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Header and timestamp for Float32MultiArray in ROS2 [closed]

asked 2021-09-03 13:44:50 -0600

NiranjanRavi gravatar image

updated 2021-09-03 13:45:54 -0600

Hi, I am working with ROS 2 foxy distribution. I have a publisher which sends an array (for every second) to the ROS queue. I am able to successfully subscribe it and save it. I want to add a timestamp every time the array is getting sent over ROS queue. I tried the following code.
Without timeStamp: // Working

data_to_send = Float32MultiArray()

data_to_send.data = my_array

sample_publisher_.publish(data_to_send)

With added timestamp code: // Not Working

pp = PublishingNode() // creating an instance of the class

data_to_send = std_msgs.msg.Header()

data_to_send.stamp = pp.get_clock().now().to_msg()

data_to_send.data = my_array

AttributeError: 'Header' object has no attribute 'data'

The aim is send an array along with the timestamp every second using python in ROS2.

Any guidance would be helpful?

Regards Niranjan

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answered 2021-09-04 05:48:05 -0600

abhishek47 gravatar image

updated 2021-09-04 05:50:55 -0600

If you examine std_msgs/msg/Header, the only two attributes are stamp and frame_id.

For your purpose, you could create your own custom message StampedArray.msg:

builtin_interfaces/Time stamp
std_msgs/Float32MultiArray array

Then you should be able to do something like:

data_to_send = StampedArray()
data_to_send.stamp = pp.get_clock().now().to_msg()
data_to_send.array.data = my_array
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Hi, Yes it worked perfectly. I ended up creating my own custom messages and was able to publish and receive the values.

NiranjanRavi gravatar image NiranjanRavi  ( 2021-09-20 16:58:52 -0600 )edit

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