rubis-lab/oscar-ide

Eclipse AVSys

Prerequisites

1. Java SE Development Kit 8 (todo:) Add JDK to $PATH
2. Eclipse Oxygen Eclipse IDE for Eclipse Committers
3. Maven 3.5.4 (todo:) Add Maven to $PATH

To compile OSCAR-IDE

1. Clone oscar-ide

git clone https://github.com/rubis-lab/oscar-ide.git

2. Invoke maven compiler

    cd oscar-ide
    mvn clean verify

3. Binary file generated at: /releng/org.rubis.oscar.product/target/products/OSCAR/$(PLATFORM) (todo:) script to copy binaries

To import in Eclipse Oxygen

1. File - Import - Existing Projects into Workspace

2. Select root directory (oscar-ide)

3. Check Search for nested projects

4. Check all projects - Finish

(todo:) provide screenshot

Project Structure

(todo:) provide description /bundles /org.rubis.oscar.plugin1 ...

Sample OSCAR IDE Project

1. Open OSCAR IDE

   • On Linux go to oscar-ide/repository/target/products/oscar.product/linux/gtk/x86_64
   • On MacOS X go to oscar-ide/repository/target/products/oscar.product/macosx/cocoa/x86_64/Eclipse.app/Contents
   • On Windows go to oscar-ide/repository/target/products/oscar.product/win32/win32/x86_64
   • Run eclipse executable

2. Create new project

   • Right-click in the Project Explorer view, and select New -> Project
   • Select General -> Project and click Next
   • Type the Project name starting with "My" and click Finish
   • (Currently we recommend naming the project starting with "My")

3. Create new model

   • Right-click on the project in the Project Explorer view, and select New -> Other...
   • Select Example EMF Model Creation Wizards -> Oscar Model
   • Type the File name with My.oscar extension
   • (Currently we recommend naming the file as My.oscar)
   • Under Model Object select OSCAR Object Process Diagram
   • Under XML Encoding select UTF-8
   • Click Finish

4. Create new block diagram

   • Right-click on the model in the Project Explorer view, and select Open With -> OSCAR Editor
   • In the Palette view, select Node or Topic
   • Draw a block by clicking anywhere inside the OSCAR Editor area and dragging the cursor
   • Enter property values in the Properies view
   • To create a link, select Link in the Palette view and click on two blocks you want to connect

5. Generate XML file & ROS skeleton code (C++)

   • Press Run menu on the top-left corner of IDE
   • Under the Run menu select Run Configuration
   • Press Run button
   • Find data.xml file in the top level folder
   • Find skeleton code in my_package/src directory in the top level folder

6. Transfer files to remote target

   • Enter values for Address, FTP Port, User, Password, Location
   • Press Run

7. Building and launching

   • Find contents of my_package on the target device
   • Run generated launch scripts from my_package/src/launch