CHANGELOG.md

Change log

1.1.0 (2021-04-08)

• API changes:
  • Use CRTK naming convention for command and ROS topic names
• Deprecated features:
  • None
• New features:
  • New Qt widget to visualize stray marker positions
  • New ROS topics, dynamically create ROS publishers for new tools
  • Support ROS namespace option __ns:=
  • ROS topic to publish stray markers
  • .rosinstall file for wstool
  • Command line option to log serial port communication
  • Dark mode using -D
• Bug fixes:
  • Likely some...

1.0.0 (2018-05-16)

• API changes:
  • Use different commands to connect
  • Configuration file is now JSON based, not XML
• Deprecated features:
  • None
• New features:
  • Dynamically create tools and emits events when new tools are discovered
  • Added new Qt widget with timestamp/valid and 3D visualization (from cisstParameterTypesQt)
  • Added logs for Qt widgets and ROS
  • Separated build of component, example and ROS node
  • ROS/catkin build compatible
  • Added ROS node with publishers configuration (list of tools), position of tools and tf2
  • Added "reference frame" in configuration file
  • Added README.md
  • Added path to locate configuration files and ROM files
  • Updated Python based example to handle new tools, python3 compatible
  • Tested on older Polaris as well as more recent Spectra, Vicra and Aurora
• Bug fixes:
  • None