Point Grey Cameras on Linux with Flydra

[mbferguson]

I'm trying to get flydra to start a camnode running:

rosrun ros_flydra camnode

But receive the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home/apg1/ros/flydra-kinetic/src/ros_flydra/nodes/camnode", line 31, in
main()
File "/home/apg1/ros/flydra-kinetic/src/ros_flydra/nodes/camnode", line 25, in main
cmdline_args=rospy.myargv()[1:]
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/flydra_camnode/camnode.py", line 2754, in main
app,app_state = parse_args(False, cmdline_args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/flydra_camnode/camnode.py", line 2851, in parse_args
benchmark=benchmark,
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/flydra_camnode/camnode.py", line 2245, in init
scalar_control_info['max_framerate'] = cam.get_framerate()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/motmot/cam_iface/cam_iface_ctypes.py", line 675, in get_framerate
_check_error()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/motmot/cam_iface/cam_iface_ctypes.py", line 296, in _check_error
raise exc_type(err_str)
motmot.cam_iface.cam_iface_ctypes.CamIFaceError: /tmp/buildd/libcamiface-0.10.0/src/cam_iface_dc1394.c (1964): not yet implemented

The documentation for Motmot says that with some work the backend for Point Grey Research Flycapture2 could presumably be made to work on Linux. What exactly would I need to change in order to make the two compatible? Is it possible to use the libdc1394 backend that is compatible for Linux with the Point Grey cameras? I'm having trouble finding documentation on the point grey cameras/drivers as the search results on google leading to "ptgrey.com" domains all forward to the main page of Flir's website. Is the simplest solution to invest in cameras that are Motmot/Linux compatible for Flydra?