/** \mainpage \htmlinclude manifest.html ROS device driver for Velodyne 3D LIDARs. \section read Velodyne device driver ROS device driver node that captures Velodyne 3D LIDAR data and publishes it to the \b velodyne_msgs/VelodyneScan topic. \subsection read_examples Examples Read the Velodyne input socket as fast as possible. Publish each complete revolution to \b velodyne/rawscan. \verbatim $ rosrun velodyne_driver velodyne_node \endverbatim Read previously captured Velodyne packets from dump.pcap file. Publish messages to \b velodyne/rawscan at approximately 10 Hz rate. Dump files can be grabbed by libpcap, Velodyne's DSR software, ethereal, wireshark, tcpdump, or the velodyne_driver vdump command. \verbatim $ rosrun velodyne_driver velodyne_node _pcap:=dump.pcap \endverbatim \subsection read_names ROS names Node name: \b velodyne_node Publishes: \b velodyne_packets raw Velodyne data packets for one entire revolution of the device. Parameters: - \b ~pcap (string): PCAP dump input file name (default: use real device) - \b ~input/read_once (bool): if true, read input file only once (default false). - \b ~input/read_fast (bool): if true, read input file as fast as possible (default false). - \b ~input/repeat_delay (double): number of seconds to delay before repeating input file (default: 0.0). \section vdump_command Vdump Command The vdump command dumps raw data from the Velodyne LIDAR in PCAP format. It is a shell script wrapper with some obscure options for the powerful tcpdump command. Other methods of acquiring PCAP data include using tcpdump directly, wireshark, Velodyne's DSR software, and programming with libpcap. \subsection vdump_usage Usage \verbatim rosrun velodyne_driver vdump <file_prefix> [ <interface> ] <file_prefix> file name to dump (with 3-digit number suffix) <interface> interface to read from (default: "eth1") \endverbatim \subsection vdump_examples Examples Dump Velodyne packets to a series of files named "pcap-000", "pcap-001", etc. Each file will be about 100MB, holding a little more than 30 seconds of Velodyne packets. Type ^C when finished. \verbatim $ rosrun velodyne_driver vdump pcap- eth0 \endverbatim */