Change history

1.9.5 (2014-04-29)

  • Fix problems with catkin build exports (#33).
  • Make number of DMA buffers a parameter (#29), thanks to Tomas Petricek.
  • Turn power on for a feature before setting its operating mode (#15), thanks to Brice Rebsamen.

1.9.4 (2013-08-03)

  • Add time_offset parameter (#11), thanks to David Gossow.
  • Install pluginlib XML file (#10).
  • Enable unit tests when CATKIN_ENABLE_TESTING set.
  • Enable tests requiring a real camera when USE_DEVICE set.

1.9.3 (2013-06-05)

  • Add Pan Control feature (#7), works with Point Grey Ladybug 3. Thanks to Josep Bosch, Universitat de Girona.

1.9.2 (2013-05-13)

  • Add catkin_package() call, needed to install package.xml (#6).
  • Clean up build to better comply with recommended catkin practices.

1.9.1 (2013-04-14)

  • Remove roslib import from dynamic reconfigure script.

1.9.0 (2013-04-12)

1.8.1 (2013-03-01)

  • Fix rostest dependency problem with Groovy build.

1.8.0 (2012-03-14)

  • ROS Fuerte, later released to Groovy.
  • Power off the camera on shutdown (#5322).
  • Provide leading zeros to GUID when needed (#5350).
  • Add diagnostics report on actual camera frame rate (#5292). Thanks to Thomas Moulard for this enhancement.

1.7.0 (2011-12-14)

  • camera1394 package becomes a unary stack, no longer part of camera_drivers.

1.6.0 (2011-07-20)

  • ROS Electric.
  • Handle AVT Guppy F036C in format7 mode. That device does not return a valid color filter. Use the bayer_pattern parameter for any device not providing one (#5063).
  • Support 16-bit Bayer encodings (#4738).

1.4.2 (2011-06-06)

  • The driver will stamp messages with the current ROS time if the new use_ros_time parameter is set. Fixes USB-1394 camera support (#4841)
  • Use proper namespace for camera_info_manager (#4760).

1.4.1 (2011-02-09)

  • Bug fixes for publishing Format7 Region of Interest in CameraInfo (#4735, #4736).

1.4.0 (2011-01-31)

  • ROS Diamondback.
  • Add nodelet version of driver.
  • Add IIDC Format7 support (#4222), thanks to Ken Tossell.
  • Format7 binning and ROI comply with REP 104.
  • Add Focus and Zoom feature support (#4631), thanks to José Antonio Álvarez Ruiz.
  • The driver will only set video_mode or frame_rate to values supported by the device.
  • Bayer decoding within the driver deprecated (#4725). Prefer image_proc decoding instead. Only image_proc method supported in Format7 modes.
  • Better support for Mac OS X (#4659).
  • Re-licensed under LGPL.

1.2.8 (2011-02-09)

  • Fixes for Mac OS X install and build (#4659).

1.2.5 (2010-10-28)

  • Provide new retry_on_open parameter (default true). Set it false for devices like Videre STH-DCSG-VARX-C, which does not tolerate resetting (#4396).

1.2.0 (2010-07-23)

  • ROS Cturtle.
  • Initial camera1394 package, released to Cturtle as part of the camera_drivers stack.
  • Retry camera open, if it fails initially (#4251).
  • Fix libdc1394 debayer frames memory management (#4261).