Plugins for mavros 0.11

Standard plugin set for mavros version 0.11.

3dr_radio

Publish 3DR Radio status to diagnostics and topic.

Published Topics

~radio_status (mavros/RadioStatus)

• Status received from modem, same as RADIO_STATUS message.

actuator_control

Sends acruator commands to FCU. New in 0.11.0

Subscribed Topics

~actuator_control (mavros/ActuatorControl)

• actuator command

command

Send COMMAND_LONG to FCU.

Services

~cmd/command (mavros/CommandLong)

• Send any COMMAND_LONG to FCU.

~cmd/command_int (mavros/CommandInt)

• Send any COMMAND_INT to FCU.

~cmd/arming (mavros/CommandBool)

• Change Arming status.

~cmd/set_home (mavros/CommandHome)

• Change HOME location.

~cmd/guided_enable (mavros/CommandBool)

• Enable guided mode by sending MAV_CMD_NAV_GUIDED_ENABLE command.

~cmd/takeoff (mavros/CommandTOL)

• Send takeoff command.

~cmd/land (mavros/CommandTOL)

• Send land command.

Parameters

~cmd/use_comp_id_system_control (bool, default: false)

• Use SYSTEM_CONTROL component id instead of mavros target component.

ftp

Support plugin for MAVLink-FTP (PX4).

Services

~ftp/open (mavros/FileOpen)

• Open file (acquire session).

~ftp/close (mavros/FileClose)

• Close file (release session).

~ftp/read (mavros/FileRead)

• Read from opened file.

~ftp/write (mavros/FileWrite)

• Write to opened file.

~ftp/list (mavros/FileList)

• List directory.

~ftp/truncate (mavros/FileTruncate)

• Truncate file.

~ftp/remove (mavros/FileRemove)

• Unlink file.

~ftp/rename (mavros/FileRename)

• Rename file/directory.

~ftp/mkdir (mavros/FileMakeDir)

• Create directory.

~ftp/rmdir (mavros/FileRemoveDir)

• Remove directory.

~ftp/checksum (mavros/FileChecksum)

• Request to calculate CRC32 of file on FCU.

~ftp/reset (std_srvs/Empty)

• Reset FCU server (dangerous).

global_position

Publish global position information fused by FCU.

Published Topics

~global_position/global (sensor_msgs/NavSatFix)

• GPS Fix.

~global_position/local (geometry_msgs/PoseWithCovarianceStamped)

• UTM coords.

~global_position/gp_vel (geometry_msgs/Vector3Stamped)

• Velocity fused by FCU.

~global_position/rel_alt (std_msgs/Float64)

• Relative altitude.

~global_position/compass_hdg (std_msgs/Float64)

• Compass heading in degrees.

Parameters

~global_position/send_tf (bool)

• Send or not local UTM coords?

~global_position/frame_id (string, default: local_origin)

• Origin frame_id for TF.

~global_position/child_frame_id (string, default: fcu)

• Child frame_id for TF.

gps

Publish GPS Fix (like nmea_navsat_driver)

Published Topics

~gps/fix (sensor_msgs/NavSatFix)

• GPS position fix reported by the device.

~gps/gps_vel (geometry_msgs/TwistStamped)

• Velocity output from the GPS device.

Parameters

~gps/frame_id (string, default: gps)

• Frame ID for fix message.

imu_pub

Publish IMU state

Published Topics

~imu/data (sensor_msgs/Imu)

• Imu data, orientation computed by FCU

~imu/data_raw (sensor_msgs/Imu)

• Raw IMU data without orientation

~imu/mag (sensor_msgs/MagneticField)

• FCU compass data

~imu/temperature (sensor_msgs/Temperature)

• Temperature reported by FCU (usually from barometer)

~imu/atm_pressure (sensor_msgs/FluidPressure)

• Air pressure.

Parameters

~imu/frame_id (string, default: fcu)

• Frame ID for this plugin.

~imu/linear_acceleration_stdev (double, default: 0.0003)

• Gyro's standard deviation

~imu/angular_velocity_stdev (double, default: !dec 0.02)

• Accel's standard deviation

~imu/orientation_stdev (double, default: 1.0)

• Standard deviation for IMU.orientation

~imu/magnetic_stdev (, default: 0.0)

• Standard deviation for magnetic field message (undefined if: 0.0)

local_position

Publish LOCAL_POSITION_NED in TF and PoseStamped topic.

Published Topics

~local_position/local (geometry_msgs/PoseStamped)

• Local position from FCU.

Parameters

~local_position/send_tf (bool, default: true)

• TF send switch.

~local_position/frame_id (string, default: local_origin)

• Origin frame_id for TF.

~local_position/child_frame_id (string, default: fcu)

• Child frame_id for TF and PoseStamped.

param

Allows to access to FCU parameters and map it to ROS parameters in ~param/.

Services

~param/pull (mavros/ParamPull)

• Request parameter from device (or internal cache).

~param/push (mavros/ParamPush)

• Request send parameters from ROS to FCU.

~param/get (mavros/ParamGet)

• Return FCU parameter value.

~param/set (mavros/ParamSet)

• Set parameter on FCU immidiatly.

rc_io

Publish RC receiver inputs.

Published Topics

~rc/in (mavros/RCIn)

• Publish RC inputs (in raw milliseconds)

~rc/out (mavros/RCOut)

• Publish FCU servo outputs

~rc/override (mavros/OverrideRCIn)

• Send RC override message to FCU. APM only. Requires setup FCU param SYSID_MYGCS to match mavros system id.

safety_area

Sends safety allowed area to FCU. Initial area can be loaded from parameters.

Subscribed Topics

~safety_area/set (geometry_msgs/PolygonStamped)

• Volumetric area described by two corners.

Parameters

~safety_area/p1/x (double)

• Corner 1 X.

~safety_area/p1/y (double)

• Corner 1 Y.

~safety_area/p1/z (double)

• Corner 1 Z.

~safety_area/p2/x (double)

• Corner 2 X.

~safety_area/p2/y (double)

• Corner 2 Y.

~safety_area/p2/z (double)

• Corner 2 Z.

setpoint_accel

Send acceleration setpoint to FCU.

Subscribed Topics

~setpoint_accel/accel (geometry_msgs/Vector3Stamped)

• Acceleration or force setpoint vector.

Parameters

~setpoint_accel/send_force (bool)

• Send force setpoint.

setpoint_attitude

Send ATTITUDE_SETPOINT_EXTERNAL to FCU.

Subscribed Topics

~setpoint_attitude/cmd_vel (geometry_msgs/TwistStamped)

• Send angular velocity.

~setpoint_attitude/attitude (geometry_msgs/PoseStamped)

• Send attitude setpoint.

~setpoint_attitude/attitude (geometry_msgs/PoseWithCovarianceStamped)

• Send attitude setpoint with covariance (alternative).

Parameters

~setpoint_attitude/listen_tf (bool, default: false)

• TF listen switch. Disable topics if enabled.

~setpoint_attitude/listen_twist (bool, default: false)

• Use att_vel topic instead of attitude.

~setpoint_attutude/pose_with_covariance (bool, default: false)

• Selector for attitude message type.

~setpoint_attutude/frame_id (string, default: local_origin)

• Origin frame_id for TF.

~setpoint_attitude/child_frame_id (string, default: attitude)

• Child frame_id for TF.

~setpoint_attitude/tf_rate_limit (double, default: 10.0)

• Rate limit for TF listener [Hz].

setpoint_position

Sent LOCAL_NED_POSITION_SETPOINT_EXTERNAL to FCU.

Subscribed Topics

~setpoint_position/local (geometry_msgs/PoseStamped)

• Setpoint position. Orientation not used.

Parameters

~setpoint_position/listen_tf (bool, default: false)

• TF listen switch. Disable topic if enabled.

~setpoint_position/frame_id (string, default: local_origin)

• Origin frame_id for TF.

~setpoint_position/child_frame_id (string, default: setpoint)

• Child frame_id for TF.

~setpoint_position/tf_rate_limit (double, default: 50.0)

• Rate limit for TF listener [Hz].

setpoint_velocity

Send velocity setpoint to FCU.

Subscribed Topics

~setpoint_velocity/cmd_vel (geometry_msgs/TwistStamped)

• Velocity setpoint.

sys_status

System status plugin. Handles FCU detection. REQUIRED never blacklist it!.

Published Topics

~state (mavros/State)

• FCU state

~battery (mavros/BatteryStatus)

• FCU battery status report.

Services

~set_stream_rate (mavros/StreamRate)

• Send stream rate request to FCU.

~set_mode (mavros/SetMode)

• Set FCU operation mode. See custom mode identifiers at modes page.

Parameters

~conn/timeout (double, default: 30.0)

• Connection time out in seconds.

~conn/heartbeat (double, default: 0.0)

• Period to send HEARTBEAT messages (or disabled if 0.0)

~sys/min_voltage (double, default: 6.0)

• Minimal battery voltage for diagnostics.

~sys/disable_diag (bool, default: false)

• Disable all diag except HEARTBEAT message.

sys_time

System time plugin. Does time syncronization on PX4.

Published Topics

~time_reference (sensor_msgs/TimeReference)

• Time reference computed from SYSTEM_TIME.

Parameters

~conn/system_time (double, default: 0.0)

• Send SYSTEM_TIME to device period in seconds.

~conn/timesync (double, default: 0.0)

• TIMESYNC period. PX4 only.

~time/time_ref_source (string, default: "fcu")

• Ref source for time_reference message.

~time/timesync_avg_alpha (double, default: 0.6)

• Alpha for exponential moving average.

vfr_hud

Publish VFR_HUD and WIND messages.

Published Topics

~vfr_hud (mavros/VFR_HUD)

• Data for HUD.

~wind_estimation (geometry_msgs/TwistStamped)

• Wind estimation from FCU (APM).

waypoint

Allows to access to FCU mission (waypoints).

Published Topics

~mission/waypoints (mavros/WaypointList)

• Current waypoint table. Updates on changes.

Services

~mission/pull (mavros/WaypointPull)

• Request update waypoint list.

~mission/push (mavros/WaypointPush)

• Send new waypoint table.

~mission/clear (mavros/WaypointClear)

• Clear mission on FCU.

~mission/set_current (mavros/WaypointSetCurrent)

• Set current seq. number in list.

~mission/goto (mavros/WaypointGOTO)

• Send goto point (APM specific).

Parameters

~mission/pull_after_gcs (bool, default: false)

• Defines pull or not waypoints if detected GCS activity.

Notes

Plugins: `vision_position` and `vision_speed` moved to mavros_extras.