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From http://pyrorobotics.org/?page=PyroInstallation I find that I need to do:

svn co http://svn.cs.brynmawr.edu/pyrobot/trunk pyrobot
cd pyrobot
python configWin.py

I download a subversion client for windows (after the svn client on cygwin gives me an error)
I appear to make it successfully through the above three lines.

Now what? Should I have a pyro executable somewhere? 

Thanks,

-- Jennie

-- Jennifer Kay Associate Professor Rowan University email: kay <at> elvis.rowan.edu Computer Science Department voice: 856-256-4593 201 Mullica Hill Road fax: 856-256-4741 Glassboro, NJ 08028 web: http://www.rowan.edu/~kay/

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Just so that this is searchable for others who are trying to run of the Pyro Live CD 5.0.0, a couple of comments:

Problem: Emacs doesn't appear to be on the CD anywhere and so you can't click edit from within pyro.
Easy fix: In the shell window before starting pyro, type:
    export EDITOR=kwrite
(note there is a space after the word export but nowhere else) Of course, with kwrite you can't run towers of hanoi, so you could install emacs every time you run the CD, but kwrite is sufficient for most tasks.


Problem: To connect to the Hemisson you need to pick a port
Fix:
If you're plugged into the serial port otherwise known as com1, try: /dev/ttyS0 
If you're plugged into a USB port, try  /dev/ttyUSB0  etc.

-- Jennie


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Hello again folks. I'm having some weird behavior that I can't explain. Kim Wheeler from Road Narrows has been trying to help me with this, but I think it's time for pyro wizards to help too.

The problems (always when using the Hemisson over a serial cable)

1. When using the joystick, occasionally a command will appear not to be sent. e.g. I'll click as if to make the robot go forward, but it won't move. I'll click again and it'll work fine.
2. I will load a very simple brain with the following step function:

def step(self): 
      front = self.robot.ir[0][0].distance()
      print "front ir: ",front
     
      if front > 0.4:
          self.robot.move(0.5,0)
          print "moving ..."
      else:
          print "stopping"
          self.robot.stop()

If I "step" through this using pyro, sometimes it will print "moving" but the motors will not turn on. Other times it prints "moving" and moves.

Sure seems like these are related and presumably messages not making it across the serial port. Kim suggests that it might be intra-character delay. We're now way beyond my expertise, but she's pointed at the following links:

http://www.mail-archive.com/pyro-users <at> emergent.brynmawr.edu/msg00040.html
http://emergent.brynmawr.edu/pipermail/pyro-users/2006-August.txt

Doug or anyone else have any ideas?

Thanks,

-- Jennie

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