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How to use a terminal command line in a launch file

asked 2016-03-10 07:50:19 -0600

Bert
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updated 2016-03-10 08:35:38 -0600

I am currently using Hector mapping with a hokuyo laser scanner. In the launch file of Hector mapping, I added the hokuyo_node for the laserscanner and I also start RVIZ. But I still need to configure the hokuyo lasserscanner everytime manually in the terminal with this code before starting: sudo chmod a+rw /dev/ttyACM0

Is there a way to include this in my launch file?

Thank you!

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answered 2016-03-10 08:48:07 -0600

alee

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I'm pretty sure roslaunch can't handle this because it's simply XML tags (please correct me if I'm wrong) but you should definitely look into setting udev rules for your laser scanner. This means that whenever it's plugged in, the computer will automatically give it proper permissions.