Help
The Help page is where to start when you are stuck. It points you to Athena, the built-in AI assistant, then lists the main Synthiam support articles, the ARCx screens that help you find out what is going wrong, and the community forum.
Where to find it: Side menu → Help. Also the yellow ? button in the top bar (Get help for using ARCx).
Contents
Ask Athena
The banner at the top is for Athena. She can see your project, so you can ask which robot skill you need, how to wire a servo, or ask her to write a script. Anything she changes in your project needs your approval first.
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Open Athena | Opens the Athena chat page. See Athena AI in the side menu. |
| Take The Tour | Opens the ARCx welcome tour. |
Support Library
These links open articles on synthiam.com in a new browser tab. The synthiam.com button beside the heading opens the robot skill overview on the website.
| Link | What it covers |
|---|---|
| How to make a robot | Plan, build and program a robot from scratch. |
| What is a robot skill | How robot skills work and how they are added to a project. |
| Programming overview | Blockly, JavaScript and Python in the ARCx script editor. |
| ControlCommand messaging | How robot skills send messages to each other from a script. |
| Ports and servo limits | Name your robot's ports, set servo hard limits and pick ports from its picture. |
| Robot skill store | Browse every robot skill and read its manual. |
Troubleshooting
These open screens inside ARCx, not the website.
| Link | Opens |
|---|---|
| Debug log | Views → Debug Log: errors and warnings from ARCx and robot skills. |
| Log monitor | Views → Skills Log: recent log lines from every robot skill. |
| Network info | Views → Network Info: the addresses this ARCx server can be reached on. |
| Script monitor | Views → Script Monitor: which scripts are running, and how to stop one. |
| About ARCx | Side menu → About: version, updates and licensing. |
Community
| Link | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ask the community | Opens the Synthiam community forum in a new tab, where builders and Synthiam staff answer questions. |
| Build a robot skill | Opens Robot Skills → Create, to publish your own technology as a robot skill. |