rospy.service fail

rospy.service fail

asked 2014-05-22 08:00:09 -0500

blakeh
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Now that catkin is building my service files OK, I can't run it. The relevant code section is:

    rospy.init_node('servo_cmd_server', log_level=rospy.INFO)
    rospy.loginfo("Started Phidgets Servo Command Server Node")
    rospy.sleep(2.0)
    rospy.loginfo("Setting up the command service")
    rospy.loginfo("Namespace: %s", rospy.get_namespace())
    rospy.loginfo("getname:   %s", rospy.get_name())
    rospy.loginfo("Resolved name:   %s", rospy.resolve_name("PhidgetsServoCommand", caller_id="retractor_ros"))

    s = rospy.Service('retractor_cmd', _PhidgetsServoCommand, handle_servo_cmd)
    print 'Ready to receive servo commands!!!.'
    rospy.spin()

And the relevant output is:

[INFO] [WallTime: 1400781040.063425] Namespace: /
[INFO] [WallTime: 1400781040.063572] getname:   /servo_cmd_server
[INFO] [WallTime: 1400781040.063730] Resolved name:   /PhidgetsServoCommand
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/blake/Projects/Ros/catkin_ws/src/pwm_ros/scripts/pwm_servo.py", line 228, in <module>
    servo_cmd_server()      # start the server (doesn't return)
  File "/home/blake/Projects/Ros/catkin_ws/src/pwm_ros/scripts/pwm_servo.py", line 73, in servo_cmd_server
    s = rospy.Service('retractor_cmd', _PhidgetsServoCommand, handle_servo_cmd)
  File "/opt/ros/hydro/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rospy/impl/tcpros_service.py", line 696, in __init__
    super(Service, self).__init__(name, service_class, handler, buff_size)
  File "/opt/ros/hydro/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rospy/impl/tcpros_service.py", line 544, in __init__
    super(ServiceImpl, self).__init__(name, service_class)
  File "/opt/ros/hydro/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rospy/service.py", line 59, in __init__
    self.request_class = service_class._request_class
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '_request_class'

Any ideas?? BTW, catkin has prefixed the MyName.srv file with an underscore to create _MyName.py . without the underscore, you get:

[INFO] [WallTime: 1400781520.326304] Namespace: /
[INFO] [WallTime: 1400781520.326438] getname:   /servo_cmd_server
[INFO] [WallTime: 1400781520.326581] Resolved name:   /PhidgetsServoCommand
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/blake/Projects/Ros/catkin_ws/src/pwm_ros/scripts/pwm_servo.py", line 228, in <module>
    servo_cmd_server()      # start the server (doesn't return)
  File "/home/blake/Projects/Ros/catkin_ws/src/pwm_ros/scripts/pwm_servo.py", line 73, in servo_cmd_server
    s = rospy.Service('retractor_cmd', PhidgetsServoCommand, handle_servo_cmd)
NameError: global name 'PhidgetsServoCommand' is not defined

Thanks!

answered 2014-05-22 10:11:20 -0500

ahendrix

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It looks like you still aren't following the tutorial properly.

You should NOT be using the underscore prefixed names; those are internal to the generated module. The normal names ARE defined in the generated __init__.py inside the python srv directory.

This would be easier to troubleshoot if you included your ENTIRE python program, including the import lines.

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Thank you. It seems that different tutorials import differently and not as clearly. Fixing import statement to

#  Ros imports
from retractor_ros.srv import * 
import rospy

(and avoiding the underscores) Seemed to do the trick.

blakeh ( 2014-05-28 05:35:28 -0500 )edit

If the tutorials are incorrect, you should either update the wiki to fix them, post them here so that another user can take a look, or contact the author if they're not hosted on the ROS wiki.

ahendrix ( 2014-05-28 05:38:07 -0500 )edit

Actually above is wrong. somehow that line is now an error!

blakeh ( 2014-05-28 05:58:06 -0500 )edit

Latest output

blake@blake-Lenovo-IdeaPad-U530-Touch:~/Projects/Ros/catkin_ws$ source devel/setup.bash 
blake@blake-Lenovo-IdeaPad-U530-Touch:~/Projects/Ros/catkin_ws$ rossrv 
list      md5       package   packages  show      
blake@blake-Lenovo-IdeaPad-U530-Touch:~/Projects/Ros/catkin_ws$ rossrv show retractor_ros/PhidgetsServoCommand 
int64 servo
float64 displacement
---
int64 return_flag

blake@blake-Lenovo-IdeaPad-U530-Touch:~/Projects/Ros/catkin_ws$ rosrun retractor_ros pwm_servo.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/blake/Projects/Ros/catkin_ws/src/pwm_ros/scripts/pwm_servo.py", line 23, in <module>
    from PhidgetsServoCommand.srv import *
ImportError: No module named PhidgetsServoCommand.srv
blake@blake-Lenovo-IdeaPad-U530-Touch:~/Projects/Ros/catkin_ws$

blakeh ( 2014-05-28 06:19:33 -0500 )edit

The appropriate import is:

from retractor_ros.srv import *

from retractor_ros.srv import PhidgetsServoCommand

ahendrix ( 2014-05-28 06:22:32 -0500 )edit

In general, the syntax is:

from [package].srv import [service]

ahendrix ( 2014-05-28 06:27:42 -0500 )edit

Aha! that worked. thanks for your persistence.

blakeh ( 2014-05-28 06:47:36 -0500 )edit

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