RTDE times out after 10s

Technical Questions
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Is GitHub - UniversalRobots/RTDE_Python_Client_Library: RTDE client library and examples still supported? Looks like it was checked in but then no activity since then.

I just posted this:

Copying here for convenience and visibility:

Seems like RTDE expects you to poll it continuously after you connect if you want fresh data. It’d be good if that was clearly called out in the docs.

If I do this:

rtde.connect()
time.sleep(11)
rtde.receive()

I get errors like received 0 bytes from Controller, probable cause: Controller has stopped or received 0 bytes from Controller. Also, I’ll often get two stale messages before it notices the disconnect.

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Receive has to be called frequently, otherwise input buffers overflow.
UR should be more explicit about that in the API documentation. Thanks for reporting.

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