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  • Page 1 AWS DeepRacer Getting started guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Getting started guide Contents In the box Vehicle at a glance Preparation Setup your vehicle Connect to Wi-Fi 9-11 Drive Drive and experiment 13-15 Tips - Battery level and charging 16-17 - LED behavior guide 18-19 - Wi-Fi Connection troubleshooting...

  • Page 3: In The Box

    In the box 1. Vehicle chassis 7a. Vehicle power cable 2. Vehicle body shell 7b. Vehicle power adapter 3. Micro-USB to USB-A cable 8. Pins (spare parts) 4. Compute battery 9. Vehicle battery 5. Compute battery connector cable 10a. Vehicle battery charge adapter 6a.

  • Page 4: Vehicle At A Glance

    Vehicle at a glance SD card slot Power button Reset button Compute battery on/off Camera 4 MP camera with MJPEG Customizable LED Status LEDs Front Back Vehicle chassis Power on/off HDMI Micro USB Compute USB C module Back Front...

  • Page 5: Preparation

    Preparation Charge batteries Approx. time: 2hrs. 1. Charge compute battery Connect the compute charge adapter, the compute battery charge cable and the compute battery. Plug into an power outlet to charge. Note: Press button to power on. Battery indicator LEDs glow when battery is charged or at capacity. 2.
  • Page 6 Preparation Gather these items DeepRacer vehicle Vehicle battery Compute battery connector cable Compute battery...

  • Page 7: Setup Your Vehicle

    Setup your vehicle Approx. time: 5-10min. 1. Unpin and remove vehicle shell 2. Unpin chassis by removing four pins 3. Lift compute module 4. Connect vehicle battery Note: wires attached Use the red connector cable, the white connector is for charging...
  • Page 8 Setup your vehicle 5. Insert vehicle battery in the cradle 6. Secure vehicle battery with velcro strap 7. Turn switch on, then off Listen for an indicator sound, then switch off Note: Sound indicates the vehicle battery has charge and everything is working...
  • Page 9 Setup your vehicle 8. Secure vehicle with four pins 9. Connect compute battery to vehicle Connect one side of the cable to the battery and the other side to the USB-C port of the vehicle 10. Insert compute battery in cradle 11.
  • Page 10 Setup your vehicle 12. Press the power button to turn on 13. Turn on vehicle compute and wait for blue LED Connection time: Approx. 2 minute Next: Connect to Wi-Fi See LED Tips for additional information...

  • Page 11: Connect To Wi-Fi

    Connect to Wi-Fi Let’s get your vehicle connected to a Wi-Fi network and use the vehicle’s IP address to drive your vehicle manually and autonomously. Approx. time: 10-15min. 1. Connect vehicle to computer with micro-USB/USB-A cable...
  • Page 12 3. Proceed with a non-private connection Note: Disable Wi-Fi on your computer Select advanced and ‘Proceed to deepracer.aws’ disconnect ethernet cable to get to unlock your AWS DeepRacer Trouble connecting, see Wi-Fi Tips Note: Firefox requires a trust certificate xxxx-xxxx...
  • Page 13 Connect to Wi-Fi 5. Update Wi-Fi network to establish vehicle IP address Write down vehicle IP address to access your vehicle on any browser https://192.12.68.04 Note: This is an example, not a your vehicle IP address 6. Unplug micro-USB/USB-A cable connecting vehicle to computer Next: Drive...

  • Page 14: Drive

    Use any device with a browser to drive your DeepRacer Connect your device to the same Wi-Fi network as your AWS DeepRacer 1. Switch on vehicle Listen for an indicator sound, two short beeps and one long beep https://192.12.68.04 2. Enter vehicle IP address to access 3.

  • Page 15: Drive And Experiment

    Drive and experiment 1. Manually drive Manually drive your vehicle with the touch joystick. A. Turn on the vehicle, see Drive for details B. Gradually increase throttle limit Note: If the vehicle moves backwards, see Calibration in navigation menu 2. Build a straight track Build a straight track segment to experiment with pre-loaded reinforcement learning (RL)
  • Page 16 C. Gradually increase the Maximum speed % until model begins to move Note: Check if the vehicle switch is on. In general, optimizing a trained model for transfer to a physical AWS DeepRacer vehicle is a challenging learning process. It often requires iterations through trials and errors.
  • Page 17 Drive and experiment 4. Train your own reinforcement learning (RL) models Train your own RL models and watch training in simulation. Evaluate models and download models to your AWS DeepRacer to test on tracks. https://www.aws.amazon.com/deepracer Go to DEEPRACER 5. Join the DeepRacer League 6.

  • Page 18: Tips

    Tips Battery level and recharging Compute battery charge Press and hold the power button to turn on/off. Note: LED represents battery level Charge compute battery Connect charger and charger cable to an outlet.
  • Page 19 Tips Battery level and recharging Vehicle battery Use the white cable and insert in vehicle battery charger. Green: fully charged battery Red: battery needs recharging Green/Red LEDs - charge required...

  • Page 20: Led Behavior Guide

    Tips Understanding LED behavior Battery LED Guide Solid blue: Batery charged, application running Blinking blue: updating software Yellow: Device booted to OS Blinking Yellow: Loading BIOS and OS Red: Error in system when rebooting or starting application...
  • Page 21 Tips Understanding LED behavior Wi-Fi LED Guide Solid blue: Wi-Fi connected Blinking blue: Connecting to Wi-Fi Solid red then Off: Failed to connect to Wi-Fi Troubleshooting • Check your Wi-Fi network password • Public Wi-Fi that requires CAPTCHA-enabled sign-in commonly found in hotels, gyms and cafes is not supported...

  • Page 22: Wi-Fi Connection Troubleshooting

    If disabling the Wi-Fi doesn’t work, then try step 3 3. Push the reset button and wait for blue battery LED Refresh the deepracer.aws, once the LED turns solid blue. If it doesn't work, then try step 4. 4. Visit advanced troubleshooting https://docs.aws.amazon.com/deepracer/latest/developerguide/...

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