RAPOSA procedures

SVN repository access

svn://svn.isr.ist.utl.pt/raposa

- raposaInterface9Rays, SensorSetup and RaposaSubWidgets are the folders with the interface code
- raposa has the robot's code
- dock has the docking's module code
- dummy is a offline testbed for docking module
- infra has the hole detection's module code
- raposa has the robot's code
- misc has some files needed - raposa.reg needs to be added to the Registry and the source files need to be used when compiling OpenCV

How to restore RAPOSA flash disk

Become root and follow these steps:

- Use fdisk to make the partition in ext2 type
- mk2efs -c -c -v /dev/sdb1 (checking bad blocks also)
- rsync -avn RaposaOS/ /media/disk (to test which files will go to flash)
- rsync -a RaposaOS/ /media/disk
- go to /media/disk/dev and run MAKEDEV generic
- Run grub and type
  - device (hd0) /dev/sdb
  - root (hd0,0)
  - setup (hd0)
- After plugging the flash to Raposa, use a monitor and a keyboard and type
  - cd /dev
  - mknod ttyUSB0 c 188 0
  - mknod ttyUSB1 c 188 1
  - mknod ttyUSB2 c 188 2
  - cd /var
  - chown root empty

How to compile the console code under Visual Studio 2005

- Remove the option /Zl under Project->Properties->Configuration Properties->C/C++->Command Line
- Change the function cvCreateTrackBar in otherlibs/highgui/window_32.cpp and otherlibs/highgui/highgui.h from OpenCV
- Change the function cvThreshold in cv/include/cv.h and cv/src/cvthresh.cpp from OpenCV

How to compile the robot code under VMware

Addition of new files:

- change Makefile.am
     add the new .cpp files to testeagentslot_SOURCES and SOURCES
     add the new .cpp and .h files to EXTRA_DIST
- run automake
- run am_edit
- run configure (with -fexceptions)
- run make