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9.
STARTING THE CONSOLE IN LOCAL AD HOC MODE
1)
Start the Spykee console.
> To do this on a PC, you have different options:
- Go to the Start menu of your computer and start the Spykee program.
- Or click on the Spykee icon of your desktop
- Or open the Spykee.exe file in the menu c:/ Program Files / Spykee.
> On a Mac, click on the Spykee icon in the Applications directory.
2)
The console will start up and the connection window will open automatically (otherwise you can click on the
connection icon which is #3 in the console figure).
3)
The "Connection" window has two parts:
> Local robots (what this chapter is about) => Shows which
Spykees robots are found in the same local network.
> Remote robot => When you wish to connect to a remote
robot.
4)
After a few seconds, the name of the WiFi network (SSID) for your robot appears in the "Local robots". This
means that your robot's WiFi network has been detected.
Select it, then click on "Connect."
If your Spykee does not appear:
- Make sure that the switch under Spykee’s chassis is turned On.
- Check to see that your computer is actually connected to your Spykee's WiFi network
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.
- Make sure that your Spykee is fully charged (Warning: the battery is not charged at time of
purchase
2
).
- Make sure that it is within WiFi range.
5)
A window will open and ask you for the Login and Password for the robot user.
> If this is your first use:
Enter the administrator username and password (which are the robot’s default settings) both of which are
"admin."
Note: an information message will appear to tell you that you are using the default username and password
in order to encourage you to customize them as soon as possible for security reasons
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.
Click on "OK.”
Note: As long as you have not customized the password for the administrator account, this message will
appear.
> If this is not your first use, and you have already created at least one user account (caution, do not confuse
a "user account" and the "name of the robot”
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).
1
See Chapter II, Section 7 “CONNECTING YOUR COMPUTER TO YOUR ROBOT IN AD HOC LOCAL MODE ”
2
See Chapter II, Section 5 "
CHARGING SPYKEE FOR THE FIRST TIME "
3
See Chapter II, Section 10.4 "CONFIGURING YOUR ROBOT / User accounts Tab"