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Enari Saar edited this page Aug 30, 2017 · 5 revisions

Software

Explaining GUI


Movement

  • Up - Moves the platform up for 1 minute.
  • Down - Moves the platform down for 1 minute.
  • Left - Moves the platform left for 1 minute.
  • Right - Moves the platform right for 1 minute.

Special Features

  • Asterisk - Moves in the shape of an asterisk.
  • Circle - Moves in a circle.
  • Rectangle - Moves in a rectangular shape.
  • 360 spin - Spins 360 degrees.

Commands

  • Commandline for manual control
  • Script file for more advanced control

Script File requires the path of the file as an input

Setting the devices

Find the IP of the Raspberry Pi.
If you don't know the IP of your Raspberry Pi.
Use network scanner to determine the IP or refer to the other Guide
Find the RPI and enter the default passwords.
user:pi password:raspberry

Select the device for Robot which is the RPI that controls the platform.
Make sure to select toolkit as raspbian Jessie.
If you don't have the kit refer here

Running

To initiate the software. Right click PlatformRobot and run. If everything is correctly done. Should start building and deploying the software to the Raspberry Pi.

Additional Notes

You can make the GUI run on an additional Raspberry PI with a screen. Using the same steps as seen above e.g finding the ip and setting the application to an RPI with a toolkit.

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