Interface And Software; Your First Programming Steps - fischertechnik ROBO STARTER Begleitheft

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Interface and Software

Your first
programming steps
Before you get started
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Before you start to build models and create programs, you must install the ROBO Pro control software
on your PC and then connect the interface, ROBO I/O extension, to your computer through the USB
interface.
How to do this is described in detail in the ROBO Pro handbook in chapters 1 and 2. Follow these
instructions exactly now and you should not have any trouble to get the software and the ROBO I/O-
Extension to run. When the ROBO I/O extension is connected to the PC for the first time, then the
associated USB driver must be installed. This works just like for the ROBO interface and is described in
the handbook for the ROBO Pro software in chapter 1.2.
For the ROBO I/O-Extension you need a fischertechnik power supply with a voltage of 9V
current of 1000mA such as the Energy Set or the Accu Set. Now, we wish you a lot of success with the
installation and the connection of the software and the interface. After this, we will continue here.
Now that the hardware and software are working, you can finally start with
the programing. For this, we also need to use the ROBO Pro
handbook again. There is no better way to start
with programing than is described there
in chapters 3 and 4. That's why we
go back to this at this point. Work
through both of these chapters carefully.
To test the first control program, which you have developed there, you can use the "motor control" model
from the Computing Starter building set.
Build this model using the construction instructions and test your first program with this.
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