[IAEP] Turtle Blocks question

[Dr. Gerald Ardito]

Walter,

Thanks. Sorry if this is elementary. So, I download both files on the XO,
and then run the rules script?

Gerald

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito
> <gerald.ardito at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for the help last night on the Arduino plugin.
> > I know what I need to do.
> >
> > And now, another question. I have been working with the plugin for We Do
> > robots. The plugin is installed and the palette is where it is supposed
> to
> > be. But, the We Do does not respond to the program.
> >
> > When I look at the Turtle Arts plugin page
> > (http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Turtle_Art/Plugins), I am
> directed
> > to this link:
> > https://github.com/itdaniher/WeDoMore/tree/master/udev
> >
> > to download directions for setting up permissions. However, there are two
> > files there and I am not sure what to do with them.
>
> 99-lego-WeDo.rules are the rules and install_driver.sh is the script
> to run to install them.
>
> -walter
>
> >
> > I would appreciate any help you can provide.
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Gerald
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:55 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito
> >> <gerald.ardito at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Walter,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for the amazingly quick response.
> >> > I see TurtleBot. I would like to learn how to create my own spin, so
> >> > please
> >> > do walk me through it.
> >>
> >> The easiest thing to do is to:
> >> (1) clone the TA project*
> >> (2) load the plugins you are interested in
> >> (3) run setup.py dist_xo to generate a new .xo bundle
> >>
> >> * git clone git://git.sugarlabs.org/turtleart/mainline.git
> >>
> >> It may be useful to change the version number, for example, 160.1
> >> instead of 160 in activity/activity.info
> >>
> >> > I will work more with the Launchpad. So far, it seems very much like
> the
> >> > Arduino. Once I know more, I will start to talk to you about
> >> > requirements
> >> > for the plugin.
> >>
> >> OK. No hurry as I have my hands full at the moment.
> >>
> >> > Thanks.
> >> > Gerald
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Walter Bender <
> walter.bender at gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito
> >> >> <gerald.ardito at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> > Hello.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I have been playing with the Turtle Blocks plugins for Follow Me,
> We
> >> >> > Do Robots, Lego Mindstorms, and Arduino. They installed perfectly
> in
> >> >> > Turtle Blocks (as expected).
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I have two questions:
> >> >> > 1. I will need to install Turtle Blocks and these plugins on 25-50
> >> >> > XO-1s. Do I have to do the plugins one by one on each machine?
> >> >>
> >> >> TurtleBot comes with all of the above plugins pre-installed.
> >> >> It is also possible to create a special spin of Turtle Art with just
> >> >> the plugins you want (several deployments do this and I could walk
> you
> >> >> through the process)
> >> >>
> >> >> > 2. How do I go about requesting plug in(s) for the TI Launchpad?
> >> >>
> >> >> I need to know more about how to talk to the TI Launchpad and what
> >> >> sorts of interactions between it and TA you are looking for.
> >> >>
> >> >> -walter
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks.
> >> >> > Gerald
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> >>
> >>
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