ros2_control SystemInterface test
Test details
To bring up vcan0:
sudo modprobe vcan sudo ip link add dev vcan0 type vcan sudo ip link set vcan0 txqueuelen 1000 sudo ip link set up vcan0
Explanation of the test
The test starts generic system interface and generic proxy controller for CanOpen devices. Generic system interface enables integration of values from the CAN Bus into ros2_control framework and the controller enables you to send and receive data from the CAN bus through ros2_control to ROS2.
The next few lines show you some command to have exemplary usage of the ros2_control integration:
After the test is started check
/dynamic_joint_states
to show internal data from CAN nodes in ros2_control system.ros2 topic echo /dynamic_joint_states
Open a new terminal and echo data from the topic
/node_1_controller/rpdo
.ros2 topic echo /node_1_controller/rpdo
Open a new terminal reset the state of nmt.
ros2 service call /node_1_controller/nmt_reset_node std_srvs/srv/Trigger {}
You will expect changes in the
/dynamic_joint_states
topic.In a new terminal publish some data to the controller to write them to the CAN bus:
ros2 topic pub --once /node_1_controller/tpdo canopen_interfaces/msg/COData " index: 0x4000 subindex: 0 data: 0x1122"
Now watch how data in the topic
/node_1_controller/rpdo
are changing. There is a mirror of the data on 0x4001. That is, the slave node will mirror the data on 0x4001 via its tpdo and the proxy device will get the data via its rpdo. You should see thisindex: 16385 # This is 0x4001 subindex: 0 data: 4386 ---