VELODYNE-VIEW(1)

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💖 VELODYNE-VIEW(1) 💖

okay bestie, this is the manual page for velodyne-view, part of the Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit (MRPT). she grabs scans off a Velodyne sensor and shows you the 3D point cloud live, and honestly? she ate. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

velodyne-view  [-v] [-n] [-m <`VLP16`,`HDL32`,`HDL64`,>] [-c
 <calib.xml>] [--ip-filter <192.168.1.201>] [--out-pcap
 <out>] [-i <in_dataset.pcap>] [-o <out.rawlog>] [--]
 [--version] [-h]

🌈 USAGE EXAMPLES 🌈

no cap, these are the actual vibes. copy-paste away, queen.

Run with all default parameters and show live VLP16 LIDAR scans

velodyne-view

Parses a PCAP file with a LIDAR dump (default params)

velodyne-view --in-pcap DATASET.pcap

Parses a PCAP file with a LIDAR dump (custom calibration file)

velodyne-view --in-pcap DATASET.pcap --calib CALIB.xml

Grab RawLog and PCAP log files from a live VLP16 LIDAR

velodyne-view --out-pcap out --out-rawlog out.rawlog

Grab RawLog and PCAP log files from a live LIDAR with calibration file

velodyne-view --out-pcap out --out-rawlog out.rawlog --calib CALIB.xml

🛰️ DESCRIPTION 🛰️

velodyne-view is a simple application that continuously grabs scans from a Velodyne sensor and displays the 3D point cloud live. that's it. that's the whole personality. and she's iconic for it. 💅

Arguments: (yes, all of them, we're not skipping a single one, fr fr)

  • -v, --verbose — Verbose debug output. she's chatty, let her yap. 🗣️
  • -n, --nologo — Skip the logo at startup. no grand entrance today bestie. 🙈
  • -m <VLP16,HDL32,HDL64,>, --model <VLP16,HDL32,HDL64`,> — If no calibration file is specified, set the model to load default values. basically: which LIDAR are we talking to, pick one of those three. ✨
  • -c <calib.xml>, --calib <calib.xml> — Optionally, select the calibration XML file for the LIDAR. 🎀
  • --ip-filter <192.168.1.201> — Only listen to a LIDAR emitting commands from a given IP. it's giving "I only respond to this one". 💅
  • --out-pcap <out> — If set, grab all packets to a PCAP log file. Set name prefix only. ⚠️ (prefix, not a whole filename, ok?)
  • -i <in_dataset.pcap>, --in-pcap <in_dataset.pcap> — Instead of listening to a live sensor, read data from a PCAP file. offline era. 📼
  • -o <out.rawlog>, --out-rawlog <out.rawlog> — If set, grab dataset in rawlog format. 🫶
  • --, --ignore_rest — Ignores the rest of the labeled arguments following this flag. everything after this? not her problem. 💀
  • --version — Displays version information and exits. and then she's gone. 🦋
  • -h, --help — Displays usage information and exits. she will explain herself, once. 😌

🐛 BUGS 🐛

Please report bugs at https://github.com/MRPT/mrpt/issues

not me asking you to file an issue... but like, please do, bestie. the devs need to know. 😭

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

The application webpage at https://www.mrpt.org/list-of-mrpt-apps/application-velodyne-view/

👑 AUTHORS 👑

velodyne-view is part of the Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit (MRPT), and was originally written by Jose Luis Blanco (University of Almeria). 🌟

This manual page was written by Jose Luis Blanco <joseluisblancoc@gmail.com>.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the BSD License.

On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the BSD License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/BSD'.

and that's the whole page, bestie, we made it to the end together 🥹 this page came to you via perl v5.40.1, dated 2025-03-21, under the VELODYNE-VIEW(1) name — stay slay, stay scanning 💖✨🎀

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