Web UI for Ros3D devices. The web interface can be used to configure some aspects of Ros3D devices such as rig assignment, control mode for servo drivers and network setup.

The WebUI by default starts on 9900 port, this can be changed by passing --http-port in command line.

To install the application run:

python setup.py install [--root=<alternative-rootfs>]

Dependencies:

• tornado
• python-dbus

To run the app locally:

./ros3d-ui -d ./web-data

See --help for more information on parameters. The location of web root has to be passed as positional argument when running.

Network configuration is applied by taking to NetworkManager over DBus. Make sure to have NM running. There is an alternative connman interace in ros3dui/system/network/connman.py however it has gone through little testing.

Once the configuration is applied, some services may need to be reloaded/restarted. The app will look for and run ros3d-ui-service-reload script passing the names of affected services (servo, controller, camera, platform) as command line arguments. The actual service names in the system or the required sequence of operations may differ depending on the system, hence an integrator is expected to provide and deploy a script that will perform the necessary action. For instance, if the device controller is managed by systemd and named ros3d-controller, the reload script may look like this:

#!/bin/sh

restart_service() {
    local service

    case $1 in
        controller)
            service=ros3d-controller
            ;;
        # other cases ..
    esac

    if [ -n "$service" ]; then
        systemctl restart $service || echo "-- Failed to restart $service"
    fi
}

for s in $*; do
    restart_service $s
done