/* * Copyright (C) 2008, Morgan Quigley and Willow Garage, Inc. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: * * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, * this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * * Neither the names of Stanford University or Willow Garage, Inc. nor the names of its * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from * this software without specific prior written permission. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE * LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. */ #include #include #include /** * This tutorial demonstrates simple sending of messages over the PX4 middleware system. */ int main(int argc, char **argv) { px4::init(argc, argv, "px4_publisher"); px4::NodeHandle n; /** * The advertise() function is how you tell ROS that you want to * publish on a given topic name. This invokes a call to the ROS * master node, which keeps a registry of who is publishing and who * is subscribing. After this advertise() call is made, the master * node will notify anyone who is trying to subscribe to this topic name, * and they will in turn negotiate a peer-to-peer connection with this * node. advertise() returns a Publisher object which allows you to * publish messages on that topic through a call to publish(). Once * all copies of the returned Publisher object are destroyed, the topic * will be automatically unadvertised. * * The second parameter to advertise() is the size of the message queue * used for publishing messages. If messages are published more quickly * than we can send them, the number here specifies how many messages to * buffer up before throwing some away. */ px4::Publisher rc_channels_pub = n.advertise(PX4_TOPIC(rc_channels)); px4::Rate loop_rate(10); /** * A count of how many messages we have sent. This is used to create * a unique string for each message. */ int count = 0; while (px4::ok()) { /** * This is a message object. You stuff it with data, and then publish it. */ px4::rc_channels msg; msg.timestamp_last_valid = px4::get_time_micros(); PX4_INFO("%lu", msg.timestamp_last_valid); /** * The publish() function is how you send messages. The parameter * is the message object. The type of this object must agree with the type * given as a template parameter to the advertise<>() call, as was done * in the constructor above. */ rc_channels_pub.publish(msg); px4::spin_once(); loop_rate.sleep(); ++count; } return 0; }