Astra Orbec camera in ROS problems

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Hi!

Been trying to get the Astra Orbec camera to work with ROS in OS Ubuntu Indigo 14.04 LTS to work however without results.

This is what I got so far;

1. The device seems to be seen by the computer;

running lsusb gives the following:

Bus 002 Device 006: ID 05ac:8404 Apple, Inc. Internal Memory Card Reader
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 05ac:024d Apple, Inc. Internal Keyboard/Trackpad (MacBook Air) (ISO)
Bus 002 Device 009: ID 05ac:821f Apple, Inc. Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR HCI
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0424:2513 Standard Microsystems Corp. 2.0 Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ac:8510 Apple, Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0781:5581 SanDisk Corp. Ultra
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 0b95:1790 ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet
Bus 003 Device 008: ID 2bc5:0401
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0409:0058 NEC Corp. HighSpeed Hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

while running lsusb -v gives this:

Bus 003 Device 008: ID 2bc5:0401
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x2bc5 
  idProduct          0x0401 
  bcdDevice            0.01
  iManufacturer           1 ORBBEC
  iProduct                2 ASTRA
  iSerial                 0 
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           32
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0 
    bmAttributes         0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower              500mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
      bInterfaceSubClass      0 
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 
      iInterface              3 ORBBEC Depth Sensor
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval               1
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x82  EP 2 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval               1
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
  bLength                10
  bDescriptorType         6
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  bNumConfigurations      0
Device Status:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)

I went to this webpage orbbec3d.com/develop and downloaded the file with the button text Doownload OpenNI 2 for Linux Extracted the file 2-Linux.zip and followed the instructions given in the Readme file.

So no worries so far, however when trying to run the step 3 in the readme file,the code fails. (the file readme file is the ... (more)