Communicating with the Kayak
The kayak has two computers installed in the computer box:
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username: orange
password: orange
Logging into Kayak from a Mac
You can log into the windows kayak using windows remote desktop connection, which is a free download for mac from the MIT IST website, or the Microsoft website.
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Then ssh into the linux computer just as with wireless.
Running an Experiment
Collecting Sensor Data
First, connect to both the ubuntu and windows computers on the kayak.
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To make sure the process is killed, use killall pAntler, and you should see pAntler: no process found if the process is killed.
Operating the Thruster
The thruster is currently setup to be operated with a radio controller. There are moos applications for computer control of the thruster and even autonomous control, but these have not yet been set up for la petite Orange.
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scp orange@192.168.10.13:/home/orange/my-moos/zlogData/log_2012-01-12_* ./
To remove Files:
to remove files: rm filename
remove directory: rm -r directory name
Other details
The new_kayak.moos file includes the processes that are executed when the pAntler kayak2.moos command is run. As of January 2012, this file includes commands to collect data in the background from GPS, compass, DVL, and imu. If other processes are to be run in the background, they must be added to the new_kayak.moos file.