camera1394: need Indigo release

[jack-oquin]

I believe the current master works with both Hydro and Indigo. It passes pre-release tests on Indigo, but one problem (#38) has been observed that does not seem to occur with the previously-released hydro-devel version.

So, we need more testing. Most of my systems and all of my current development work are still on Precise and Hydro. It will take some time for me to set up a good Indigo test environment.

I could use some test assistance. If you are willing to help with release testing, please:

• build the master branch from source in a catkin workspace
• run tests with any camera models you have available
• report here the devices tried and the results (good or bad)
• open defect issues for any bugs encountered

[barulicm]

We have tested our Point Grey Flea3 USB 3.0 cameras against this driver. They seam to work well, giving us images in the various color formats and successfully piping them through our other nodes.

The automated tests camera_node_hz and camera_nodelet_hz fail, but I suspect that is a result of this being a 1394-over-USB camera rather than a full-fledged 1394 over firewire camera. Does this sound like a reasonable conclusion?

We have noticed a problem with setting ROI on the camera that may be related to issue #38. Occasionally it produces incorrectly offset images though the colors show up fine in our images. I have not fully read through that thread yet, but we'll be sure to try any fixes we find there and see if they address the problem.

System details:
Point Grey Flea3 USB 3 camera
costum computing box built around the ASUS Z871-Deluxe motherboard
Ubuntu 14.04
ROS Indigo

[jack-oquin]

Thanks for the report, @barulicm.

My feeling is that the current master works well enough for an initial Indigo release. That will probably get more people testing with it, but not so many that future bug fixes would be terribly disruptive. Please do report any changes that help with your Flea3 problems.

The automated tests camera_node_hz and camera_nodelet_hz fail, but I suspect that is a result of this being a 1394-over-USB camera rather than a full-fledged 1394 over firewire camera. Does this sound like a reasonable conclusion?

I don't know. None of my USB cameras are compatible with IIDC and libdc1394. If it works with your actual cameras and provides the expected frame rates, those tests don't add much information.

[jack-oquin]

xref: #34, #19

[jack-oquin]

Initial Indigo release: ros/rosdistro#5480.

[jack-oquin]

version 1.10.0 was released on Sept 1