Velocity controll and PID tuneing

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I'm currently building a simulation model for my robot and so far almost every thing works. I can move all my actuators. I'm currently stuck with the controlling the wheel velocity.

I have a joint

   <joint name="wheel_main_rotation" type="continuous">
      <parent link="wheel_main_suspension" />
      <child link="wheel_main" />
      <origin xyz="0 0 -0.1" rpy="0 0 0" />
      <axis xyz="0 1 0" />
      <limit effort="2000.0" velocity="1.0" />
   </joint>

with a transmission

   <transmission name="tran2">
      <type>transmission_interface/SimpleTransmission</type>
      <joint name="wheel_main_rotation">
         <hardwareInterface>hardware_interface/EffortJointInterface</hardwareInterface>
      </joint>
      <actuator name="motor2">
         <hardwareInterface>hardware_interface/EffortJointInterface</hardwareInterface>
         <mechanicalReduction>1</mechanicalReduction>
      </actuator>
   </transmission>

with the following controller config

  # velocity Controllers ---------------------------------------
  joint2_velocity_controller:
    type: effort_controllers/JointVelocityController
    joint: wheel_main_rotation
    pid: {p: 10000.0, i: 1.0, d: 1000.0}

and a rosnode which publishes the value 1.0 on the following topic

pub = rospy.Publisher('/my_robot_ns/joint2_velocity_controller/command', Float64, queue_size=10)

This approach works for all my revoloute and prismatic joints, but not for controlling the velocity of the main wheel. I actually doesn't move at all, no matter which value I publish.

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the maximum velocity of my robot should be 1.0 m/sec