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Your 914 PC-BOT comes with Windows XP Home Edition®, and you can use it just like any other
PC. While you still have a keyboard, mouse, and monitor connected to your robot, you will want to do
the following in order to set it up for "headless" (remote) operation:
Windows Setup:
Turn off the Windows Firewall, so that a remote BRIAN GUI can connect via TCP/IP to your
robot's BRIAN service.
Configure your wireless network settings. The recommended configuration is to use a WEP or
WPA encrypted wireless network, using a firewall/router box attached to your cable/DSL
modem. A Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router (model number WRT54GS), or any similar
product, will work fine.
You may wish to configure your robot's PC to participate in your Windows workgroup, which
will allow you to use file sharing between the robot and other computers, allow the robot to
access networked printers, etc.
Run Windows Update to install any critical service patches. You can connect the robot to the
internet either using your wireless LAN, or you can plug an Ethernet cable into the robot's PC
chassis.
You may find it convenient to add a "remote desktop" product such as Microsoft Remote
Desktop (requires upgrade to Windows XP Professional Edition®), or there is a shareware
product called RealVNC (http://www.realvnc.com/). This way you won't have to keep hooking
up the keyboard/mouse/monitor when you want to access your robot's PC.
BRIAN GUI Setup:
The BRIAN GUI comes preinstalled on your robot, you will see a shortcut to it on the robot's
Windows desktop.
To install the BRIAN GUI on another computer, download BRIAN GUI setup at:
http://www.whiteboxrobotics.com/2006/PCBOTs/Support/Brian_GUI_Setup.zip
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.
Getting Started – Software
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