Launch file for node? about teleop_tools

[bmagyar]

Or I was lazy to finish the documentation, yes you have won! :)

Which node are you trying to launch?
You could get away by using a launch file like this: https://github.com/pal-robotics/reem_robot/blob/hydro-devel/reem_bringup/launch/joystick_teleop.launch

[kk6axq]

I am trying launch the joy teleport node with a xbox 360 controller. Is
there a launch file already written with that configuration?
Thanks,
KK6AXQ

[bmagyar]

I am not familiar with that joystick. Does the joy_node work with it?
joy_teleop is subscribing to the /joy topic to provide high level
functionalities. Unless you have a driver for your joystick it won't do any
good.

Try using jstest /dev/? to see if your Linux support the joystick device
at all.
On 21 Mar 2015 04:32, "kk6axq" [email protected] wrote:

I am trying launch the joy teleport node with a chided 360 controller. Is
there a launch file already written with that configuration?
Thanks,
KK6AXQ

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[kk6axq]

I am trying to use a Xbox 360 controller. I think auto correct messed it up...

[po1]

@kk6axq on linux the kernel should have native support for that joystick. The ROS driver is called joy, you need to start it with rosrun joy joy_node before you can use joy_teleop. joy_teleop will map joystick inputs to ROS topics and actions, have a look in the config/joy_teleop.yaml file to learn more.

The canonical way to start joy_teleop is to run rosrun joy_teleop joy_teleop.py

[bmagyar]

Hello,

In the latest release I've added an example launch file and config file for joy_teleop to the install rules too, so even users not coming here will have easy access to them.
This concludes this issue, happy teleoping!