I continued working on the S.A.R.T Interface, this time adding Shellinabox. Shellinabox is web-based terminal, perfect for the S.A.R.T interface. By implementing a shell terminal, there is almost no need to actually connect a monitor to the S.A.R.T robot – anything can be done from the web interface. I installed Shellinabox with the following command: sudo...Read More
Aaron and I reinstalled Ubuntu on the Intel NUC (It’s always good to have a fresh image) and started installing the webservers and streaming for the S.A.R.T interface according to my instructions here. To install the S.A.R.T interface, the first step was to install Apache 2. After reconnecting to the S.A.R.T access point and assigning...Read More
Aaron and I headed to the S.A.R.T workstation in the morning to resume working on the robot. First, we cleared away half of a second desk to use as the building/tinkering station. The tiny BreezeLite PC is no longer an option due to the Linux boot issues, so the team are now going to use...Read More
We have two monitors at the S.A.R.T workstation. One monitor is usually connected to the S.A.R.T robot, and the other is usually unused. Until today. Aaron and I Jerry “Gerry”-rigged a monitor mount to accommodate the BreezeLite mini PC. The existing mount had to be adjusted to fit the new mount, but fortunately this doesn’t compromise any...Read More
Referring to the events of Day Sixty-One (Boot Loop), Aaron and I believe we may have solved the problem. The BreezeLite was possibly not booting due to power stability issues. At home, I was running the BreezeLite off a power board which was plugged into another power board. Now, before you complain about safety issues, the...Read More
I took the BreezeLite home to work on it over the weekend. There were a number of boot problems, so I first had to reinstall Ubuntu. The wireless adapter was working, so I ensured “Download updates while installing Ubuntu” was checked. I chose to completely erase the disk and install ubuntu fresh because I wasn’t in a...Read More
With yesterday’s WiFi tests a resounding success, Aaron and I decided to transfer the wireless adapter from the laptop to the BreezeLite. The drivers did not automatically install within the Ubuntu environment, however that was what we expected. I downloaded the official drivers from TP-Link, however when I tried to build them, we were drowned in...Read More
Aaron and I ran a number of WiFi range tests using the Xirrus Access Point as the access point (no surprises there) and the TP-Link Archer T4U 1200AC USB Wireless Adapter on a laptop. They measured signal strength using WirelessMon 4.0 by PassMark. The route taken during the test was filmed and the WirelessMon results were...Read More
Using the 5GHz Intel wireless card, the S.A.R.T was unable to host a 5GHz ad-hoc network due to Intel’s international regulations. I had an idea to create a “computer briefcase” for the control panel, with a 5GHz wireless router inside. This wireless router could be connected directly to the control panel computer via an ethernet...Read More
Aaron and I talked to the IT guys and got a Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6205 wireless card (usually used in the school laptops) for the NUC, and eventually for the BreezeLite if that proves to be a more viable option. http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/centrino/centrino-advanced-n-6205-brief.html The wireless card comes with two wires connected as aerials. We are going to route...Read More
