owen_pvt100_sensor

For Airalab, https://aira.life 06-2018

Dependencies

It is the only two dependencies, you can download it from the links below:

Installation

cd /home/<catkin_workspace>/srs
catkin_create_pkg sensor
git clone https://github.com/Zenkin/owen_pvt100_sensor.git   
cp -r owen_pvt100_sensor/* sensor/
rm -rf owen_pvt100_sensor/
cd ..     
catkin_make    
catkin_make install
source devel/setup.bash
roslaunch sensor sensor.launch

Description

Parameters

Default parameters, which you can change in launch file:

/thc_sensor/baudrate: 9600   
/thc_sensor/port: /dev/ttyUSB1   
/thc_sensor/publication_period: 1   
/thc_sensor/slave_adress: 16   
/thc_sensor/timeout: 0.05

Note:

timeout - maximum time to capture the bus interface. You can not set less than 0.05 seconds
If the publication_period parameter is set to 0, a periodic poll will not be conducted

Msg API

humidity

Header header 
  # port name
  port string 
  
  # humidity sensor
  float64 humidity
  
  # Data checking. If the data is not reached it returns False otherwise True
  bool success

temperature

Header header 
  # port name
  string 
  
  # temperature sensor
  float64 temperature
  
  # Data checking. If the data is not reached it returns False otherwise True
  bool success

Services API

get_humidity

returns the humidity value (float64), and Header
sensor/humidity_service

---    
Header header    
  string port    
  float64 humidity    
  bool success

get_temperature

returns the temperature value (float64), and Header
sensor/temperature_service

---    
Header header   
  string port   
  float64 temperature   
  bool success

update_parameters

updates and applies parameters that have been changed through the rosparam set
sensor/update_service

---
Header header
  string log

Topics

/thc_driver/humidity

Type: sensor/humidity
Description: publishes humidity data (float64) and Header

/thc_driver/temperature

Type: sensor/temperature
Description: publishes temperature data (float64) and Header