in python. It is headache. Do you have any thing about this? thanks a lot. Jayson

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Proper messages are still better, but as a remark: You can use print width modifiers in python, e.g. "D %05d %05d %05d"

dornhege ( 2011-12-29 12:31:12 -0500 )edit

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answered 2011-12-30 00:35:52 -0500

jayson ding
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Hi Christian, You are right, I can print it with fixed width. Thanks for reminding me. Best

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