piksi_rtk_gps

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THIS REPOSITORY IS NOT LONGER MATAINED!

Please checkout the LATEST ROS drivers at https://github.com/ethz-asl/ethz_piksi_ros

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ROS node to read SBP messages from an attached Piksi RTK device.

Based on the work of Daniel Eckert: Original repo.

Dependencies

• libsbp (tested wit: libsbp 1.2.1)
• python-pip apt-get install python-pip
• python-tox apt-get install python-tox
• pandoc apt-get install pandoc

Installation and Configuration

The following code will automatically download the required version of libsbp, install it and add its python subfolder to your PYTHONPATH by adding a line in your .bashrc file.

#from the repository folder
chmod +x install/configure_environment.sh  #make sure the script is excutable
./install/configure_environment.sh         # WARNING: as side effect this script will add a line to your .bashrc
                                           # that appends the python subfolder of this repo to your $PYTHONPATH variable.

Corrections Over Wifi

It is possible to send/receive corrections over Wifi between multiple Piksi modules. Set configurations in cfg/piksi_driver_settings.yaml

• Base station configuration (sends corrections)
• base_station_mode: true
• broadcast_addr: <put here Bcast address obtained from command ifconfig>
• broadcast_port: 26078
• Rover configuration (receives corrections)
• base_station_mode: false
• broadcast_addr: <put here Bcast address obtained from command ifconfig>
• broadcast_port: 26078