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Publishing to ROS node running on different Computer

asked 2022-11-07 20:08:15 -0500

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updated 2023-06-18 09:45:15 -0500

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I would like to know how I can send data to different computer, I initiated with sending data into the same machine using the code. However, getting the following error message, is there a specific way on entering the IP address or any other requirement that needs to be taken care of before starting sending the message. Like do I need to install rosbridge and run it before sending the message.

Error

[roslibrust::rosbridge::client] Failed to reconnect: CommFailure(Io(Os { code: 111, kind: ConnectionRefused, message: "Connection refused" }))

CODE

use log::*;
use roslibrust::ClientHandle;

roslibrust_codegen_macro::find_and_generate_ros_messages!("assets/ros1_common_interfaces/std_msgs");

/// This example creates a client, and publishes a message to the topic "talker"
/// Running this example at the same time as subscribe_and_log will have the two examples
/// pass messages between each other.
/// To run this example a rosbridge websocket server should be running at the deafult port (9090).
#[tokio::main(flavor = "multi_thread")]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>> {
    simple_logger::SimpleLogger::new()
        .with_level(log::LevelFilter::Debug)
        .without_timestamps() // required for running wsl2
        .init()
        .unwrap();

    let client = ClientHandle::new("ws://localhost:9080").await?;
    let publisher = client.advertise::<std_msgs::Header>("talker").await?;

    loop {
        let msg = std_msgs::Header::default();
        info!("About to publish");
        publisher.publish(msg).await.unwrap();
        info!("Published msg...");
        tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
    }
}
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answered 2022-11-08 15:31:39 -0500

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I figure out that It is essential to run rosbridge on the computer where you want to send data to. After installing rosbridge using the following command sudo apt-get install ros-<rosdistro>-rosbridge-server and launching using the command roslaunch rosbridge_server rosbridge_websocket.launch it was working perfectly. I would like to suggest to take care of the port number as rosbridge usually use 9090 and any different port number in the code could lead to error.

I am closing this issue as it has been solved. If the problem persists, please comment and the issue will be reopened if appropriate.

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