Install Softkinetic Camera¶
Devices¶
This instruction supports below cameras:
Softkinetic
DepthSense DS325
Attention¶
Field of view of RGB Image and Depth Image is different, it is not as kinect2.
RGB Image |
Depth Image |
---|---|
63.2°x 49.3°x 75.2° |
74°x 58°x 87° |
Resolution of RGB Image and Depth Image is different, it is not as kinect2.
RGB Image |
Depth Image |
---|---|
VGA or HD |
QVGA |
If you want more information, please read datasheet. (DS325 DataSheet)
Installation¶
Install DepthSenseSDK. You need to login to download it. (Middleware -> Download)
Install ROS package:
cd ~/ros/indigo/src wstool set ipa320/softkinetic https://github.com/ipa320/softkinetic.git --git -vindigo_dev -y --update cd softkinetic/softkinetic && catkin bt -iv
Connect device and run:
roslaunch softkinetic_camera softkinetic_camera_demo.launch
Known Issues¶
Error: No space left on device¶
[ INFO] [1432824767.747549238]: Number of Devices found: 1
Argument Exception: argument "node": context already has control over the node
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'DepthSense::StreamingException'
what(): VIDIOC_STREAMON failed (No space left on device)
If you have above error, you can try below:
vim /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
# add 'blacklist snd_usb_audio' at the bottom and then reboot
References