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Unable to communicate with master with roscore running

asked 2017-10-30 13:18:55 -0500

tayagrey6
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Hi, I am trying to subscribe to a node I launched on a raspberry pi on my laptop. I am able to SSH into the raspberry pi to launch the node (the problem is not that roscore isn't running because it is), but when I open another terminal and run rostopic list, the cursor blinks for a while before I get an "Unable to communicate with master" error. Both of my machines have the same ROS_MASTER_URI, which is http://cameraduckie.local:11311 . This hostname is the one that I ssh into from my laptop to launch the first node. I am very confused because the two machines can ping each other but the laptop cannot communicate with master--any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Taylor

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answered 2017-10-31 01:52:33 -0500

Oded
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It sounds that you didn't configure your ROS_IP variable.

Let's assume that the IP of your master (where the roscore is running - the raspberry pi in your case) is 192.168.1.1, so you will have to run

export ROS_MASTER_URI=http://192.168.1.1:11311

export ROS_IP=192.168.1.1

And assume on the slave computer the IP is 192.168.1.2, you will have to run

export ROS_MASTER_URI=http://192.168.1.1:11311

export ROS_IP=192.168.1.2

After that you should have ROS connectivity

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Hi Oded, I tried this but unfortunately it didn't work either--I receive the same error as before. I had this whole configuration working via ethernet before, but then it stopped working when I switched over to wifi--if that helps at all. Thank you for your response!

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