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  • Chad SweetC Offline
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    Chad Sweet
    ModalAI Team
    wrote on last edited by
    #11

    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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      gauravshukla914
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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
        wrote on last edited by
        #13

        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
            Chad SweetC Offline
            Chad Sweet
            ModalAI Team
            wrote on last edited by
            #15

            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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              gauravshukla914
              Regular
              wrote on last edited by
              #16

              @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
                  Regular
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                  #18

                  Okay. Looking forward to your solution asap!

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                    Chad Sweet
                    ModalAI Team
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #19

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

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                      Chad Sweet
                      ModalAI Team
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #20

                      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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                      • Chad SweetC Chad Sweet

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

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                        gauravshukla914
                        Regular
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #21

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

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                        • Chad SweetC Chad Sweet

                          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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                          gauravshukla914
                          Regular
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #22

                          @Chad-Sweet
                          Thanks for the solution it worked!
                          but after a minute or so it started throwing error

                          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
                          SUCCESS: TOF interface created!
                          =========== modalai  Royale3.31, Spectre4.7 CameraDevice::activateUseCase() : return SUCCESS!!
                          =========== modalai  Royale3.31, Spectre4.7 CameraDevice::activateUseCase() : return SUCCESS!!
                          Libcamera sending RAW16 TOF data. App calling the PMD libs to postprocess the RAW16 data
                          [ INFO] [1610561725.908936828]: Loading lens parameters from /data/misc/camera/irs10x0c_lens.cal.
                          [ INFO] [1610561725.913180926]: 
                          cx/cy     114.822 89.022
                          fx/fy     111.394 111.394
                          tan coeff -0.00222965 -0.00368372
                          rad coeff -0.261745 0.098178 -0.0166875
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          Camera HAL3 ToF camera test is now running
                          Frame: 0 SensorTimestamp = 	 213139865341
                          Frame: 30 SensorTimestamp = 	 214139747341
                          Frame: 60 SensorTimestamp = 	 215139847341
                          Frame: 90 SensorTimestamp = 	 216139794341
                          Frame: 120 SensorTimestamp = 	 217139814341
                          Frame: 150 SensorTimestamp = 	 218139859341
                          Frame: 180 SensorTimestamp = 	 219139889341
                          Frame: 210 SensorTimestamp = 	 220139917341
                          Frame: 240 SensorTimestamp = 	 221139905341
                          Frame: 270 SensorTimestamp = 	 222139941341
                          Frame: 300 SensorTimestamp = 	 223139931341
                          Frame: 330 SensorTimestamp = 	 224139999341
                          .
                          .
                          .
                          .
                          .
                          Frame: 2430 SensorTimestamp = 	 294139985341
                          HELLOCAMERA-ERROR: Error sending request 2449
                          HELLOCAMERA-ERROR: Framenumber: 2446 ErrorCode: 4
                          HELLOCAMERA-ERROR: Framenumber: 2447 ErrorCode: 2
                          HELLOCAMERA-ERROR: Framenumber: 2448 ErrorCode: 2
                          HELLOCAMERA-ERROR: Framenumber: 2449 ErrorCode: 2
                          HELLOCAMERA-ERROR: Framenumber: 0 ErrorCode: 1
                          HELLOCAMERA-ERROR: Error sending request 2450
                          HELLOCAMERA-ERROR: Error sending request 2451
                          HELLOCAMERA-ERROR: Error sending request 2452
                          HELLOCAMERA-ERROR: Error sending request 2453
                          HELLOCAMERA-ERROR: Error sending request 2454
                          ^C[tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node-4] killing on exit
                          [base_link_laser_scan-3] killing on exit
                          [base_link_tof_cam-2] killing on exit
                          HELLOCAMERA-ERROR: Error sending request 2455
                          [tof/voxl_hal3_tof_cam_ros_node-4] escalating to SIGTERM
                          [rosout-1] killing on exit
                          [master] killing on exit
                          shutting down processing monitor...
                          ... shutting down processing monitor complete
                          done
                          
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                            Chad Sweet
                            ModalAI Team
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #23

                            OK, good progress. That should be working. Can you give it a full power cycle and see if it says up?

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                              gauravshukla914
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                              #24

                              I am not sure if I understood that. Can you please elaborate.

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                                Chad Sweet
                                ModalAI Team
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #25

                                Unplug power from the VOXL and plug it back in. Then try the test over. You look like you're in a working state.

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                                  #26

                                  can you please explain this setprop persist.camera.modalai.tof 1

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                                    Chad Sweet
                                    ModalAI Team
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #27

                                    It is the way for software to tell which TOF driver should be used. Setting to 1 supports the HAL3 method you are using, setting to 0 supports the older libCamera method using tof_cam_ros

                                    The HAL3 method is intended to give the developer more control over the pipeline

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                                    • Chad SweetC Chad Sweet

                                      It is the way for software to tell which TOF driver should be used. Setting to 1 supports the HAL3 method you are using, setting to 0 supports the older libCamera method using tof_cam_ros

                                      The HAL3 method is intended to give the developer more control over the pipeline

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                                      gauravshukla914
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                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #28

                                      @Chad-Sweet
                                      Thanks a lot its been a great help.

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                                        ModalAI Team
                                        wrote on last edited by modaltb
                                        #29

                                        Hi @gauravshukla914 ,

                                        Thanks for the help with this. We've released a new beta version of the voxl-hal3-tof-cam-ros that supports auto detection of ToF and defaults the persist.camera.modalai.tof setting properly.

                                        It will be in out next voxl-suite release, but is available from our dev channel here if you are interested in using this link

                                        The updated readme is here.

                                        Thanks!

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