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how to echo custom-defined message remotely?

asked 2018-03-22 12:22:51 -0500

chanhyeoni
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There are two machines, A and B, connected via Ethernet cable, and their connections are established. One of the ROS package implemented at the machine A has custom messages, and I would like it to be read at the machine B by using the command rostopic echo <topic-name>.

When I typed the command, I got the following error message.

ERROR: Cannot load message class for [<message-name>]. Are your messages built?

Does this mean that I have to build the custom message at the machine B as well? If so, how?

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answered 2018-03-22 14:12:21 -0500

gvdhoorn
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Does this mean that I have to build the custom message at the machine B as well?

That would be the most straightforward way, yes.

If so, how?

Exactly the same way as you built the package on machine A:

create a Catkin workspace
copy the sources of the package that contains your msg definitions to machine B
catkin_make
`source devel/setup.bash

rostopic should now be able to find your message definitions.

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Note that a convenient way to share sources of packages between multiple machines would be use a VCS like git, svn or hg.

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