time_server Documentation

time_server: This package helps keep nodes in sync by providing a global clock and a time request service.

time_server is a ROS package for keeping other nodes synced. The package consists of one node that provides a time checking service.

• Homepage: http://ros.org/wiki/time_server

time_server is a ROS package for keeping other nodes synced. The package consists of one node that provides a time checking service.

codeapi

• Run the time service node by creating a TimeServer object.

ROS API

List of nodes:

• time_server

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time_server

This node provides a time service to keep other nodes in sync. The clock starts at 0, and begins the first time the service is called.

Usage

$ rosrun time_server time_server

ROS topics

Subscribes to:

• N/A

Publishes to:

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ROS parameters

Reads the following parameters from the parameter server

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Sets the following parameters on the parameter server

• N/A

ROS services

• "time_service": [time_server/time_srv] provides running time to keep the node in sync