CLEARPATH HUSKY A200 User Manual page 12

You are ready to go! This section details how to get the wheels rolling.
Before beginning, place Husky "up on blocks", as described in the Safety section. You can use an
inverted storage tub or a wooden crate—anything, really, so long as the wheels are clear of the ground.
If you purchased a computer from Clearpath Robotics with Husky, it is set up and ready to go. Provided
on this machine are the officially-supported interfaces for Python and C++, as well as drivers for
Player/Stage and ROS, if requested.
For details on how to set up additional computers, please refer to Appendix A for details.
Husky's serial port is located in the user power panel accessible from the user area, shown in Figure 5.
The connector is a female DE9, suitable for connection directly to a USB-serial adaptor, or to a PC serial
port via a straight-through modem cable (not a null modem cable). How you connect the PC to Husky
depends on whether the PC has a dedicated serial port:
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If your PC contains a serial port, connect the male end of the provided serial cable to the female
DE9 on Husky, and the female end of the cable to the male DE9 on the PC.
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If your PC contains only USB ports, connect the USB end of the USB-serial adaptor to the PC,
and connect the male DE9 to Husky's serial port.
Husky A200 comes with the battery fully charged and installed, but disconnected for safety during
shipping. To reconnect the battery:
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Figure 5: Husky A200 RS232 Connector
RS232 Connector
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