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Adept Lynx Platform User's Guide, Rev D
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Chapter 3: Getting Started
Trigger
Steering
Knob
Goal Button
Speed
Button
Trigger
Drive
Button
Figure 3-1. Joystick
The joystick plugs into the left side of the Lynx platform, under the small access panel at the
upper right corner of the platform. (The Maintenance Ethernet port is also there.) The access
panel is held in place with a push-push latch, and retained by a lanyard. See Figure 8-1.
CAUTION: The Lynx platform safety scanning laser is not tied into the
E-Stop chain when driven using the joystick. The platform will still
avoid obstacles detected by the safety scanning laser. The sonar, on the
other hand, are disabled entirely when driving with the joystick.
Follow Mode
Connect the joystick, start up normally, then press the joystick GOAL button. Step in front of
the platform and it will now follow you wherever you go. Actually, it follows your legs or the
legs of anyone else who may step in front and capture its attention. This is useful if you need
to transport it to a different location.
Driving with the joystick, activation of an E-Stop, or any other mobility interaction, such as
through MobileEyes, stops Follow Mode.
3.2 Settings and Configuration
Preparing your Adept Lynx platform for autonomous mobile operation is very easy and takes
just a few moments. You attach a PC to the platform’s maintenance Ethernet port, and connect
with the SetNetGo OS through the MobilePlanner SetNetGo interface. If you do not have