[IAEP] Turtle Blocks question

Dr. Gerald Ardito gerald.ardito at gmail.com
Fri Oct 5 14:09:56 EDT 2012


Alan,

I am using XO-1 build 12.1.0.

Thanks.
Gerald

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Alan Jhonn Aguiar Schwyn <
alanjas at hotmail.com> wrote:

> > Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 14:00:35 -0400
> > From: walter.bender at gmail.com
> > To: gerald.ardito at gmail.com
> > CC: iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org; support-gang at laptop.org
> > Subject: Re: [IAEP] Turtle Blocks question
>
> >
> > 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.
>
> The file "99-lego-WeDo.rules" needs to be in: /etc/udev/rules.d (in the
> most linux versions)
> In the new Fedora changes for: /etc/udev...
>
> The Sugar 0.94? and newest have that rule included.
> I know that in Sugar 0.96 the rule is in place..
>
>
> >
> > -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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> > >> >>
> > >> >> --
> > >> >> Walter Bender
> > >> >> Sugar Labs
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> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Walter Bender
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> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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