Tools rxconsole

Summary

rxconsole is a ROS tool that displays a user interface for listening to ROS logging and error messages. rxconsole is useful for viewing Baxter's hardware warnings and other alert messages coming from the firmware running onboard Baxter.

Usage

From an init'ed environment, run the command:

    $ rxconsole &

This will bring up the rxconsole interface and immediately start displaying log messages. You can filter using the pattern matching rules at the bottom.

Note: If there is a flood of error messages, as can happen when there is an actual hardware error, rxconsole has a tendency to easily get overrun and come to a stand-still. This is why it is often useful to hit 'Pauste' on rxconsoole as soon as it comes up, then select your desired filter options.

For more information see the ROS rxconsole wiki at: http://ros.org/wiki/rxconsole.