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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 14:00:35 -0400</span><br><div>> From: walter.bender@gmail.com<br>> To: gerald.ardito@gmail.com<br>> CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; support-gang@laptop.org<br>> Subject: Re: [IAEP] Turtle Blocks question<br>> <br>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito<br>> <gerald.ardito@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> > Thanks for the help last night on the Arduino plugin.<br>> > I know what I need to do.<br>> ><br>> > And now, another question. I have been working with the plugin for We Do<br>> > robots. The plugin is installed and the palette is where it is supposed to<br>> > be. But, the We Do does not respond to the program.<br>> ><br>> > When I look at the Turtle Arts plugin page<br>> > (http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Turtle_Art/Plugins), I am directed<br>> > to this link:<br>> > https://github.com/itdaniher/WeDoMore/tree/master/udev<br>> ><br>> > to download directions for setting up permissions. However, there are two<br>> > files there and I am not sure what to do with them.<br>> <br>> 99-lego-WeDo.rules are the rules and install_driver.sh is the script<br>> to run to install them.</div><div><br></div><div>The file "99-lego-WeDo.rules" needs to be in: /etc/udev/rules.d (in the most linux versions)</div><div>In the new Fedora changes for: /etc/udev...</div><div><br></div><div>The Sugar 0.94? and newest have that rule included.</div><div>I know that in Sugar 0.96 the rule is in place..</div><div><br></div><div><br>> <br>> -walter<br>> <br>> ><br>> > I would appreciate any help you can provide.<br>> ><br>> > Thanks.<br>> > Gerald<br>> ><br>> > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender@gmail.com><br>> > wrote:<br>> >><br>> >> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:55 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito<br>> >> <gerald.ardito@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> >> > Walter,<br>> >> ><br>> >> > Thanks for the amazingly quick response.<br>> >> > I see TurtleBot. I would like to learn how to create my own spin, so<br>> >> > please<br>> >> > do walk me through it.<br>> >><br>> >> The easiest thing to do is to:<br>> >> (1) clone the TA project*<br>> >> (2) load the plugins you are interested in<br>> >> (3) run setup.py dist_xo to generate a new .xo bundle<br>> >><br>> >> * git clone git://git.sugarlabs.org/turtleart/mainline.git<br>> >><br>> >> It may be useful to change the version number, for example, 160.1<br>> >> instead of 160 in activity/activity.info<br>> >><br>> >> > I will work more with the Launchpad. So far, it seems very much like the<br>> >> > Arduino. Once I know more, I will start to talk to you about<br>> >> > requirements<br>> >> > for the plugin.<br>> >><br>> >> OK. No hurry as I have my hands full at the moment.<br>> >><br>> >> > Thanks.<br>> >> > Gerald<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender@gmail.com><br>> >> > wrote:<br>> >> >><br>> >> >> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito<br>> >> >> <gerald.ardito@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> >> >> > Hello.<br>> >> >> ><br>> >> >> > I have been playing with the Turtle Blocks plugins for Follow Me, We<br>> >> >> > Do Robots, Lego Mindstorms, and Arduino. They installed perfectly in<br>> >> >> > Turtle Blocks (as expected).<br>> >> >> ><br>> >> >> > I have two questions:<br>> >> >> > 1. I will need to install Turtle Blocks and these plugins on 25-50<br>> >> >> > XO-1s. Do I have to do the plugins one by one on each machine?<br>> >> >><br>> >> >> TurtleBot comes with all of the above plugins pre-installed.<br>> >> >> It is also possible to create a special spin of Turtle Art with just<br>> >> >> the plugins you want (several deployments do this and I could walk you<br>> >> >> through the process)<br>> >> >><br>> >> >> > 2. How do I go about requesting plug in(s) for the TI Launchpad?<br>> >> >><br>> >> >> I need to know more about how to talk to the TI Launchpad and what<br>> >> >> sorts of interactions between it and TA you are looking for.<br>> >> >><br>> >> >> -walter<br>> >> >> ><br>> >> >> > Thanks.<br>> >> >> > Gerald<br>> >> >> > _______________________________________________<br>> >> >> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br>> >> >> > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org<br>> >> >> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep<br>> >> >><br>> >> >><br>> >> >><br>> >> >> --<br>> >> >> Walter Bender<br>> >> >> Sugar Labs<br>> >> >> http://www.sugarlabs.org<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> --<br>> >> Walter Bender<br>> >> Sugar Labs<br>> >> http://www.sugarlabs.org<br>> ><br>> ><br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> Walter Bender<br>> Sugar Labs<br>> http://www.sugarlabs.org<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br>> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org<br>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep<br></div> </div></body>
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