kishigo
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We are doing a proof of concept project here at DirecTV to see if we can control the ez-robot from our set top boxes. The STB runs an embedded linux but most likely won't have bluetooth capability. Does the ez-robot stack support any other way of pairing? Does ez-openstack run entirely over bluetooth or does it move to tcp-ip once it pairs?
Thank you, Kelvin
Current EZ-B is Wifi, not Bluetooth. Bluetooth was used in the previous now discontinued (but still supported) version.
Instead of EZ-Open Bot, take a look at the Mono SDK which is provided by EZ-robots rather than a community member who does not seem to be actively updating the code: http://synthiam.com/Products/ARC
Alan
Thank you for pointing me in the proper direction. Wifi should work for us much better.
If you do this, I may just switch my TV from FiOS to DirectTV. Would love to hear what plans you have (you should be aware that the EZ-B v4 supports its own camera, also connected via WiFi. A mobile camera, viewable on my TV through my DirectTV box (maybe even Picture in Picture?) would be awesome for security, baby or elder care monitoring, and just fun.
Alan
One other suggestion. Although obviously your ultimate goal is to have this running on your Linux box, I suggest downloading ARC for Windows to get an understanding of what EZ-B can accomplish. It will make the functionality exposed by the SDK make much more sense if you see the ARC equivalents.
Alan
I downloaded the mono sdk but the EZ-SDK Mono.zip does not contain source code. It looks like it only contains windows dll and an xml file.
[kishigo@kishigo-centos6 sandbox]$ unzip -l ../../Downloads/EZ-SDK\ Mono.zip Archive: ../../Downloads/EZ-SDK Mono.zip Length Date Time Name
177215 2 files
The link describes using with a raspberry pi but we would prefer to port into our customized linux stack. Is this possible?
Thank you
We have explored the robot via the windows ARC and believe it will suit our needs for the project. That's why we are looking for a way to drive it from linux.
Ok, I see the apt-get of mono-complete. I'm guessing that's the source lib? We cross build on centos 6.3, is there a yum rpm for it? Or is it available on Ubuntu linux PC's?
Thank you
DUH, now I get it. I don't think mono is an option here, we are space constrained on our platform and adding a windows compatibility package for the robot will be hard to justify. For POC, maybe though.