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Adds protocol V3 (firmware V1.8-8+) alongside V2, which stays the default.
PiperInterfaceV3 / PiperParserV3: MOVE M as 0x06, horizontal inverted installation, 12-bit MIT torque over [-16, 16] without CRC, gripper width/angle modes, IK joint feedback.
Protocol-independent modes (MoveMode, ModeFeed, GripperMode) are mapped to wire bytes in the parser, so V2 frames are unchanged.
ROS hardware interface and MoveIt launch take a protocol_version parameter (default 2).
Tests compare frames byte for byte with the official Python piper_sdk (pinned at b847e539) and with hand-worked frames.
V2 behaviour changes: controlJointMit() refuses NaN/inf inputs, V2 refuses installation position 0x04, and a refused 0x151 setter no longer changes the commanded state.
V3 has not been tested on a physical arm.
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New Features
Added opt-in support for Piper protocol V3 in the C++ interface and ROS 2 hardware and launch configurations. Protocol V2 remains the default; select V3 explicitly for compatible firmware (V1.8-8 or newer).
Added V3 support for MOVE M, inverted-horizontal installation, gripper width and angle commands, and IK joint feedback.
Added protocol-specific gripper controls and configurable gripper angle limits.
Documentation
Documented protocol selection, firmware compatibility, supported features, and V3 limitations.
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This change adds an opt-in V3 protocol parser and C++ interface, including V3 gripper modes and IK joint feedback. It adds explicit protocol-version selection to ROS launch and hardware configuration, plus parser, interface, and SDK-reference tests.
Changes: Protocol V3 Support
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Protocol contracts and shared encoding piper_cpp/include/piper_cpp/protocol/*, piper_cpp/include/piper_cpp/types/*, piper_cpp/src/protocol/piper_codec.h, piper_cpp/src/types/core.cpp
Public types now include gripper modes and V3 IK feedback. The parser contract adds protocol-specific MIT packing, and shared helpers encode common payload fields.
V2 and V3 parser behavior piper_cpp/src/protocol/*, piper_cpp/test/piper_parser_*_test.cpp, piper_cpp/CMakeLists.txt, piper_cpp/README.md
The V2 parser uses shared encoding helpers and validates frames. The V3 parser adds V3 encoding and decoding. Tests cover protocol-specific commands, feedback, and frame validation; the README describes protocol differences and ranges.
Interface commands and feedback piper_cpp/include/piper_cpp/interface/*, piper_cpp/include/piper_cpp/piper_params.h, piper_cpp/src/interface/*, piper_cpp/test/piper_interface_*_test.cpp, piper_cpp/test/test_support.h
The interface adds V3 construction, width and angle gripper commands, and IK feedback snapshots. Shared interface logic handles mode-specific gripper limits, joint feedback, MIT input validation, and motion-control state updates.
ROS launch and xacro pass protocol_version to hardware configuration. The hardware interface accepts versions 2 and 3, selects the corresponding C++ interface, and checks gripper feedback mode.
A generator pinned to a Python SDK commit creates command and decode reference cases. Tests compare C++ interface commands and parser decoding with the generated frames and fields.
sequenceDiagram
participant MoveItLaunch as piper_moveit.launch.py
participant ControlLaunch as piper_control.launch.py
participant Xacro as piper.ros2_control.xacro
participant PiperHardware
participant PiperInterface as Selected Piper interface
MoveItLaunch->>ControlLaunch: protocol_version
ControlLaunch->>Xacro: protocol_version argument
Xacro->>PiperHardware: hardware protocol parameter
PiperHardware->>PiperInterface: construct V2 or V3 interface
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Possibly related PRs
justagist/piper_cpp#7: PR #7 adds V2 frame validation and derives CAN IDs and DLC from message types. This PR extends parser validation and framing for V3.
Merge Risk: Low · previous review ba216
The V3 opt-in protocol support looks sound from the supplied context. Two small fixes are worth making before merge: tear down the test bus in the right order, and reject NaN gripper angle ranges. V3 has not been tested on a physical arm, as the PR states.
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Adds opt-in protocol V3 while keeping V2 as the default.
C++ callers can choose protocol V3 while keeping V2 as the default.
ROS hardware and MoveIt can select which Piper protocol the arm uses.
V2 rejects non-finite MIT values and unsupported installation settings without keeping rejected commands.
Diagram
%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart LR
A["C++ interface or ROS protocol_version"] --> B{"Selected protocol"}
B -->|"2: default"| C["PiperParserV2"]
B -->|"3: opt-in"| D["PiperParserV3"]
D --> E["V3 modes, MIT, gripper and IK"]
D -->|"Unchanged messages"| C
C --> F["CAN frames"]
E --> F
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🟡 Changes recommended
The IK decoder and reference test use undefined pointer indexing, while missing namespace qualifications in the parser tests block the default test-enabled build.
Adds opt-in Piper protocol V3 support for firmware V1.8-8+, while retaining V2 as the default across the C++ library, ROS hardware interface, and MoveIt launch.
Changes:
Adds V3 encoding, decoding, gripper modes, and inverse-kinematics joint feedback.
Propagates protocol_version through ROS and MoveIt configuration.
Adds SDK-reference and hand-computed frame tests, V2 regression checks, and compatibility documentation. Physical-arm validation remains outstanding.
Reviewed head ba21680f453d52eaa4642c1187fe61ce0093cfb4. One additional actionable finding beyond the IK member-access issue already reported by Greptile:
[P2] Do not infer width mode when a V3 gripper feedback frame is missing its mode byte — piper_parser_v3.cpp:107–110
The V3 decoder accepts a seven-byte 0x2A8 frame and assigns GripperMode::Width, although byte 7 is what distinguishes millidegrees from micrometres. I reproduced this with payload 00 00 75 30 00 00 00 01: at DLC 8 it decodes as angle mode / 30000 (30°); with DLC 7 the same first seven bytes are accepted as width mode / 30000 (30 mm). This also refreshes the interface's gripper state as a valid sample. Consequently, the new width-mode guards in ROS on_activate() and read() cannot detect the missing units discriminator and can seed/report a jaw opening from an angle value.
Please require DLC 8 for V3 gripper feedback (keeping V2's seven-byte acceptance unchanged), or report Unknown when the mode is absent so width-only consumers reject it. The Python SDK's empty-slice-to-zero behaviour is not evidence that the missing byte represents width. Update the seven-byte case in GripperFeedbackReportsMode and add a state/consumer regression proving that a missing mode cannot become a valid width measurement.
Validation: 20 parser tests and 22 interface/reference tests passed in direct C++ builds. The latter used the existing socket-pair transport with throwing replacements for the unavailable CAN discovery helpers; no hardware-discovery path was exercised. Regenerated all 226 command and 28 decode reference cases against pinned upstream b847e539; the committed fixture data matched, ignoring formatting. Full CMake/ROS builds and physical hardware behaviour were not validated.
max_deg < min_deg is false when either value is NaN. A NaN range is then stored. clampGripperMilliDeg() passes it to std::lround, whose result for NaN is unspecified. The angle clamp then returns an arbitrary bound. Write the check as a negated inclusive predicate so NaN is refused.
Proposed fix
- if (max_deg < min_deg)+ if (!(max_deg >= min_deg))
throw std::invalid_argument("max_val must be >= min_val");
Based on learnings: "write the check as a negated inclusive-range predicate ... so that NaN inputs ... are correctly rejected."
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Review comment at @piper_cpp/include/piper_cpp/piper_params.h around lines 113 -
114:
Update setGripperAngleRangeDeg to reject any range that does not satisfy the
inclusive max-at-least-min check, so NaN inputs are refused while valid ordered
ranges remain accepted.
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Adds protocol V3 (firmware V1.8-8+) alongside V2, which stays the default.
PiperInterfaceV3/PiperParserV3: MOVE M as0x06, horizontal inverted installation, 12-bit MIT torque over [-16, 16] without CRC, gripper width/angle modes, IK joint feedback.MoveMode,ModeFeed,GripperMode) are mapped to wire bytes in the parser, so V2 frames are unchanged.protocol_versionparameter (default2).piper_sdk(pinned atb847e539) and with hand-worked frames.V2 behaviour changes:
controlJointMit()refuses NaN/inf inputs, V2 refuses installation position0x04, and a refused 0x151 setter no longer changes the commanded state.V3 has not been tested on a physical arm.
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