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How to add a parameter to rqts Parameter reconfigure in ROS2?

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asked 2020-11-10 08:12:50 -0500

Hakaishin
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updated 2020-11-12 05:01:18 -0500

How can I do this? The parameter tutorial only shows how to use parameters from the command line, but because I will be tuning parameters live I will need rqt_reconfigure. I am on the dashing branch of rqt_reconfigure, but it seems like it is Python only. Is there a way to use Parameter Reconfigure in ROS2? EDIT: I checked out the dashing branch in rqt_reconfigure, but it only has Python files and nothing for C++. So is there a way to have dynamic parameter reconfiguration in rqt using C++?

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answered 2020-11-11 13:34:10 -0500

William

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It seems like there is a dashing branch which should be for the Dashing release of ROS 2 and may work with later versions too:

https://github.com/ros-visualization/...

You'd need to make sure you're using that version. If you're using it from apt-get, then you should be able to installed it with apt install ros-foxy-rqt-reconfigure (assuming you're using Foxy), it appears to be released:

http://repo.ros2.org/status_page/ros_...

As for whether it works for your use case I'm not sure, maybe you could explain in more detail what you're trying to do.