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| author | Thomas Gubler <thomasgubler@gmail.com> | 2014-12-30 09:58:45 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Gubler <thomasgubler@gmail.com> | 2014-12-30 09:58:45 +0100 |
| commit | 27203beaa7b9c9110d93951ad4c068164d96f866 (patch) | |
| tree | 10777bceb63eda13302c0c8539784be773302bb7 /src | |
| parent | 4debf45e06ada59a5675f7fa2bc180b829464c02 (diff) | |
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add some info in README about joystick
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diff --git a/src/platforms/ros/nodes/README.md b/src/platforms/ros/nodes/README.md index 277f57bfd..aafc647ff 100644 --- a/src/platforms/ros/nodes/README.md +++ b/src/platforms/ros/nodes/README.md @@ -2,3 +2,21 @@ This directory contains several small ROS nodes which are intended to run alongside the PX4 multi-platform nodes in ROS. They act as a bridge between the PX4 specific topics and the ROS topics. + +## Joystick Input + +You will need to install the ros joystick packages +See http://wiki.ros.org/joy/Tutorials/ConfiguringALinuxJoystick + +### Arch Linux +```sh +yaourt -Sy ros-indigo-joystick-drivers --noconfirm +``` +check joystick +```sh +ls /dev/input/ +ls -l /dev/input/js0 +``` +(replace 0 by the number you find with the first command) + +make sure the joystick is accessible by the `input` group and that your user is in the `input` group |