node_alive
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Add a little bit of documentation
Hey There! Thank you for publishing this project! Would you mind adding some documentstion in how to use it? That would be great for ROS beginners like me :)
Just roslaunch node_alive server.launch and there should be some diagnostics published. If a node dies, you'll see it in the diagnostics.
If you want to ignore some nodes, add them to the parameter 'neglect_nodes.yaml`.
@Rayman @reinzor anything to add (besides a README) :smile: ?
Feel free to add a README that describes the working principle and all parameters.
Note that rosmon also publishes diagnostics based on the nodes that are alive. Not sure which implementation is better, just mentioning an alternative for those who didn't know.
If I read it correctly, rosmon is a replacement for roslaunch that does some additional monitoring. node_alive does only monitoring.
@Timple Thanks for mentioning that! We already use rosmon so your comment has saved me a lot of work.