setpoint_node.cpp

Go to the documentation of this file.

/***************************************************************************/ 
#include "ros/ros.h"
#include "std_msgs/Float64.h"

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
  ros::init(argc, argv, "setpoint_node");
  ROS_INFO("Starting setpoint publisher");
  ros::NodeHandle setpoint_node;

  while (ros::ok() && ros::Time(0) == ros::Time::now())
  {
    ROS_INFO("Setpoint_node spinning, waiting for time to become non-zero");
    sleep(1);
  }

  std_msgs::Float64 setpoint;
  setpoint.data = 1.0;
  ros::Publisher setpoint_pub = setpoint_node.advertise<std_msgs::Float64>("setpoint", 1);

  ros::Rate loop_rate(0.2);  // change setpoint every 5 seconds

  while (ros::ok())
  {
    ros::spinOnce();

    setpoint_pub.publish(setpoint);  // publish twice so graph gets it as a step
    setpoint.data = 0 - setpoint.data;
    setpoint_pub.publish(setpoint);

    loop_rate.sleep();
  }
}