As for the projects we are developing, we really need the ToF sensor to be working on the VOXL2. However, I read that the TOF sensor is not yet supported. Do you have an approximate timeline for when the TOF sensor would be supported?
Thanks

Hello,

I have a couple of questions regarding the RB5 platform:

1 - Is it possible to replace one of the MIPI ports on the RB5 with a time of flight (tof) sensor?

2 - Is it possible to configure the RB5 software to support the tof sensor and its configuration?

So far I was able to replace the stereo camera on the VOXL Flight module with a tof sensor and configure it correctly. Therefore, I was wondering if the steps to do that on the RB5 are the same or differ w.r.t. the VOXL Flight module.

Thank you very much for your help

Thanks for your reply Chad. My ROS-topic is in a standard format but I don't know how to visualize this topic on my laptop because the data is not sent from the voxl to my laptop. I can clearly run my ROS-topic on the voxl and see the data, but as soon as I try to do the same on my laptop, the topic is empty. It seems that the only ROS-topics data that can be visualized on the laptop are the ones that can be shown on the voxl-portal. Is there a way to transfer more ROS-topic data other than the one that can be visualized on the voxl-portal? I don't need to use the voxl-portal to visualize the data and rviz is just fine.

Thank you very much for your time and help

Thanks Chad for your quick reply. I just opened the voxl-portal in my browser and I can easily visualize the default topics related to cameras, point cloud, and the vox-mapper on map. However, I still can't see my custom topic.

How can I show my custom ros topic on the voxl-portal?

Thanks

Hello everyone,

by following the "Viewing the Data with ROS" section on "https://docs.modalai.com/voxl-tof-sensor-user-guide/", I am able to run "voxl_mpa_to_ros.launch" on the voxl and visualize several ros-topics on my laptop using rviz. In particular, I can easily visualize topics such as /tof_pc, /hires, /imu0 locally on my laptop.

As I am able to generate on the voxl another ros-topic such as /map, I would like to visualize it locally as well on my laptop for debugging purposes.

However, even if I can see the topic working on the voxl using "rostopic echo /map", I can only see the topic name on my laptop but as soon as I run "rostopic echo /map", no data is actually reported.

How can I send a topic from the voxl to my laptop using the wi-fi connection?

Thank you very much for your time,

Thanks a lot! I'll look into that. Thanks again

Hello,

As I power on my drone, the date reported from the voxl is Jan 1st, 1970. To update the date, the only way that I am aware of is to switch the voxl to station mode so that it gets an internet connection.
As I am controlling the drone by running QGC on my laptop, is there any automated way to send the laptop date to the voxl while always maintaining the voxl in softap mode and never switching to station mode?

Please let me know if you can recommend a way to update the date on the voxl by only using the laptop connected to the drone through the WiFi or by using QGC.

Thank you very much for your help, and please let me know if you need further information.

Best,

Francesco