Hi Qun, You can add the <alwaysActive> flag to a sensor to force them on. Then they will produce correct results even when a controller is not connected to them.
-nate On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 6:18 AM, zhangqun <zhangq....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi nate, thanks. Does that mean if i do not connect with any controller, the > sensors (e.g. laser beams) would not display correct in gui? May I ask, can > we just make the laser beams look normal, say obstructed by obstacles in > gazebo gui without a controller, as in the old gazebo versions? > > -qun > > > > The problem may also be related to a "feature" that has been added to > gazebo. > > Sensors will not generate data unless an external program requests > data. So, if you run gazebo without connecting to the laser via shared > memory, Player, or through ROS then the laser will not generate data > and it will seem to pass through objects. > > You can also add the <alwaysActive> tag to a sensor: > > <sensor:ray> > <alwaysActive>true</alwaysActive> > </sensor:ray> > > Which will force the sensor on. > > -nate > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/Laser-beams-passing-through-objects-tp28934167p28982398.html > Sent from the playerstage-gazebo mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > Playerstage-gazebo mailing list > Playerstage-gazebo@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/playerstage-gazebo > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Playerstage-gazebo mailing list Playerstage-gazebo@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/playerstage-gazebo
