Using the Hokuyo UST-05LN laser rangefinder with urg_node
I'm trying to get the Hokuyo UST-05LN laser rangefinder working with ROS Indigo.
I have successfully connected a UST-05LA model (which I believe is nearly identical to the LN) to the urg_node and taken laser scans with data coming from the USB. However when I connect the LN the device is recognised as a USB device in linux but the node cannot connect to it. The error message in the master log is:
ERROR [/tmp/binarydeb/ros-indigo-urg-node-0.1.10/src/urg_node.cpp:245(main) [to pics:/rosout] Error connecting to Hokuyo: Could not initialize Hokuyo:
Any suggestions?
It could just be that
urg_node
is incompatible with the specific device you are trying to use it with. You could try to see whether you can find anyone who has already done what you're trying to do. Otherwise you'll probably have to figure out what is not working ("cannot connect to it" is vague).Sorry I didn't have the exact error message to hand at the time. I have updated my question with the message from the log file.
Hi ChrisU, already found a solution yet?