JSBSim Bridge
JSBSim bridge is a integration of the PX4 mavlink HIL interface to communicate with jsbsim
Installation (JSBSim)
JSBSim rolling releases is available in the release page of JSBSim
To have the visualization available, install flightgear.
apt install flightgear
Running the bridge
When run from the Firmware, an example can be run with the following
make px4_sitl jsbsim
To run without the flightgear visualization,
HEADLESS=1 make px4_sitl jsbsim
Running the bridge with ROS
Clone the px4-jsbsim-bridge package into your catkin workspace:
cd <path_to_catkin_ws>/src
git clone https://github.com/Auterion/px4-jsbsim-bridge.git
Build the jsbsim_bridge catkin package:
catkin build jsbsim_bridge
:::note You must have already set MAVROS in your workspace (if not, follow the instructions in the MAVROS installation guide). ::: To start JSBSim through ROS using the launch file as shown:
roslaunch jsbsim_bridge px4_jsbsim_bridge.launch