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Connecting ROS to Arduino Serial Port

asked 2018-06-13 16:14:07 -0500

Prasanth Suresh gravatar image

updated 2018-06-13 19:05:08 -0500

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Hi,

I'm using ROS-Indigo on Ubuntu 14.04. I have ROS properly installed, sourced and dependencies configured properly (wiki.ros.org/indigo/Installation/Ubuntu). I have arduino installed and ROS libraries setup perfectly ( https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Linux ) (wiki.ros.org/rosserial_arduino/Tutorials/Arduino%20IDE%20Setup) (wiki.ros.org/rosserial_arduino/Tutorials).

Now, my arduino stand-alone works perfectly, I tested that with a servo motor.

I did the following steps:

  1. Dumped the example servo motor program into arduino without any changes.
  2. Started roscore.
  3. When I tried connecting ROS with arduino using this command:

    rosrun rosserial_python serial_node.py /dev/ttyUSB0

I get this error:

[INFO] [WallTime: 1528924023.535404] ROS Serial Python Node
[INFO] [WallTime: 1528924023.543175] Connecting to /dev/ttyUSB0 at 9600 baud
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/prasanth/catkin_ws/src/rosserial/rosserial_python/nodes/serial_node.py", line 88, in <module>
    client = SerialClient(port_name, baud, fix_pyserial_for_test=fix_pyserial_for_test)
  File "/home/prasanth/catkin_ws/src/rosserial/rosserial_python/src/rosserial_python/SerialClient.py", line 358, in __init__
    self.port = Serial(port, baud, timeout=self.timeout, write_timeout=10)
TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'write_timeout'

I tried using this alternate command:

rosrun rosserial_python serial_node.py /dev/ttyACM0

and adding different baud rates to the end like:

rosrun rosserial_python serial_node.py /dev/ttyACM0 _baud:=38400

I couldn't find any help for this problem online. Without crossing this step, I cannot progress to

rostopic pub servo std_msgs/UInt16  <angle>

I'm following this tutorial for the steps: http://wiki.ros.org/rosserial_arduino...

Kindly help, Prasanth.S.S

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Could you show the setup part of your code, I had a similar issue due to a bad configuration of the serial communication(s). Also you can try rosrun rosserial_python serial_node.py _port:=/dev/ttyACM0 to launch the node.

RicHykkie gravatar image RicHykkie  ( 2018-06-15 02:26:00 -0500 )edit

Hi Ric,

Assuming you mean the setup of the arduino code, I'm using the exact sample code that is in the library:

void setup(){ pinMode(13, OUTPUT);

nh.initNode(); nh.subscribe(sub);

servo.attach(9); //attach it to pin 9 }

Prasanth Suresh gravatar image Prasanth Suresh  ( 2018-06-15 14:48:30 -0500 )edit

Try adding

Serial.begin(9600)

This should open the serial connection with the Arduino.

RicHykkie gravatar image RicHykkie  ( 2018-06-17 00:45:51 -0500 )edit

Hi Ric, I tried that, it didn't make any difference, so just for debugging sakes, I tried commenting out the line that was mentioned in the error above and now I get this: self.port.flushInput() AttributeError: 'SerialClient' object has no attribute 'port'; Does any of this mean anything to you?

Prasanth Suresh gravatar image Prasanth Suresh  ( 2018-06-17 15:48:41 -0500 )edit

Regarding what you've done, it's normal. Line 358 of SerialClient.py goes:

self.port = Serial(port, baud, timeout=self.timeout, write_timeout=10)

If you comment it, the class SerialClient has no more port data defined, hence the error.

I'm still looking at your issue.

RicHykkie gravatar image RicHykkie  ( 2018-06-19 00:05:05 -0500 )edit

This same line in my SerialClient.py is: self.port = Serial(port, baud, timeout=self.timeout*0.5)

Be aware that I'm using lunar and 16.04, but that might be related to your issue.

RicHykkie gravatar image RicHykkie  ( 2018-06-19 00:07:08 -0500 )edit
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try changing write_timeout to writeTimeout. I am not sure about this but you can try. From what I read its different for py2.7 and py3.0. Try it and let me know.

PratNag gravatar image PratNag  ( 2018-06-19 13:49:18 -0500 )edit

I shall try that asap and get back to you, thanks.

Prasanth Suresh gravatar image Prasanth Suresh  ( 2018-06-19 13:53:11 -0500 )edit

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answered 2018-06-21 04:32:56 -0500

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So that happens due to differences in libraries for Python 2.7 and Python 3.0. The tutorials are based on Python 2.7 so be careful of that.

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answered 2019-06-11 01:33:19 -0500

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ROS-Indigo on Ubuntu 14.04 is a pain. The reason it doesn't work is because in Indigo "write_timeout" was in camel case being "writeTimeout". If you change the code and replace "write_timeout" with "writeTimeout" that should do the trick. You could also just upgrade to kinetic or higher and that should solve your problem as well.

Have a nice day.

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answered 2018-06-14 01:22:06 -0500

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  1. Please confirm your cable is working.
  2. Arduino usually makes ttyACM0 only, as much as I know.
  3. Give permission to this interface using below command:

    sudo chmod 777 /dev/ttyACM0

  4. Were you able to flash the code?

  5. You have to run roscore in a separate tab as well.

Saurabh

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Hi, thank you for the prompt reply, here are the answers to your questions:

1.) Yes, my cable is working, because I used the same cable to test arduino stand-alone to control a servo motor. 2.) Yes, you are right, I tried both ACM0 and USB0, but neither of them cause any change in the error.

Prasanth Suresh gravatar image Prasanth Suresh  ( 2018-06-14 10:13:34 -0500 )edit

I also tried adding baud rate to the end, like, rosrun rosserial_python serial_node.py /dev/ttyACM0 _baud:=9600. That doesn't help either. 3.) I did give it all the permissions now, that didn't change anything. 4.) Yes, I was able to flash the code successfully. 5.) Yes, roscore is in a seperate tab

Prasanth Suresh gravatar image Prasanth Suresh  ( 2018-06-14 10:14:43 -0500 )edit

Are you sure that arduino is connected to ACM0? You can see the serial port name as /dev/USBx or /dev/ACMx in the arduino IDE. Please check that once and use that.

PratNag gravatar image PratNag  ( 2018-06-19 13:30:24 -0500 )edit

@PratNag, yes, I made sure of that.

Prasanth Suresh gravatar image Prasanth Suresh  ( 2018-06-19 13:33:20 -0500 )edit

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