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Figure 5: AmigoBot needs little setup out
of the box.
S o f t w a r e
Typical operation of your AmigoBot Intelligent Mobile Robot requires that you install software
and hardware on your PC.
accessories to it, and install software on its hard drive.
operating system manuals for details.
ActivMedia Robotics Interface for Applications (ARIA) software is available for both RedHat
Linux®- and Microsoft's 32-bit Operating Systems (Win32), such as Windows98®. Choose the
software that matches your PC's operating system.
Windows
The various AmigoBot software development tools and utilities all are self-extracting or
InstallShield archives that automatically run when you double-click them in ActivMedia Robotics
CD-ROM
icon
in
Files\ActivMedia Robotics folder on your main hard-disk drive. Therein is a folder named
bin, where you may find the various programs.
Unlike many other installations, you should not have to restart your PC after installing ActivMedia
Robotics software. But from our experience with Windows, re-booting the computer is the first
remedy to try if the software doesn't operate properly.
LINUX
Insert the ActivMedia Robotics CD-ROM into your PC's drive and mount it if your system does not
automount the disc. Some of the installation software comes as RPM archives; you will need to
have root privileges to install it on your system. We also assume that the CD device is installed
and described in /etc/fstab and that the /mnt/cdrom directory exists:
# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
# cd /mnt/cdrom/Linux
# rpm –ihv ARIA1.2-0.i386.rpm
Most of the software gets put into /usr/local/.
respective bin/ directories.
/usr/local/lib.
You need read, write, and execution permissions to operate AmigoBot through your LINUX PC's
serial port and to operate the Simulator through a special robot file that gets put into /tmp:
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AmigoBot comes pre-assembled for out-of-the-box
operation. All you need to do to prepare the robot for
operation is twist up and position the camera, if you
have the e-Presence surveillance hardware. That's all
there is to it!
We assume that you know how to operate your PC, attach
Software
My
Computer.
Some libraries and tools get put into /usr/local/bin and
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Please consult your computer and
typically
installs
The program executables reside in their
Installation & Set-up
in
your
C:\Program
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