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Software Stack
Ubuntu with Brad's live ISO
- Make sure you have the latest version of the Live ISO (as of this writing)
- Recent improvements:
- Right and middle click from the mac touchpad
- No longer need to use sudo when trying to access USB bus
- Based on latest Ubuntu version
- New Bluetooth management tool
- Recent improvements:
- Boot off the live ISO, either on real hardware or virtually
- Login using cs282/johnny5
- Download Brad's installation kit and untar it anywhere you want.
- In your editor of choice, modify the install.sh script to connect to your brick instead of Brad's. This will be within the first few lines.
- Open a terminal, navigate to the folder with your newly untarred files and type
sudo ./install.sh
If your computer supports bluetooth, set up your connection to your robot
- Turn on your brick.
- Navigate through the menu to enable bluetooth
- Ensure that your device is set to "findable"
- Click the bluetooth symbol at the top of your computer's screen, next to the envelope.
- Select "Set up new device"
- Select your robot
- You will be prompted to input a passkey into your robot
- Use the small grey button to delete characters and the large orange button to select characters
- Select the checkmark to submit your passkey
- Work quickly! You have about a minute before the passkey kicks you out and makes you start over!
- You will be notified on-screen if your passkey was successful
- After your passkey is accepted, try running query.py