PrimeSense Failed to set USB interface Error

Question

I have an Asus Xtion Camera attached to my computer running ROS Groovy

So far I've installed

1. Openni_Camera binary ( http://ros.org/wiki/openni_camera )
2. Openni_launch binary ( http://ros.org/wiki/openni_launch )
3. Openni SDK ( http://www.openni.org/openni-sdk/ )
4. PrimeSense Sensor Module for Openni ( https://github.com/PrimeSense/Sensor/tree/unstable )

Everytime I run

roslaunch openni_launch openni.launch 

i get this error

    process[camera/depth/metric_rect-8]: started with pid [25941]
process[camera/depth/metric-9]: started with pid [25955]
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'openni_wrapper::OpenNIException'
  what():  unsigned int openni_wrapper::OpenNIDriver::updateDeviceList() @ /tmp/buildd/ros-groovy-openni-camera-1.8.9-0precise-20130724-2255/src/openni_driver.cpp @ 125 : enumerating image nodes failed. Reason: One or more of the following nodes could not be enumerated:

Image: PrimeSense/SensorV2/5.1.2.1: Failed to set USB interface!

process[camera/depth/points-10]: started with pid [25972]
process[camera/register_depth_rgb-11]: started with pid [25973]
process[camera/depth_registered/rectify_depth-12]: started with pid [25974]
[FATAL] [1376100229.602956199]: Service call failed!
[FATAL] [1376100229.605474045]: Service call failed!
[camera_nodelet_manager-1] process has died 

I can run samples from the openni sdk outside of ros sometimes like "SimpleViewer". Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. I just don't get it. It detects the device but can't set the USB interface...what gives?

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Originally posted by llSourcell on ROS Answers with karma: 236 on 2013-08-09

Post score: 4

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Original comments

Comment by dPackard on 2013-08-09:
Did you install /55-primesense-usb.rules to /etc/udev/rules.d? This file may be found here: https://github.com/PrimeSense/Sensor/blob/unstable/Platform/Linux/Install/55-primesense-usb.rules )

Comment by llSourcell on 2013-08-09:
dPackard, sorry, it failed 4 times when i tried to post. Fixed.

Comment by llSourcell on 2013-08-09:
How to i install that file to /etc/udev/rules.d ?

Comment by dPackard on 2013-08-09:
If you installed the package via apt-get, tit is probably installed already (just check if the file exists). Otherwise you can create the file manually using your favorite text editor and sudo. (e.g. sudo gvim /etc/udev/rules.d/55-primesense-usb.rules).

Comment by llSourcell on 2013-08-09:
Tried that, no luck. I appreciate your help though.

Comment by dPackard on 2013-08-09:
If that file already exists (or if creating it doesn't help), you might find a solution here: ( http://answers.ros.org/question/55201/using-ros-with-kinect-failed-to-set-usb-interface/ )

Comment by llSourcell on 2013-08-11:
I went ahead and got a kinect. Still problems, just much less ;)

Comment by expelliarmus on 2014-02-14:
Were you able to resolve the issue? I am using a Kinect.

Answer 1

I experienced the same problem with the Xtion. It could be resolved by plugging the device into another, non USB3.0 compatible, USB port.

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Originally posted by Tones with karma: 635 on 2013-11-11

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Answer 2

You might be using one of the newer Xtion cameras, which are not supported by OpenNI 1. For those versions use OpenNI 2, which is already supported by ROS (http://wiki.ros.org/openni2_camera, http://wiki.ros.org/openni2_launch).

To verify your version, do

$ lsusb

The older version are listed as

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1d27:0600

whereas the newer versions are listed as:

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1d27:0601

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Originally posted by bit-pirate with karma: 2062 on 2014-03-23

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