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How to setup the SmartSoft Runtime Environment on a Pioneer P3DX robot
Standard Installation
see Installation on Robotino (except “Install_Robotino_API_and_daemons”)
Disable screen lock
sudo apt-get remove light-locker
Disable sleep service
Ref: [https://www.unixtutorial.org/disable-sleep-on-ubuntu-server/]
sudo systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target
(undo by sudo systemctl unmask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target)
Allow non-root-access to /dev/ttyUSB0 (pioneer) and /dev/ttyUSB1 (sick)
Ref: [https://askubuntu.com/questions/133235/how-do-i-allow-non-root-access-to-ttyusb0]
sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER
Logout and login again, the command 'groups' should now list 'dialout' too. Now it is possible to start a SmartSoft system without root. (/dev/ttyUSB0 has owner group dialout)
Speed up ping times to the Intel NUC mini-pc by disabling WiFi power management 802.11
sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf
[connection] wifi.powersave = 2
SystemParams
Change SmartLaserLMS200Server to default values.
Change SmartPioneerBaseServer > Robot > sericalPort to “/dev/pioneer”.
(there should be a link on the pioneer from “/dev/pioneer” and “/dev/sick” to the correct “/dev/ttyUSB*”)
Change SmartPioneerBaseServer > Robot > robotType can be “p3atsh” or “p3dx” (probably about different manufacturers 'ActiveMedia Robotics' and 'MobileRobots, INC', try out, at least different wheel color and elevation)
Acknowledgments
Thomas Feldmeier.