Add to doc, sometimes custom port must be blank #671
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In my experience getting the driver working I followed all the instructions including leave the custom port number untouched. However when I attempting to start communication between ROS on my PC and the UR5 robot the connection always failed.
I attempted to use (for the custom port) the port number that ROS was starting local host on, on my PC that I assume acts as the client interface to issue requests to the UR5 however this resulted in a more serious warning/exception that also immediately ended the communication from the UR5 side.
Then I was certain that the custom port number was the problem, removing the custom port completely. Setting it to blank. Immediately solved the problem and the driver worked perfectly. I am not able to run the move_python example that commands the robot to perform a manoeuvrer.
This solution may not work in all cases but I thought that it should be in the docs since I found nothing about this on any of the forums or the docs. It should help others get up and running more easily in the future.