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roslaunch and ports [closed]

asked 2012-10-26 03:45:57 -0600

SL Remy
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I may be missing something, but if it's possible to start roslaunch (roscore) on a specific port.. shouldn't it be possible/necessary to pass a port to tools like rostopic so they can communicate with the "right" ros graph?

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answered 2012-10-26 04:21:18 -0600

Lorenz

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That's what ROS_MASTER_URI is for. You can start roscore on a different port with the --port parameter, e.g.:

roscore --port=11411

Then set the ROS_MASTER_URI to the new URI:

export ROS_MASTER_URI=http://localhost:11411

Now, all ros nodes should contact the core on port 11411. That way, you can run several ros cores on the same machine.

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Ah yes.. thanks.. not sure why I forgot about the env var.. but this is how I'd use it (for reference) ROS_MASTER_URI=http://localhost:11411 rostopic list

SL Remy ( 2012-10-26 09:19:40 -0600 )edit

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