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Installation for windows (7 or later?) | Installation for windows (7 or later?) | ||
== Client application == | == Client application == | ||
| + | A REGBOT GUI for windows is packed into a single (big) exe-file. This is available on the course page or downloaded from the SVN in directory | ||
| − | + | qtgui/dist/regbot.exe. | |
| − | + | The application is also a python script that can run on windows | |
| − | + | It is on a subversion (SVN) repository, first install subversion on the PC. | |
| − | + | Using subversion (from a 'cmd' prompt). | |
| + | svn co svn://repos.gbar.dtu.dk/jcan/regbot/qtgui | ||
| − | + | If using another svn client, then use only the repository name svn://repos.gbar.dtu.dk/jcan/regbot/qtgui . | |
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| + | ==Tool installation - client == | ||
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| + | This is not needed to run the client, but is needed to create new versions of the client (on Windows) or to run the python source directly. | ||
====Python and QT==== | ====Python and QT==== | ||
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that can be copied to another windows (without administrator prviledes) and run! | that can be copied to another windows (without administrator prviledes) and run! | ||
| − | == Teensy | + | == Teensy code == |
To compile code to Teensy 3.1, and download to the robot requires a bit more | To compile code to Teensy 3.1, and download to the robot requires a bit more | ||
- Code loader - see https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/loader.html | - Code loader - see https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/loader.html | ||
| − | - Code uses an arduino library, but is written in C (compiled with a C++ compiler), this requires further installation: | + | - Code uses an arduino library, but is written in C (compiled with a C++ compiler), this requires further installation |
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| + | To make the Makefile work you need to install | ||
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| + | MinGW (Minimalist GNU for Windows) from http://www.mingw.org/Welcome_to_MinGW_org | ||
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| + | Then it should be possible to re-establish the symbolic links described in the http://rsewiki.elektro.dtu.dk/index.php/Software_installation#Regbot_software | ||
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| + | and compile the code to a ".hex" file that can be loaded to the teensy. | ||
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Installation for windows (7 or later?)
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[edit] Client application
A REGBOT GUI for windows is packed into a single (big) exe-file. This is available on the course page or downloaded from the SVN in directory
qtgui/dist/regbot.exe.
The application is also a python script that can run on windows
It is on a subversion (SVN) repository, first install subversion on the PC.
Using subversion (from a 'cmd' prompt).
svn co svn://repos.gbar.dtu.dk/jcan/regbot/qtgui
If using another svn client, then use only the repository name svn://repos.gbar.dtu.dk/jcan/regbot/qtgui .
[edit] Tool installation - client
This is not needed to run the client, but is needed to create new versions of the client (on Windows) or to run the python source directly.
[edit] Python and QT
To be able to change the user interface (regbot.py) python (version 2.7), PyQt4 and pyserial needs to be installed:
- Installation of python - version 2.7 from https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
- installation of QT4 GUI library - fra http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/download.
Installation of http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyqt/files/PyQt4/PyQt-4.11.3/PyQt4-4.11.3-gpl-Py2.7-Qt4.8.6-x32.exe NB! it must be QT4 and x32 (not x64) and filename must include 'Py2.7'
- installation of python serial kommunikation from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyserial - again version must fit with Python, i.e. 2.7.
Simple way is from command line
pip install pyserial
- Installation of PyQtGraph is needed for the plotting, this requires Numpy, and this in turn requires Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 compiler for Python:
- get the compiler: from http://aka.ms/vcpython27 download the installer "VCForPython27" and run it.
- install numpy (from the command line)
pip install numpy
- install PyQtGraph-0.9.10.win32
pip install pyqtgraph
[edit] Tools to make the exe file
To pack an application as an exe-file for windows a pyinstaller is needed.
Install from cmd line
pip install pyinstaller
If you get this error, when you try:
pyinstaller Error: Pyinstaller for Python 2.6+ needs pywin32 ...
Then go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/?source=typ_redirect then the link "browse all files"-> "pywin32" -> "build..." and find pywin32-XXX-win32-py2.7.exe
Run this installation
[edit] make EXE file
Make the python script to a single exe-file
in a windows cmd prompt, go to the directory with the main python script
pyinstaller --onefile regbot.py
This will make a subdirectoty called dist. This holds the new application exe-file that can be copied to another windows (without administrator prviledes) and run!
[edit] Teensy code
To compile code to Teensy 3.1, and download to the robot requires a bit more
- Code loader - see https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/loader.html - Code uses an arduino library, but is written in C (compiled with a C++ compiler), this requires further installation
To make the Makefile work you need to install
MinGW (Minimalist GNU for Windows) from http://www.mingw.org/Welcome_to_MinGW_org
Then it should be possible to re-establish the symbolic links described in the http://rsewiki.elektro.dtu.dk/index.php/Software_installation#Regbot_software
and compile the code to a ".hex" file that can be loaded to the teensy.
