
4.2
Deploying sound files to Nao
When a presentation uses a
sound
tag, the sound is played by the robot. The sound files
must be transffered to the robot before playing them. These transfers can take several
seconds. In order to avoid this waiting time during a presentation, a program allows you
to transfer them beforehand. It is called
nao-deploy.bat
and is to be found in your presen-
tation folder. This program will ask you your Nao IP address, the Nao password (default
nao) . The program may ask you to enter yes at the question
Are you sure you want to
continue connecting ?
The program
nao-deploy.bat
must be launched each time you modify/move a sound. But
it is not necessary to launch it before each presentation. The soundfiles stay on the robot
hard drive.
5
Troubleshooting
Various issues can arise during a presentation. Here is some advice to avoid or resolve
most of them.
5.1
Nao does not do anything
The network connection between Nao and the computer is very often the source of the
problem.
Make sure the robot has an IP address by pressing its chest button. If it has no IP, connect
it to the Ethernet on a DHCP enabled network, or Ethernet direct link to your computer.
Make sure your computer also has an IP address with the proper settings (Control Panler/
Network Settings).
Once both have an IP address (at least on Ethernet), check the robot configuration for
Wifi settings by going on the Nao configuration webpage at
If you are using the network name of the robot instead of the IP, you can check that the
name is properly resolved by opening a browser at
where ”nao” should
be replaced by your robot name.
You can try to reboot the robot, if the trouble persist, check your network connectivity or
call your network administrator.
Make sure your configuration files points to the proper IP address or name for the robot.
If you have Choregraphe installed you can start it and try to connect with the robot.
5.2
My presentation does not appear
This is generally due to file used for the presentation that cannot be found.
Make sure the presentation has properly been declared in
architecture.xml
and that all
the files referred to really exist.Try to open and execute it in the Tester.
5.3
Sounds are not played by the robot
Make sure all the sound files have the proper names, without spaces, and are correctly
referred to in your presentation.
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