Hi there,
I have recently flashed the Ping2 with the OSS firmware following the instructions outlined in:
Since doing this, I have been trying to use the Ping in manual mode and set the sonar distance to 100000mm in Ping Viewer. I’ve noticed I am not able to set the distance to above 50000mm? Is there a reason for this?
Additionally, I have written ROS2 python code which interfaces with the Ping2 device using brping to set params for:
- speed of sound
- scan start, scan length
- mode
- gain
- Normalization enable
- Enhance enable
- num points
When I do this, I visualize the image in RVIZ2 and the output often looks saturated, no matter what input parameters I use. It shows a starting region of solid high intensity and then drops off immediately to have 0 return. When I use Ping Viewer after this, I see the same saturated plot.
Is there a way I can modify normalization/enhance etc through Ping Viewer, or in a way where I can see directly what is happening? What is the best approach for using the OSS firmware?
Thank you !!