(Autonomous Robot Control Software)
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Change Release Notes
Hello! Here are the details of the 2012.02.17.00 release.
HTTP Server Live Control
- The new Live control in the HTTP server allows connected devices to interact with ARC in real-time over the web browser. This includes ipad, iphone, android, firefox, safari, internet explorer, and even blackberry. Do people still use blackberry?
- Does not require any additional plug-ins or activex stuff
. It's just magic! - Now you can control your robot at home from the office with your phone
Brookestone Rover Support
- ARC now supports connectivity to the Brookstone Rover and the Rover's Camera.
- The brookstone rover panel works like all other panels - speech recognition, joystick, wii, webserver, camera tracking, etc...
Camera Control
- I've made the camera control size adjustable. You can full screen the image, if you'd like to see large pixels. Or you can hide the settings and fit the window somewhere snug away.
Pulse Width Modulation
- The new pulse width modulation control allows pulses of current to simulate voltage control. This means you can adjust the speed of an HBridge, or the brightness of an LED
Touch Pad Movement
- Drag your finger or the mouse cursor and sketch the route of your robot. When you release your finger, or mouse the robot will drive that path.
- This control compliments any movement panel.
- Control takes some configuration to adjust turn distance and forward speeds.
Touch Movement
- Instead of using a regular movement panel, this is great for tablets. Lets you drag your finger on the screen to move the robot.
- Controls any movement panel.
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- Includes one free 3rd party plugin robot skill per project
- Trial cloud services
- Free with trial limitations
For schools, personal use & organizations. This edition is updated every 6-12 months.
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Only $8.99/mo
- 2 or more PCs simultaneously
- Includes unlimited skills
- Cloud backup
- And much more
Experience the latest features and bug fixes weekly. A Pro subscription is required to use this edition.
Runtime
Free
- Load and run any ARC project
- Operates in read-only mode
- Unlimited robot skills
- Early access fixes & features
Have you finished programming your robot? Use this to run existing ARC projects for free*.
- Minimum requirements are Windows 10 or higher with 2+gb ram and 500+MB free space.
- Recommended requirements are Windows 10 or higher with 8+gb ram and 1000+MB free space.
- ARC Free known-issues can be viewed by clicking here.
- Get more information about each ARC edition by clicking here.
- See what's new in the latest versions with Release notes.
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| Feature | ARC FREE |
ARC PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Get ARC for Free | View Plans | |
| Usage | Personal DIY Education |
Personal DIY Education Business |
| Early access to new features & fixes | Yes | |
| Simultaneous microcontroller connections* | 1 | 255 |
| Robot skills* | 20 | Unlimited |
| Skill Store plugins* | 1 | Unlimited |
| Cognitive services usage** | 10/day | 6,000/day |
| Auto-positions gait actions* | 40 | Unlimited |
| Speech recongition phrases* | 10 | Unlimited |
| Camera devices* | 1 | Unlimited |
| Vision resolution | max 320x240 | Unlimited |
| Interface builder* | 2 | Unlimited |
| Cloud project size | 128 MB | |
| Cloud project revision history | Yes | |
| Create Exosphere requests | 50/month | |
| Exosphere API access | Contact Us | |
| Volume license discounts | Contact Us | |
| Get ARC for Free | View Plans |
* Per robot project
** 1,000 per cognitive type (vision recognition, speech recognition, face detection, sentiment, text recognition, emotion detection, azure text to speech)
** 1,000 per cognitive type (vision recognition, speech recognition, face detection, sentiment, text recognition, emotion detection, azure text to speech)
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I managed to start the upgrade but when the bar fills up at the end of the upgrade does not stop but continues and never ends. But I did not understand what is the contents of the utility that I need to copy and paste.
thank you; Have a nice day
If you watch the video, it will explain every detail. You can watch the video here:
the beginning of the download works fine but when the bar is completely siempie then nothing happens, I tried to wait even longer than 15 minutes but nothing happens, remain the same as in writing:
Attempting connection to COM40 EZ-EZ-B reports B Firmware V2 Connected Press the UPDATE button to start upgrade Starting the Boot Loader ...
sending ping sending ping sending bootloader I am EZ-B BootLoader. Gimmie Firmware!
Updating ... (16,384 Bytes)
appears and then nothing, so is doing nothing, but I do not report errors, remains the way it is.
Thank you
2 things to add:
Never have ARC opened while your updating the firmware
the update should only take around 5 minutes during the update while it says: Updating ... (16,384 Bytes) watch the progress bar it will update as the data is transfered when the firmware is completed updating it will tell you to restart the EZ-B at this point close the Firmware Updater and then unplug the power to the EZ-B and replug power back in at this point your ez-b should be updated and ready for combat
when I get the message: Updating ... (16,384 Bytes) of the bar loading begins to elongate, but when the bar is full of all nothing happens, whether I close the EZ-B (as I usually do) and if I leave and open my new EZ-B is brand, I opened it yesterday!
possibly not able to complete the upgrade because my version of firmware is V2 and is too low compared to the V15, 2, can be so?
I am sure DJ will help in anyway to see this issue resolved I have never seen my board have an issue of not sucessfully upgrading the firmware, and I've had alot of updates I had to do as DJ went through a phase of never leaving his computer LOL.
I do think that the software does not feel the EZ-B because if when it comes to writing: I am EZ-B BootLoader. Gimmie Firmware! If I unplug the EZ-B before the appearance of next word (Updating. .. 16,384 bytes) (but also after) does not give me any error message, but even if I turn off the wi-fi!