Colony

Eugene Marinelli

1/29/07

How to run Colonet.

Part I - Robot setup.

  1) Go to colony/trunk/code/projects/libwireless/lib and run "make".

  2) Go to colony/trunk/code/projects/colonet/robot/colonet_dragonfly and run "make".

  3) Put a robot in programming mode and plug it into the computer.

  4) Go to colony/trunk/code/projects/colonet/robot/robot_slave and run "make program".

  Now the robot is ready.

Part II - Server setup.

  NOTE: The computer running the server must have OpenCV installed.  It can

  be downloaded from http://opencvlibrary.sourceforge.net/.

  1) Go to colony/trunk/code/projects/libwireless/lib and run "make colonet".

  2) Go to colony/trunk/code/projects/colonet/server and run "make".

  3) In the same directory, run "./ColonetServer".

  Now the server is ready.

Part III - Client (GUI) setup.

  1) Go to colony/trunk/code/projects/colonet/client and run "make".

  2) In the same directory, run "sudo make install" to copy the program to the www directory.

  3) In your browser, to go http://server_hostname/colonet, where server_hostname is the hostname of the computer that

     the server is running and the GUI app is hosted.

  Now the client is ready.

TROUBLESHOOTING

If you get an error like:

   Failed to write to xbee, error 9.

   Failed to join token ring.

   ERROR - colonet_wl_init failed.

   initialize_server: initWireless failed

The xbee on the specified wireless port/file descriptor is not being recognized by the computer (assuming it is

plugged in and you are using the right port (/dev/ttyUSB0, /dev/ttyUSB1)).  Try unplugging it and plugging it in again.

Check the wireless port (-w option of ColonetServer).