Creating a custom Photon Package

Introduction

These instructions were used to create the photon package. Please see the package in the src directory to see the resulting code and setup

Instructions

1. Create package

   cd code_idealab_ros/src
   catkin_create_pkg photon_tcp std_msgs rospy roscpp
   

2. Create message

   roscd photon_tcp/
   mkdir msg
   nano data.msg
   

3. paste in:

   string ip_address
   string data
   

4. follow instructions for adding a messsage

5. follow instructions for adding a script
6. Modify script to suit needs

7. Make project

   roscd thorlabs_linear_actuator/
   catkin_make