HC-05 connection to ROS using Arduino?

I have already got the bluetooth connection to work with this module by setting some data to be printed on the Serial monitor of Arduino, but nothing related to ROS. The command lines I used were:

$ sudo rfcomm bind 0&
$ cat /dev/rfcomm0

By using this, I've got the data printed on my linux machine terminal. But I don't need just to see them, I need to get them with a node to make some operations. And I have already tried that same procedure with a 57.600 baud rate, and got the same error message.

EDITED

I have tried to change the serial port by using the class definition below, but it didn't recognize Serial1.

class NewHardware : public ArduinoHardware
{
   public:
   NewHardware():ArduinoHardware(&Serial1, 57600){};
};

ros::NodeHandle_<NewHardware>  nh;

So, I added this line in the beginning of my sketch

# define USBCON

which would change the serial port, according to some page on the internet. And now, I get a new error message.

[INFO] [WallTime: 1470535945.212095] ROS Serial Python Node
[INFO] [WallTime: 1470535945.215136] Connecting to /dev/rfcomm0 at 57600 baud
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/ros/indigo/lib/rosserial_python/serial_node.py", line 80, in <module>
    client = SerialClient(port_name, baud)
  File "/opt/ros/indigo/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rosserial_python/SerialClient.py", line 385, in __init__
    self.requestTopics()
  File "/opt/ros/indigo/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rosserial_python/SerialClient.py", line 392, in requestTopics
    self.port.flushInput()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 500, in flushInput
    termios.tcflush(self.fd, TERMIOS.TCIFLUSH)
termios.error: (5, 'Input/output error')

Any ideas? This new error message doesn't even say what the problem is.

"SOLVED"

Well, I ended up choosing another way to accomplish my goal. I've developed (not alone) a ROS code, on my laptop, that gets data directly from serial port. This is the code:

#include "ros/ros.h"
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <termios.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    ros::init (argc,argv,"imu_node");
    ros::NodeHandle nh;
    ros::Rate loop_rate(50); //Hz
    std::string aux;
    
    //Begin serial communication with Arduino
        struct termios toptions;
    int fd, n;
    float roll, pitch, yaw;
    
    nh.getParam("imu_node/serial_port",aux);
    ROS_INFO_STREAM(aux);
    
    fd = open(aux.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY);
    
    /* wait for the Arduino to reboot */
    usleep(3500000);

    /* get current serial port settings */
    tcgetattr(fd, &toptions);
    /* set 9600 baud both ways */
    cfsetispeed(&toptions, B115200);
    cfsetospeed(&toptions, B115200);
    /* 8 bits, no parity, no stop bits */
    toptions.c_cflag &= ~PARENB;
    toptions.c_cflag &= ~CSTOPB;
    toptions.c_cflag &= ~CSIZE;
    toptions.c_cflag |= CS8;
    /* Canonical mode */
    toptions.c_lflag |= ICANON;
    /* commit the serial port settings */
    tcsetattr(fd, TCSANOW, &toptions);

    while(ros::ok())
    {
        char buf[64]="temp text";
        write(fd, "I\n", 2);
        usleep(500);
        /* Receive string from Arduino */
        do
        {
            n = read(fd, buf, 32);
        }while (n < 10);
        /* insert terminating zero in the string */
        buf[n] = 0;     
        sscanf(buf, "I|%f|%f|%f|*\r\n", &yaw, &pitch, &roll);
        ROS_INFO_STREAM(buf);
            ROS_INFO_STREAM("accel_x: " << roll);
            ROS_INFO_STREAM("accel_y: " << pitch);
            ROS_INFO_STREAM("yaw: " << yaw);
            
        ros::spinOnce();
        loop_rate.sleep();
    }
}

Then, I link the rfcomm0 port created by the bluetooth connection to another random serial port, because, apparently, the parameter setting doesn't work with the original bluetooth port (rfcomm0).

$ sudo ln -s /dev/rfcomm0 /dev/ttyBT

And finally, I set the node parameter and run the node.

$ rosparam set /imu_node/serial_port /dev/ttyBT
$ rosrun imu imu

Originally posted by Giovani Debiagi with karma: 31 on 2016-08-06

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Original comments

Comment by mcshicks on 2016-08-06:
It seems like you test only checks transmit, not receive on the arduino. If you haven't check receive I would do that. Also you have to change the serial port from the Arduino one to BT, something like this class NewHardware : .... NewHardware():ArduinoHardware(&Serial1, 57600){};... good luck!

Comment by ogruiz on 2016-10-09:
Any solutions to this problem? I am getting the exact same error.

Comment by Giovani Debiagi on 2016-10-09:
No, ogruiz, sorry. I ended up choosing another way to accomplish my goal. I've developed a ROS code, on my laptop, that gets data directly from serial port. Then, I make a linking between the bluetooth port (rfcomm0) and a new random serial port, and set this new port as a parameter of my ROS node.

Comment by ogruiz on 2016-10-09:
Would you be able to share this new ROS code? I am trying what you suggested but have not succeeded. I am using Virtual Machine VMware to run Ubuntu 14.04 and indigo and connecting my host's bluetooth to the serial port on the VM.

Comment by Giovani Debiagi on 2016-10-09:
Actually, this code is not entirely made by myself (I know very little about serial-linux), so I'd have to ask permission for some people before sharing it, I'm sorry. But I've found some answers around here with code examples that might help. Apparently, this one has the same structure as mine.

Comment by Giovani Debiagi on 2016-10-09:
http://answers.ros.org/question/10114/how-can-ros-communicate-with-my-microcontroller/

Comment by Giovani Debiagi on 2016-10-09:
This other one is really similar to mine: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18108932/linux-c-serial-port-reading-writing

Let me know if it helps.

Comment by Giovani Debiagi on 2016-10-10:
ogruiz, I've got permission to share the code now. It's up above, inside my answer.