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Could have a subscriber that listens to a custom message for changing the mode of Create (OFF, PASSIVE, SAFE, and FULL). Or as a minimum, have a parameter to the node that starts the robot in SAFE or FULL mode.
@andrewrgross It was so long ago, I don't recall exactly why I stopped working on this. If I remember correctly, the branch is pretty much feature-complete, but I may have ran into a bug/behaviour issue that I didn't resolve.
I did actually! It may or may not be useful to you depending on your function, but it turns out that if you send a docking command and it docks, it goes into passive mode! This is the command:
rostopic pub -1 dock std_msgs/Empty
If it's on the dock and you press this, it goes passive, and then if you undock, it becomes active again:
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jacobperron commentedon Jun 20, 2016
Added functionality to set-modes branch. Will merge after testing.
andrewrgross commentedon Oct 6, 2021
@jacobperron I'm trying to send a Roomba a command to go into passive mode from ROS. How far did you get with this branch?
jacobperron commentedon Oct 7, 2021
@andrewrgross It was so long ago, I don't recall exactly why I stopped working on this. If I remember correctly, the branch is pretty much feature-complete, but I may have ran into a bug/behaviour issue that I didn't resolve.
matttsmith commentedon Feb 15, 2022
@andrewrgross Did you find anything? I'm going to start working on this as well - just started working with ROS on a Roomba Create 2.
andrewrgross commentedon Feb 15, 2022
I did actually! It may or may not be useful to you depending on your function, but it turns out that if you send a docking command and it docks, it goes into passive mode! This is the command:
rostopic pub -1 dock std_msgs/EmptyIf it's on the dock and you press this, it goes passive, and then if you undock, it becomes active again:
rostopic pub -1 undock std_msgs/EmptyI included a bit more info here: https://crashbot.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BOT/pages/31293441/Power
and here: https://crashbot.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/BOT/pages/32014337/State+Overview