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= software for communicating with the robot from a regular computer = | = software for communicating with the robot from a regular computer = | ||
https://github.com/ | https://github.com/jerkey/yasnac | ||
https://github.com/jerkey/yasnac | Use motofile and motocommand while the REMOTE button on the robot is lit up. To enable the REMOTE button, you must [https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Giant_robot_arm#enabling_relative_job_function_and_the_communications_option enable remote operation] first | ||
Your computer must be connected to the robot over an RS232 serial cable. [https://github.com/jerkey/yasnac/blob/master/remote/motofile motofile] lets you send job files to the robot, and [https://github.com/jerkey/yasnac/blob/master/remote/motocommand motocommand] lets you tell the robot what to do, as if you were pressing buttons on the control panels.<br>[https://github.com/jerkey/yasnac/blob/master/remote/motomove motomove] can move the robot directly (without loading a job file) but it is poorly supported in the robot's firmware and was never considered complete by the manufacturer (they moved onto the MRC control system development for this) so use it with caution. | |||
= documentation = | = documentation = | ||