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AmigoBot Users Guide
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This chapter describes how to quickly set up and operate your AmigoBot robot with the ARIA
demonstration software. For more details about programming and operating your AmigoBot
with ARIA or other client software, see their respective programming manuals.
I n s t a l l A R I A
The ARIA client software-development environment, including the ARIA demonstration program
and robot Simulator, come on CD-ROM with your new robot. AmigoBot customers also may
obtain ARIA and related software and updates from our support website:
http://robots.activmedia.com
When installed, ARIA typically requires eight megabytes of hard-disk space.
The Windows version of ARIA is a self-extracting InstallShield® archive. Simply double-click its
.exe icon and follow the extraction program's instructions. Normally, ARIA is put into a directory
named C:\Program Files\ActivMedia Robotics\ARIA. The demonstration program and
simulator get put into the bin\ directory. For convenience, you may access all these from the
Start Menu's Programs option.
project and workspace files are in the examples\ subdirectory.
Linux users must have superuser (root) permissions in order to install ARIA. It comes as an RPM
installation archive:
rpm -ihv aria...
and gets installed in /usr/local/Aria. The ARIA demonstration program and simulator get put
into the bin/ subdirectory. The demonstration sources and makefile are in the examples/
subdirectory.
Linux users should also be sure they have permission to read/write through their PC's serial port
that connects with the robot. The default is /dev/ttyS0.
does not include a GUI, so its programs do not require X-Windows.
Client-Server Communications
Your robot requires a serial communication link with a client PC for operation. The serial link may
be:
AmigoLeash serial tether to the robot's Control port
Optional Serial Ethernet; PC connected to a LAN with access to a wireless access
point
S t a r t i n g U p C l i e n t a n d S e r v e r
We recommend that you first test your robot and are confident of its operation before putting it
together with and controlling it from the ARIA demonstration client.
ARIA's examples are text-based "terminal" applications that do not include a GUI, so its
programs do not require X-Windows over Linux or special software on a remote PC client—a
simple telnet session will do the trick.
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The demonstration program's source code and MSVC++
ARIA is a terminal application that
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