Minor snags installing Windows remote capabilities
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 11:56 amHi
A few comments on enabling the bot to be run via a windows desktop.
VNC.There appears to be a vnc already running on the bot if you used the chip provided by Dawn. To enable it I just type in "vncserver :1 -geometry 1024x728 -depth 24" at the prompt on the Pi. I find "vncserver :0 " produces an error. Tightvnc viewer on the desktop works fine just add :1 on end of ip address ie "192.168.137.110:1"
To use dumpy opencv and py_websockets_bot you seem to need to run python 2.7 . I had 2.7 already loaded and reinstalling latest version, this did not work. I Uninstalled python rebooted and removed the python27 directory at c:python27. Re-installed python and followed instructions in Dawn robotics blog http://blog.dawnrobotics.co.uk/2014/06/programming-raspberry-pi-robot-using-python-opencv/#more-554
All seems fine now. Big thanks to Dawn Robotics for their development being able to control the bot from pi or desktop is immense. Well worth the effort.
A few comments on enabling the bot to be run via a windows desktop.
VNC.There appears to be a vnc already running on the bot if you used the chip provided by Dawn. To enable it I just type in "vncserver :1 -geometry 1024x728 -depth 24" at the prompt on the Pi. I find "vncserver :0 " produces an error. Tightvnc viewer on the desktop works fine just add :1 on end of ip address ie "192.168.137.110:1"
To use dumpy opencv and py_websockets_bot you seem to need to run python 2.7 . I had 2.7 already loaded and reinstalling latest version, this did not work. I Uninstalled python rebooted and removed the python27 directory at c:python27. Re-installed python and followed instructions in Dawn robotics blog http://blog.dawnrobotics.co.uk/2014/06/programming-raspberry-pi-robot-using-python-opencv/#more-554
All seems fine now. Big thanks to Dawn Robotics for their development being able to control the bot from pi or desktop is immense. Well worth the effort.
