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  • Chad SweetC Offline
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    Chad Sweet
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    Will look into it, thanks.

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      hitendra
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      That error happens when we dont set up TOF_CAM_ID environment variable or it is setup incorrectly. The environment variable is set by running the voxl-configure-cameras script. If you havent run the script, could you please try running it. To verify it quickly you can try to directly modify the TOF_CAM_ID environment variable.

      On the voxl run:

      export TOF_CAM_ID=0

      and try running the app again.

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        That error happens when we dont set up TOF_CAM_ID environment variable or it is setup incorrectly. The environment variable is set by running the voxl-configure-cameras script. If you havent run the script, could you please try running it. To verify it quickly you can try to directly modify the TOF_CAM_ID environment variable.

        On the voxl run:

        export TOF_CAM_ID=0

        and try running the app again.

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        gauravshukla914
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        @hitendra Hi. Thanks for your reply.
        We did select the option 5 and we did an echo $TOF_CAM_ID, and we got result as 0.
        We also tried option 6 and we got the result as 1. SO it confirms that the variable TOF_CAM_ID was setting properly to 0 and 1 wrt to the configuration parametrs 5 and 6.
        We are still facing the same issue.

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          Hello. A quick update. We resolved that issue by change the image width and height to 640 and 480 respectively in the hello_hal3_camera_main.cpp file on line 68 and line 69. We are now able to see the list of the topics, but these topics are not publishing anything. Assuming, it could be an error of a missing file mentioned below.

          /data/misc/camera/irs10x0c_lens.cal

          We looked into this directory but could not find this file. I'm attaching a screenshot of the same.Screenshot from 2021-01-11 16-57-42.png

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            how can I get this file? irs10x0c_lens.cal
            I purchased this tof addon :
            https://www.modalai.com/pages/tof-add-on
            topics_tof.png
            rviz.png
            Do I have to calibrate it?
            None of the topics are publishing anying.
            There is no image data.

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              @gauravshukla914 ,

              I'm not aware of any calibration required for ToF.... This procedure should work out the box so I'm confused: https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/ros/voxl-hal3-tof-cam-ros#visualization

              I'm sure you have this correct, but where have you attached the camera? It should be connected to J3 here: https://docs.modalai.com/camera-connections/#camera-ports

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                @gauravshukla914 ,

                I'm not aware of any calibration required for ToF.... This procedure should work out the box so I'm confused: https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/ros/voxl-hal3-tof-cam-ros#visualization

                I'm sure you have this correct, but where have you attached the camera? It should be connected to J3 here: https://docs.modalai.com/camera-connections/#camera-ports

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                gauravshukla914
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                #8

                @modaltb Yes I have attached it properly to J3 and we followed the same process but when I launch the file it says the file /data/misc/camera/irs10x0c_lens.cal is missing. I looked into the directory as well there is not such file exist.
                I tried this and I do get frames out of it. So that means it is attached properly
                https://gitlab.com/voxl-public/other/apps-proc-examples/-/tree/dev/hellotof

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                  Hi:

                  Could you please list the content of your /data/misc/camera directory? I am wondering if the process of generating that file was interrupted and now it doesn't attempt to generate it anymore.

                  If there is anything in the /data/misc/camera directory I would move it to another temp directory - say /data/misc/camera/temp and try running the app again.

                  Also as a quick experiment, I would put in just the TOF camera, remove other cameras and run the app again to see if it helps.

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                    Hi:

                    Could you please list the content of your /data/misc/camera directory? I am wondering if the process of generating that file was interrupted and now it doesn't attempt to generate it anymore.

                    If there is anything in the /data/misc/camera directory I would move it to another temp directory - say /data/misc/camera/temp and try running the app again.

                    Also as a quick experiment, I would put in just the TOF camera, remove other cameras and run the app again to see if it helps.

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                    gauravshukla914
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                    wrote on last edited by gauravshukla914
                    #10

                    @hitendra Thanks for the suggestions.
                    Here is the list of file present in data/misc/camera directory
                    camera'.png
                    each of these files are just have these of 0 bytes each

                    default installed voxl_hal3_tof package gives error as resolution not supported. And changing the resolution from the source as we did mentioned earlier does run the package but than stops at irs10x0c_lens.cal file being missing
                    tof_error_2.png
                    after changing the resolution and compiling again
                    tof_erro3.png
                    and hence topics are created but they don't publish any data

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                    • Chad SweetC Offline
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                      Chad Sweet
                      ModalAI Team
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                      That lens cal file is created the first time the driver is launched, it does take about 20 seconds to generate. Changing the resolution in the code probably is just covering up the fact the TOF camera isn't launching.

                      The CAM_ID changes based on which sensors are plugged in due to a quirk in the Qualcomm camera subsystem. It's most likely the wrong CAM_ID is being assigned to TOF in the config. Maybe a camera is/was unplugged?

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                        this is my setup Untitled.jpg

                        yocto:/# voxl-configure-cameras 
                        
                        Which camera configuration are you using?
                        1 Tracking + Stereo (default)
                        2 Tracking Only
                        3 Hires + Stereo + Tracking
                        4 Hires + Tracking
                        5 TOF + Tracking
                        6 Hires + TOF + Tracking
                        7 TOF + Stereo + Tracking (not currently supported)
                        8 None
                        
                        5
                        attempting to use camera configuration 5
                        adding override_cam_id value=1 to /etc/snav/camera.downward.xml
                        adding override_cam_id value=-1 to /etc/snav/camera.stereo.xml
                        yocto:/# echo $TOF_CAM_ID
                        yocto:/# roslaunch /opt/ros/indigo/share/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros/launch/tof.launch
                        ... logging to /home/root/.ros/log/34d08072-55bb-11eb-aee3-ec5c68cd1745/roslaunch-apq8096-3324.log
                        Checking log directory for disk usage. This may take awhile.
                        Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
                        Done checking log file disk usage. Usage is <1GB.
                        
                        started roslaunch server http://192.168.100.96:36814/
                        
                        SUMMARY
                        ========
                        
                        PARAMETERS
                         * /rosdistro: indigo
                         * /rosversion: 1.11.21
                         * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/auto_exposure: 0
                         * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/camera_id: 0
                         * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/exposure_time: 800
                         * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/flip_image: True
                         * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/frame_rate: 30
                         * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/ir_image_mode: False
                         * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/laser_scan_line: 86
                         * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/publish_depth_image: True
                         * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/publish_ir_image: True
                         * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/publish_laser_scan: True
                         * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/publish_point_cloud: True
                         * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/scan_width_degrees: 96
                        
                        NODES
                          /tof/
                            voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node (voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node)
                          /
                            base_link_laser_scan (tf2_ros/static_transform_publisher)
                            base_link_tof_cam (tf2_ros/static_transform_publisher)
                        
                        auto-starting new master
                        process[master]: started with pid [3343]
                        ROS_MASTER_URI=http://localhost:11311/
                        
                        setting /run_id to 34d08072-55bb-11eb-aee3-ec5c68cd1745
                        process[rosout-1]: started with pid [3356]
                        started core service [/rosout]
                        process[base_link_tof_cam-2]: started with pid [3371]
                        process[base_link_laser_scan-3]: started with pid [3378]
                        process[tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node-4]: started with pid [3386]
                        
                        	DEPTH_IMAGE
                        	IR: 1 ..... Cloud: 1 ..... Laser: 1
                        Camera id: 0
                        Image width: 224
                        Image height: 1557
                        Number of frames to dump: 0
                        Camera mode: preview
                        SUCCESS: Camera module opened
                        Camera Id: 0 Facing: 1
                        ERROR: Libcamera sending post-processed TOF data. App does NOT get RAW16 TOF camera data
                        
                        
                        [tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node-4] process has finished cleanly
                        log file: /home/root/.ros/log/34d08072-55bb-11eb-aee3-ec5c68cd1745/tof-voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node-4*.log
                        ^C[base_link_laser_scan-3] killing on exit
                        [base_link_tof_cam-2] killing on exit
                        [rosout-1] killing on exit
                        [master] killing on exit
                        shutting down processing monitor...
                        yocto:/# echo $TOF_CAM_ID
                        0
                        yocto:/# ls /data/misc/camera/
                        cam_socket2  cam_socket3  cam_socket4  temp
                        yocto:/# 
                        

                        I don't know what else I am missing

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                        • Chad SweetC Offline
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                          Chad Sweet
                          ModalAI Team
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                          You're selecting TOF+Tracking, but there is no tracking sensor installed. So the TOF_CAM_ID is probably coming out incorrect.

                          Do you have a tracking camera? If so, please power off and install
                          If not, can you please try export TOF_CAM_ID=1 ?

                          thanks!

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                          • Chad SweetC Chad Sweet

                            You're selecting TOF+Tracking, but there is no tracking sensor installed. So the TOF_CAM_ID is probably coming out incorrect.

                            Do you have a tracking camera? If so, please power off and install
                            If not, can you please try export TOF_CAM_ID=1 ?

                            thanks!

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                            gauravshukla914
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                            @Chad-Sweet
                            we installed tracking camera and reconfigured voxl using voxl-configure-camera

                            and tracking camera is working
                            Screenshot from 2021-01-13 11-23-59.png

                            than we tried to run tof package again but still the problem persist. we even tried to change the TOF_CAM_ID but still no change.

                            yocto:/# roslaunch voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros tof.launch 
                            ... logging to /home/root/.ros/log/3f833ac4-55c4-11eb-a699-ec5c68cd1745/roslaunch-apq8096-4079.log
                            Checking log directory for disk usage. This may take awhile.
                            Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
                            Done checking log file disk usage. Usage is <1GB.
                            
                            started roslaunch server http://192.168.100.96:55989/
                            
                            SUMMARY
                            ========
                            
                            PARAMETERS
                             * /rosdistro: indigo
                             * /rosversion: 1.11.21
                             * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/auto_exposure: 0
                             * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/camera_id: 0
                             * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/exposure_time: 800
                             * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/flip_image: True
                             * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/frame_rate: 30
                             * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/ir_image_mode: False
                             * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/laser_scan_line: 86
                             * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/publish_depth_image: True
                             * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/publish_ir_image: True
                             * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/publish_laser_scan: True
                             * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/publish_point_cloud: True
                             * /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/scan_width_degrees: 96
                            
                            NODES
                              /tof/
                                voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node (voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node)
                              /
                                base_link_laser_scan (tf2_ros/static_transform_publisher)
                                base_link_tof_cam (tf2_ros/static_transform_publisher)
                            
                            auto-starting new master
                            process[master]: started with pid [4098]
                            ROS_MASTER_URI=http://localhost:11311/
                            
                            setting /run_id to 3f833ac4-55c4-11eb-a699-ec5c68cd1745
                            process[rosout-1]: started with pid [4111]
                            started core service [/rosout]
                            process[base_link_tof_cam-2]: started with pid [4124]
                            process[base_link_laser_scan-3]: started with pid [4129]
                            process[tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node-4]: started with pid [4141]
                            
                            	DEPTH_IMAGE
                            	IR: 1 ..... Cloud: 1 ..... Laser: 1
                            Camera id: 0
                            Image width: 224
                            Image height: 1557
                            Number of frames to dump: 0
                            Camera mode: preview
                            SUCCESS: Camera module opened
                            Camera Id: 0 Facing: 1
                            Camera Id: 1 Facing: 1
                            ERROR: Libcamera sending post-processed TOF data. App does NOT get RAW16 TOF camera data
                            
                            
                            [tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node-4] process has finished cleanly
                            log file: /home/root/.ros/log/3f833ac4-55c4-11eb-a699-ec5c68cd1745/tof-voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node-4*.log
                            ^C[base_link_laser_scan-3] killing on exit
                            [base_link_tof_cam-2] killing on exit
                            [rosout-1] killing on exit
                            [master] killing on exit
                            shutting down processing monitor...
                            ... shutting down processing monitor complete
                            done
                            yocto:/#
                            
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                            • Chad SweetC Offline
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                              Chad Sweet
                              ModalAI Team
                              wrote on last edited by
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                              OK, good the tracking sensor is working. Sorry about this, the tof setup is still in beta. We clearly need to document the setup way better.

                              Can you please print which version of system image you are using (voxl-version)? The error implies an older system image which does not support that hal3_tof_cam_ros.

                              ERROR: Libcamera sending post-processed TOF data. App does NOT get RAW16 TOF camera data

                              The error above implies an older version of libcamera which would use tof_cam_ros instead

                              Just FYI, the TOF_CAM_ID needs to match what is in the launch file. This message shows what is in the launch file:
                              /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/camera_id: 0

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                              • Chad SweetC Chad Sweet

                                OK, good the tracking sensor is working. Sorry about this, the tof setup is still in beta. We clearly need to document the setup way better.

                                Can you please print which version of system image you are using (voxl-version)? The error implies an older system image which does not support that hal3_tof_cam_ros.

                                ERROR: Libcamera sending post-processed TOF data. App does NOT get RAW16 TOF camera data

                                The error above implies an older version of libcamera which would use tof_cam_ros instead

                                Just FYI, the TOF_CAM_ID needs to match what is in the launch file. This message shows what is in the launch file:
                                /tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node/camera_id: 0

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                                @Chad-Sweet

                                --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                system-image:    ModalAI 3.1.0 BUILDER: ekatzfey BUILD_TIME: 2020-12-23_19:41
                                kernel:          #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Dec 23 19:50:23 UTC 2020 3.18.71-perf
                                factory-bundle:  1.0.1 (Yocto installation)
                                --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                architecture:    aarch64
                                processor:       apq8096
                                os:              GNU/Linux
                                --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                voxl-suite:
                                Package: voxl-suite
                                Version: 0.2.0
                                Depends: docker, imu_app (= 0.0.6), libvoxl_io (= 0.5.2), voxl-cam-manager (= 0.2.2), voxl-docker-support (= 1.1.1), voxl-hal3-tof-cam-ros (= 0.0.2), voxl-modem (= 0.10.0), voxl-nodes (= 0.0.8), voxl-rtsp (= 1.0.2), voxl-utils (= 0.5.2), voxl-vision-px4 (= 0.6.8), voxl_imu (= 0.0.4), voxl-time-sync (= 0.0.1), voxl-vpn (= 0.0.2), librc_math (= 1.1.2), libmodal_pipe (= 1.2.2), modalai-vl (= 0.1.3)
                                Status: install user installed
                                Section: base
                                Architecture: armv7a
                                Maintainer: james@modalai.com
                                MD5Sum: af706cd3c1ea59f274f2ed9b93141f1d
                                Size: 870
                                Filename: voxl-suite_0.2.0.ipk
                                Description: meta-package to install all of the voxl-suite
                                Installed-Time: 3126
                                
                                --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                

                                according to git repository launch file is taking tof cam id from environment variable and we select option 5 from voxl-configure-camera which sets accordingly

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                                  Chad Sweet
                                  ModalAI Team
                                  wrote on last edited by Chad Sweet
                                  #17

                                  that all looks good. Will investigate further

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                                    gauravshukla914
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                                    Okay. Looking forward to your solution asap!

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                                      Chad Sweet
                                      ModalAI Team
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                                      #19

                                      Can you please type and report the output?
                                      opkg list-installed | grep royal

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                                        Chad Sweet
                                        ModalAI Team
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                                        Assuming the ipk is installed, can you please then run this command and then try the ROS node again?

                                        setprop persist.camera.modalai.tof 1

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                                          Can you please type and report the output?
                                          opkg list-installed | grep royal

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                                          @Chad-Sweet
                                          this is the version of royal sdk installed
                                          royale-331-spectre-4-7 - 0.0.1

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