Node Manager

A GUI to manage the configuration on local and remote ROS masters. For more details see manual, roswiki or use the (?) button in the title bar.

Shortcuts

F2 Renames a selected launch file. F3 Opens a screen for selected node. F4 Opens an XML Editor for selected node. Ctrl+R Opens a dialog to launch a master_discovery node on entered host. Ctrl+E, F4 Opens an XML Editor for selected launch file. Ctrl+L Loads the selected launch file into selected host. Ctrl+O Runs on selected host default_cfg node with selected launch file as parameter. Alt+N Opens a dialog to run a ROS node without a configuration. This node will be launched in a [SCREEN]{.title-ref}. Alt+R Runs selected nodes. Ignores already running nodes. Alt+S Stops selected nodes. If more then one node is selected, nodes ending with [rosout]{.title-ref}, [node_manager]{.title-ref}, [master_discovery]{.title-ref}, [master_sync]{.title-ref} or [default_cfg]{.title-ref} are ignored. Ctrl+Backspace Sends a [SIGKILL]{.title-ref} to selected nodes. If more then one node is selected, nodes ending with [rosout]{.title-ref}, [node_manager]{.title-ref}, [master_discovery]{.title-ref}, [master_sync]{.title-ref} and [default_cfg]{.title-ref} are ignored. Ctrl+Delete Unregister selected nodes (their topics and services) from ROS master. If more then one node is selected, nodes ending with [rosout]{.title-ref}, [node_manager]{.title-ref}, [master_discovery]{.title-ref}, [master_sync]{.title-ref} and [default_cfg]{.title-ref} are ignored. Shift+Backspace Sends a [SIGKILL]{.title-ref} to assigned [SCREEN]{.title-ref} of selected nodes. Shift+S Shows all available [SCREEN's]{.title-ref} which contains the ROS nodes launched by node manager. Ctrl+F4 Closes the loaded configurations. Alt+E Expands all groups in Nodes tab. Alt+C Collapses all groups in Nodes tab. Alt+{1..5} Selects all nodes of the {first...fifth} host in Nodes tab excepting the manage nodes. Ctrl+X Copies the alternative values to clipboard. On [Node]{.title-ref} view this is PID. On [Topic]{.title-ref} and [Service]{.title-ref} view it is the type. On [Parameter]{.title-ref} view it is the parameter value. ——————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

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Changelog for package node_manager_fkie

0.8.12 (2019-04-30)

• fixed lost nodes while grouping
• Contributors: Alexander Tiderko

0.8.11 (2019-02-27)

0.8.10 (2019-02-26)

• node_manager_fkie: exapand (nodes, topics, services) on filter
• fixed build node_manager_fkie without .git repository issue #91
• node_manager_fkie: fixed crash on show critical message dialog
• Contributors: Alexander Tiderko

0.8.9 (2018-12-21)

• fix install build
• Contributors: Alexander Tiderko

0.8.8 (2018-12-19)

• fixed install node_manager_fkie
• Contributors: Alexander Tiderko

0.8.7 (2018-12-18)

• node_manager_fkie: added version detection
• Contributors: Alexander Tiderko

0.8.5 (2018-12-11)

• node_manager_fkie: removed install author warning
• node_manager_fkie: fixed navigation in topic and service view do not open echo/call dialog on activate namespace group
• Contributors: Alexander Tiderko

0.8.4 (2018-12-08)

0.8.3 (2018-12-07)

• node_manager_fkie: added: Augment CMake script to install node_manager launcher on Ubuntu. pull request #82 from acschaefer/master
• node_manager_fkie: added parameter to disable namespace groups
• node_manager_fkie: editor: improved seletion of node definition by moving selected text to top
• node_manager_fkie: new: apply enhancement to organize nodes view by namespaces, see issue #83
• node_manager_fkie: fixed copy paste error
• node_manager_fkie: changed highlighting for groups and nodes
• node_manager_fkie: editor: fixed uncomment of -- statements
• node_manager_fkie: added launch file to test namespace grouping.
• node_manager_fkie: fix namespace view
• node_manager_fkie: fixed topic publish dialog for messages with arrays
• node_manager_fkie: fix crash while start master_discovery with master_sync on
• node_manager_fkie: fixed add new parameter in parameter dialog
• node_manager_fkie: added parameter for timeout to close closing dialog
• Contributors: Alexander Schaefer, Alexander Tiderko

0.8.2 (2018-08-10)

• fixed issue #79
• Contributors: Alexander Tiderko

0.8.1 (2018-08-03)

• node_manager_fkie: changed behaviour on question to reload files and display noscreen errors
• Contributors: Alexander Tiderko

0.8.0 (2018-07-16)

• node_manager_fkie: added warning if while remote start no executable was found rosrun throws no error if no executable was found it is only an output.
• node_manager_fkie: fixed activation of minimized launch editor
• node_manager_fkie: added settings parameter 'movable dock widgets' to prevent dock widgets from moving
• node_manager_fkie: fixed error in select_dialog on close node_manager
• node_manager_fkie: added group icon with count of nodes inside
• node_manager_fkie: added info icons for groups
• node_manager_fkie: added timer to close exit dialog on close node_manager
• node_manager_fkie: fixed delay open io screen
• node_manager_fkie: use priority queue for sreen io only if normal queue has more than 5 elements
• node_manager_fkie: reduced update count
• node_manager_fkie: changed color of question box
• node_manager_fkie: added link for nodelet manager in description of nodelets

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