spacenav: tutorials outdated

[gavanderhoorn]

The tutorials linked from the spacenav_node wiki page still refer to rosbuild and seem to suggest that the package should be build from source. I've seen two questions about this on ROS Answers in a few weeks:

• Tutorials / Using the SpaceNav Node doesn't work
• 3d mouse with ros

[John-Nagle]

gvdhoom left a good answer at the wiki page, which could be used to revise the tutorials. Also worth noting is that the Ubuntu install seems to install the driver daemon as a daemon, so the hardware is recognized without having to run a driver program each time.

These devices can be modified to act as 6-DOF force sensing wrists. So please consider supporting more than one instance. Low priority.

Worth noting: /spacenav/offset contains the 3 translations, range -0.75 to 0.75, and /spacenav/rot_offset contains the 3 rotations, same range. /spacenav/joy contains the three translations followed by the 3 rotations. The first two can be graphed with rqt_plot, but "joy" cannot. Image description: rqt_plot showing 3DConnexion mouse output. Mouse turned clockwise to limit.

[JWhitleyWork]

The whole stack is outdated. Closing.

[gavanderhoorn]

@JWhitleyAStuff: how is this a proper resolution of the issue?

[JWhitleyWork]

@gavanderhoorn Sorry, this was more of a bad joke. Reversing.