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rqt_plot waiting for message

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asked 2013-09-22 23:24:43 -0600

Miguel Riem de Oliveira

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Hello everyone

I am using rqt_plot in order to draw a couple variables (all floats) that come in several messages.

Problem is, some of the messages only come after some time.

So imagine I have

msg1/data, msg2/data and msg3/data

At start, only msg1 and msg2 are being published. After some time msg3 will also be published.

I wanted rqt_plot to draw all 3 values, but if I configure it to all msgs

rosrun rqt_plot rqt_plot /msg1/data /msg2/data /msg3/data

It will hang waiting for the first msg3 to be published:

WARNING: topic [/msg3/data] does not appear to be published yet. Waiting...

Is there a way to avoid this?

To make rqt_plot non blocking in waiting for messages?

Thanks

Miguel

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Do you think this happens with specific type of topics or happens with any kind of topics?

130s ( 2013-09-23 01:26:03 -0600 )edit

Hi Saito It happens with all kinds of topics, I think. Regards Miguel

Miguel Riem de Oliveira ( 2013-10-01 22:22:40 -0600 )edit

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answered 2013-10-08 04:41:23 -0600

Chief_534
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I came across this same issue. rqt_plot saves whatever you last had displayed in a config file for "convenience" the next time that it is used. You can fix this one of two ways easily:

(1) Clear all topics prior to exiting

(2) launch rqt_plot using: rosrun rqt_plot rqt_plot -e (the -e option stands for 'empty')

Hope that helps. I found this very annoying myself.

Chief

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Thanks Chief, I'll give it a try

Miguel Riem de Oliveira ( 2013-10-09 02:05:22 -0600 )edit

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