AUTO21TELEROBOTUSB
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Contents
REQUIREMENTS
- Computer with 2 USB Ports, Core 2 Duo processor or faster
- NVidia graphics chip
- Internet connection
PROVIDED BY INTROLAB
- Bootable 8 GB USB Key "DataTRaveler 102" as shown in Figure 1
- Logitech USB joystick as shown in Figure 2
- Robot operation manual is available on the Linux Desktop in the "Documentation" folder.
Figure 1 - The Linux system is installed on the USB Key |
Figure 2 - The joystick used for operating the OmniVision interface |
Note : This procedure is not compatible with Apple Macs or Macbooks.
STARTUP PROCEDURE
- Connect the USB Key "DataTraveler 102" and the Logitech joystick to the USB ports.
- Make sure your BIOS (System Startup program) can boot from the USB key.
- Most of the time you can select the startup disks in the BIOS configuration utility or directly by pressing the F1-F12 key when starting the computer.
- The F1-F12 key is variable and depends on the BIOS and computer model
- Start the system from the USB key provided by IntRoLab.
- Wait 1-2 minutes until you are in the Linux Ubuntu Desktop
- Make sure you have access to the Internet. You can try browsing the web with Firefox to test.
- Connect to the IntRoLab's VPN
- This is available from the top menu. Left click on the "two up/down arrows" icon and select VPN Connections.
- Click on VPN Connections->IntRoLab
- The login/password are already configured.
- This is available from the top menu. Left click on the "two up/down arrows" icon and select VPN Connections.
- Make sure the TeleRobot is ready in IntRoLab's lab (Give us a call!)
- Double Click on the "TeleRobot-Omnivision" Program Icon on the Desktop
- You should have 2 "Terminal" windows and one "OmniVision" window opened.
- Wait until you see the remote camera's image
- If you see a lot of warning messages in one of the terminal window, your joystick is not connected.
- If the joystick is connected and you still have error messages, you will need to configure the joystick port manually, see the TroubleShooting section.
- Close the OmniVision window and start again.
- Control the point of view with the joystick buttons and the view mode with the Option Menu
- Control the robot with the analog sticks
SHUTDOWN PROCEDURE
- Close the window with the camera image
- Give us a call, we will shutdown the robot
- Shutdown the Linux Desktop (upper right corner menu)
- Remove the USB Key & Joystick
TROUBLESHOOTING
- Contact Dominic Létourneau (819) 821-8000 x62312 for help.
- Sometimes the joystick is not responding. Open a terminal and type :
- rosparam set joy_node/dev "/dev/input/js1"