Taipei Workshops

VIAM Rover and Server Setup

• Install a Raspberry Pi 64 bit OS:

  • Verify and update all the Localization settings

  • Verify the following Interfaces are set: ssh, vnc, I2C,  Serial Port, Serial Console & 1 wire

• Update and Install tools and software:

  • Get some Shell Scripts and In a Pi console window run

    • cd ~

    • pwd

    • ls -l

    • wget -O new-pi-64bit-build-prep.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jimTheSTEAMClown/VIAM-Party-Rover-0/main/new-pi-64bit-build-prep.sh

    • chmod 744 new-pi-64bit-build-prep.sh

    • If you want to run everything and not worry about what is getting installed, you can run this wget instead

      • wget -O new-build.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jimTheSTEAMClown/VIAM-Party-Rover-0/main/new-build.sh

      • wget -O rpi_set_preferences.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jimTheSTEAMClown/RaspberryPi/master/rpi_set_preferences.sh 

      • chmod 744 rpi_set_preferences.sh

      • chmod 744 new-build.sh

      • ./new-build.sh

    • The run the shell script new-pi-64bit-build-prep.sh.  It will copy more shell scripts that update the tools and apps that are required or recommended for a new viam rover build. 

      • ./new-pi-64bit-build-prep.sh

      • This will take a few minutes to run. It's probably running update, upgrade for the first time

    • ls -l

    • The shell script rover_image_build_64bit.sh will update and upgrade, then install some apps and tools like curl, git, and the Arduino tools.  Other might be installed to, so check the latest version of this shell found  on my github site - rover_image_build_64bit.sh

    • The shell script viam-new-setup.sh will update and upgrade, then install the needed viam tools and apps, including the viam-server.  Other might be installed to, so check the latest version of this shell found  on my github site - viam-new-setup.sh

    •  ./rover_image_build_64bit.sh 

    • ./viam-new-setup.sh 

    • Now go to the Viam Rover site:  https://app.viam.com/robots