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SOFTWARE UPGRADE

The client software will make version changes. Users can update to the latest version for a better

experience.

FIG 13 SYSTEM UPDATE

LINUX ROS OPERATION

There are many Linux distributions. This article only uses Ubuntu 16.04 Kinetic version ROS as an

example.

File description

Download YDLIDAR's latest ROS driver package on official website

http://www.eaibot.com/download；

There are the following files in this directory:

CHART 2 LAUNCH

File

Description

F4PRO.launch

F4PRO runs the file, starts scanning, no data, no point cloud.

F4PRO_view.launch

F4PRO runs the file, starts scanning, and outputs point cloud data.

g4.launch

G4 runs the file, starts scanning, no data, no point cloud.

g4_view.launch

G4 runs the file, starts scanning, and outputs point cloud data.

x4.launch

X4 runs the file, starts scanning, no data, no point cloud.

x4_view.launch

X4 runs the file, starts scanning, and outputs point cloud data.