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== Activating Behaviors Manually ==

Revision as of 13:36, 15 June 2009

Roball RF Documentation

 Under construction. Coming soon...

Included with the kit :

  • Roball (pink shell)
  • 12V Charger
  • USB RF-Interface
  • 1/8" Audio cable (male-male)

Using Roball

Turning on Roball

  1. Turn on Roball with the switch indicated by the blue arrow. You should see a red led blinking when Roball is on.
RoballTurningOn.png

Connecting to Roball with the RF Module

  1. Connect the RF Module to your USB port. With Linux, it is seen as a USB-Serial port and the device should be /dev/ttyUSB0.
    RoballRFModule.jpg
  2. Start the Roball-RF GUI
  3. Select the right serial port and click on the "Connect" button.
    RoballMainWindow.png
  4. Connection state should change to "Connected" and the state of the robot should be updated:
    RoballMainWindowConnected.png
  5. You are now ready for operating Roball.

Recharging the battery

  1. 'Roball must be turned off before recharging. Use the provided 12V charger as shown here :
    RoballChargingKit.jpg
  2. Connect the charger to the power outlet and the charging plug to the right of the power on switch.
    RoballCharging.jpg
  3. Charging time should be around 4 hours. Led indicators on the charger tell the charging state.

Operating the robot

Virtual Joystick

VirtualJoystick.png

Activating Behaviors Manually

RoballManualBehaviors.png

Starting Pre-Programmed Mode

Logging data

RoballMainWindowLogging.png

Saving to a log file

RoballLogSave.png

Clearing the Displayed Log

Changing the Audio Setup

  1. Connect the audio cable from your computer to Roball's audio jack. You need a cable with 1/8" male audio jack at both ends.(the one that connects to the phone jack of your computer)
    RoballAudioSetupConnectCable.jpg
  2. Turn on the robot if not already done.
  3. Start the Roball-RF GUI and connect to the robot.
  4. In the application menu, click on Config->Audio Setup You should see the following dialog:
    RoballAudioSetupEmpty.png
  5. Create a text file containing the list of audio files you want to use with Roball. Here is an example of configuration File:AudioSetup.txt. Use absolute path names for files. Audio files must be of type WAV, MP3 or AAC depending on your installation.Roball can record up to 8 audio files, lasting a maximum of 30 seconds each.
  6. Click on the "Load List" button and select the text file containing the file list. The dialog should now look like this :
    RoballAudioSetup.png
  7. Make sure your volume is high enough.
  8. Click on the "Record" button. This will play audio files to the robot and send commands to Roball to record them in its internal audio memory. The red led on Roball should stop blinking during this step.
  9. Verify if the record worked by selecting any file on the list and clicking on the "Play" button. The audio should come out of Roball's speaker. If the audio is not loud enough, try raising the volume and go repeat the previous step.
Note : Audio configuration will be kept in Roball's memory, even after powering Roball down.