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Summary of Contents for White Box PC-Bot 914
- Page 1 © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc...
- Page 2 Liability In no event will White Box Robotics, Inc. or Frontline Robotics, Inc. be liable for any damage, including loss of data or profits, cost of cover, or other incidental, consequential or indirect damages arising from the installation maintenance, use, performance, failure or interruption of White Box Robotics, Inc.
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Page 3: Unpacking The Robot
Unpacking the Robot The following image shows how the PC-BOT should have arrived in the shipping box. STEP 1 – Un-packing the robot Remove the peripheral equipment wrapped in bubble wrap. © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc... - Page 4 STEP 2 – Un-packing the robot cont. Carefully remove the side and front/back supporting foam. © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc...
- Page 5 The following image shows where the handles are located, you’ll have to feel for them when the robot is in the box. There are two handles front and back. © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc...
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Page 6: Setting-Up The Robot
Now that the robot is out of the box, you should plug the charger in to charge the batteries. The charger connector is found behind the left rear vent door on the back of the robot. Flip the door open as shown in the above picture. © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc... -
Page 7: Charge The Batteries
If the battery level goes below 11.2V the robot will auto-shutdown. Either while you are running the robot, and especially when you are finished with it for the day, PLEASE REMEMBER TO RE- CHARGE THE BATTERIES. © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc... - Page 8 Windows XP Home CD can be found under the head panel. Gently remove the head by grabbing under the separation (between the head and torso plastics) and pulling straight up. © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc...
- Page 9 You can use your thumbs to leaver while pulling on the body panels with your finger tips. Both body panels are removed in the same way. © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc...
- Page 10 Plug the monitor, keyboard and mouse into the Mini-ITX back panel in order to setup Windows. You will also need an Ethernet connection to be able to register Windows. © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc...
- Page 11 PC again to auto-shutdown before the power is cut (45 seconds later) and the batteries are protected from total discharge. This is the same as the user pushing the PC ON switch on the CPU and shutting down the computer. © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc...
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- Page 13 On the other side of the front of the robot, you can still use the PC ON and PC Reset switch just like on a regular computer. © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc...
- Page 14 Start -> Control Panel -> Power Options. Then select the “Advanced” tab. NOTE: If the robot is sitting on a desk, it might be advisable to turn the M3 Switch OFF so that the robot cannot drive off the table. © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc...
- Page 15 In this location the head can still be placed back on the robot and not interfere with the Wireless USB Network Adapter or its antennae. You can also install the drivers for the web camera using the included CD. © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc...
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Page 16: Getting Started - Software
Copy this to any other PC that you want to use to control your robot. Run the "setup.exe", after unzipping the file, to install the BRIAN GUI on your remote PC. © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc... - Page 17 You can install this GUI on client computers in order to control the robot remotely. This installer will create a shortcut on the Desktop which will run the following BRIAN_GUI application. © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc...
- Page 18 It is best to put the robot on the blocks so that the wheels can spin freely and it will not drive off with everything attached. © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc...
- Page 19 So for the default robot, we use the name WBR-ROBOT. This name can be found and changed under 'System Properties'. © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc...
- Page 20 (you may need to configure your robot computer and your client computer to both participate in the same Windows workgroup.) Again remember that Port # 13000 should be used. © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc...
- Page 21 "QuickCapture" application shown below (this application is included on your webcam's install CD.) You can view the video through the remote desktop, and use it to drive your robot around: © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc...
- Page 22 You may even change the positions of the 8 IR sensors that are provided. Consult the BRIAN Developer's Guide for details, and please see our forums at: http://www.914pcbots.com/ © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc...
- Page 23 If your Control Panel is set to "Category View" (the default), access Start -> Control Panel -> Performance and Maintenance. If your Control Panel is set to "Classic View", access Start -> Control Panel. Then double-click on "Administrative Tools" and then "Services". © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc...
- Page 24 Support Documents – (Quick Start Guides, Basic Unit Computer Installation, Plastics Assembly, etc.) http://www.whiteboxrobotics.com/2006/PCBOTs/support.html BRIAN & PC-BOT Setup software: http://www.whiteboxrobotics.com/2006/PCBOTs/support_brian.html Technical Specifications Wiring and Power: http://www.whiteboxrobotics.com/2006/PCBOTs/pdf/PC-Bot_Tech_Spec- WiringPowerv1.1.pdf I/O Board Block Diagram: http://www.whiteboxrobotics.com/2006/PCBOTs/pdf/PC- Bot_Tech_Spec-IOBoardBlockDiagramv1.1.pdf Infra-red Sensors: http://www.whiteboxrobotics.com/2006/PCBOTs/pdf/PC-Bot_Tech_Spec-Infra- redSensorsv1.1.pdf © Copyright 2006-2007 White Box Robotics Inc. and Frontline Robotics Inc...