Log files used during qualification tasks

Submissions for qualification tasks run "at home" require users to submit ARIAC log files. Log files for each run are written to the ~/.ariac/log directory. The following files are generated.

1. Task performance log file

The task performance log file is written to ~/.ariac/log/performance.log. This file will be reviewed to evaluate your performance in the task.

Note: if you are using a gazebo port other than the default (11345), your task performance log file will be at ~/.gazebo/server-<port number>/default.log.

2. Simulation state log file

The simulation state log file is written to ~/.ariac/log/gazebo/state.log. This log stores all of the simulation data during the trial and may be used to confirm your task performance log file.

Log files are over-written with every run or playback of the ARIAC software, so make a backup of your submission files before running more trials. As the performance log is a symbolic link to another file, be sure to use the cp --dereference option when copying the ~/.ariac/log directory.

Playback of log files

It's highly recommended that you review your log files before submission, using:

roslaunch osrf_gear gear_playback.launch
# Or, if you want to specify a specific log file:
roslaunch osrf_gear gear_playback.launch state_log_path:=`pwd`/qual_2.log

Don't worry if you see the following warning, it's safe to ignore it:

[Wrn] [msgs.cc:1793] Conversion of sensor type[logical_camera] not suppported.

If you see the following error:

[Err] [Master.cc:96] EXCEPTION: Unable to start server[bind: Address already in use]. There is probably another Gazebo process running.

then you may find pkill -f gzserver useful for killing gazebo servers that have not closed properly.