Only released in EOL distros:
Package Summary
Documented
The thingmagic_rfid package
- Maintainer status: developed
- Maintainer: Brian Bingham <briansbingham AT gmail DOT com>
- Author: Brian Bingham <briansbingham AT gmail DOT com>
- License: GPL
- Source: git https://github.com/bsb808/thingmagic_rfid.git (branch: master)
ROS driver for thingmagic RFID serial readers using the Mercury API. Currently only supports serial/USB communications.
Supported Devices
Supports serial reader interface through the SDK. This should include the Mercury5e and Mercury6e series, USB, Vega, Micro and Nano readers. Currently only tested with the USB Pro reader.
ROS Nodes
thing_reader_node
ROS node asynchronously reports RFID tag reads.Published Topics
rfid (std_msgs/String)- RFID tag identification as hex string.
Parameters
port (string, default: /dev/ttyACM0)- Serial port.
