Setup
These setup instructions assume that you have already added the Robotic Vision repositories
Requirements
- Ubuntu 18.04
- ROS Melodic
Installing ROS
Follow the installation instructions provided for ROS Melodic.
Note: We recommend installing either the desktop or desktop-full distribution
Setting up the Real-Time Kernel
To install the real-time kernel run the following command:
sudo apt install linux-image-5.4.13-rt7 linux-headers-5.4.13-rt7
Add the user to the realtime group
sudo addgroup realtime
sudo usermod -a -G realtime $(whoami)
Add the following limits to the realtime group in /etc/security/limits.conf
@realtime soft rtprio 99
@realtime soft priority 99
@realtime soft memlock 102400
@realtime hard rtprio 99
@realtime hard priority 99
@realtime hard memlock 102400
Reboot your machine then run the following command to make sure that you are using the RT kernel.
uname -a
The output of the command should contain 5.0.21-rt16 #1 SMP PREEMPT RT
Installing the RV Panda Driver
Install the RV Panda Driver by running the command:
sudo apt install ros-melodic-rv-panda-driver