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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

    bash cd code_idealab_ros/src catkin_create_pkg photon_tcp std_msgs rospy roscpp

  2. Create message

    bash roscd photon_tcp/ mkdir msg nano data.msg

  3. paste in:

    bash 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

    bash roscd thorlabs_linear_actuator/ catkin_make

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