README

ros2_medkit_sovd_service_interface

Gateway plugin exposing medkit entity data via ROS 2 services. Enables ROS 2 nodes (e.g. VDA 5050 agent, BT.CPP, PlotJuggler) to access SOVD diagnostics without HTTP.

Services

Service	Type	Description
`/medkit/list_entities`	`ros2_medkit_msgs/srv/ListEntities`	List all discovered entities (apps, components, areas)
`/medkit/list_entity_faults`	`ros2_medkit_msgs/srv/ListFaultsForEntity`	Get faults for a specific entity
`/medkit/get_entity_data`	`ros2_medkit_msgs/srv/GetEntityData`	Get entity topic data (not yet implemented)
`/medkit/get_capabilities`	`ros2_medkit_msgs/srv/GetCapabilities`	Get SOVD capabilities for an entity

Service prefix is configurable via plugins.sovd_service_interface.service_prefix parameter (default: /medkit).

Usage

Load as a gateway plugin:

ros2 run ros2_medkit_gateway gateway_node --ros-args \
    -p "plugins:=[\"sovd_service_interface\"]" \
    -p "plugins.sovd_service_interface.path:=/path/to/libsovd_service_interface.so" \
    -p "plugins.sovd_service_interface.service_prefix:=/medkit"

Tests

colcon test --packages-select ros2_medkit_sovd_service_interface