Sound speed python ping360 sonar

[wang (ym)]

Hi, I am wondering how to set the sound speed for ping360 sonar with python? I found we can set the speed of sound for ping1D by using set_speed_of_sound, but did not find for ping360 sonar. Thank you.

[patrickelectric (Patrick José Pereira)]

Hi,

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Please provide some answer regards ping360

Hi @khangydt, Did you take a look in our protocol documentation ? From the device_data message documentation: Type Name Description Units u8 data 8 bit binary data array representing sonar echo strength This array [of size N] represents the N points equally spaced between the sensor transducer and the range that the sensor is configured to scan. E.g: For a range of 2m or 2000mm, using a scan of 200 points, each index of the vector [i] will represent i*2000/200 mm, where: data[…

With Ping360 you have access to the direct parameters to configure the sensor without any abstraction, making the sensor more powerful and as result a bit more complex to configure.