Package Summary

A Linux ROS C++ Node that wraps the driver API for IDS vision cameras using IDS peak software. Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Source: https://github.com/SherifN/peak_cam

Requirements

1. install ROS: http://wiki.ros.org/ROS/Installation

2. install IDS peak: https://de.ids-imaging.com/download-vision-lin64.html

Running the code

0. Clone the repository to your Linux computer

1. Generate a ROS workspace

• $ mkdir -p camera_ws/src/

1. Copy the peak_cam package into your ROS workspace and build it

• $ cp -r peak_cam/ camera_ws/src/ $ cd camera_ws/ && catkin_make && source devel/setup.bash

2. Set parameters such as ROS topic and acquisition rate under launch/params/peak_cam_params.yaml

3. Plug the IDS vision camera and launch the node

• $ roslaunch peak_cam peak_cam_node.launch

4. Stop the node with Ctrl-C (SIGINT) for controlled shutdown

For multiple cameras, create a .launch and a .yaml file for each camera.

Issues

Sometimes the cameras are only accesible as root. Try  sudo -s in your terminal and launch the node again to validate.

Maintainer: Sherif Nekkah