From linuxbegin at rambler.ru Wed Feb 3 03:12:58 2010 From: linuxbegin at rambler.ru (Kosolapy) Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:12:58 +0300 Subject: [Pioneer-users] Serial port parameter for cyton arm In-Reply-To: <20100128190434.GA4241@thule> References: <20100127174526.GA4030@thule> <20100128190434.GA4241@thule> Message-ID: <4B69300A.7070300@rambler.ru> Gast?n H. Salazar-Silva ?????: > My only conclusion is that the serial port parameters are not right, > but after searching through the manual, the installation CD and > MobileRobots site, I didn't find the values for these > parameters. ?Could anyone help me, please? > Hello. May be You should set speed and parameters of port with "stty" command. http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO-13.html Or "setserial" command. Another idea is: The using cross cable is required. From srikant.s.iyer at gmail.com Wed Feb 3 06:12:27 2010 From: srikant.s.iyer at gmail.com (Srikant Iyer) Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:42:27 +0530 Subject: [Pioneer-users] A monitor for using the robot Message-ID: <4db838d11002030312h1bd73370y75ae17b7db13bff2@mail.gmail.com> I now wish to use the MobileRobot to move around studying this room where I'll be operating it, and make a map of it. Now, MobileEyes and Mapper3 do that job, but the thing is to launch them, set the robot in motion and to view the map in progress I'll need a monitor connected to the on-board (OB) computer of the robot. But if I connect the monitor to the OB computer by the port provided on the OB computer, the monitor will get dragged along with the robot -- and that can disconnect it from the power supply. Is there any get small, battery-run monitor or some wireless monitor, which can be operated from the OB computer's port? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mobilerobots.com/pipermail/pioneer-users/attachments/20100203/3ff16154/attachment.html From linuxbegin at rambler.ru Wed Feb 3 08:17:37 2010 From: linuxbegin at rambler.ru (Kosolapy) Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:17:37 +0300 Subject: [Pioneer-users] A monitor for using the robot In-Reply-To: <4db838d11002030312h1bd73370y75ae17b7db13bff2@mail.gmail.com> References: <4db838d11002030312h1bd73370y75ae17b7db13bff2@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B697771.4030306@rambler.ru> Srikant Iyer wrote: > Is there any get small, battery-run monitor or some wireless monitor, > which can be operated from the OB computer's port? The first suggestion is connect to the remote desktop through wi-fi network. If there's no on-board wi-fi adapter You can connect and setup USB wi-fi. Then start remote desktop server (such as vlc, or radmin). Now You can launch corresponding client on notebook, and execute MobileEyes and Mapper3. From ghsalazar at ipn.mx Wed Feb 3 13:00:00 2010 From: ghsalazar at ipn.mx (=?iso-8859-1?B?R2FzdPNuIEgu?= Salazar-Silva) Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0600 Subject: [Pioneer-users] Serial port parameter for cyton arm In-Reply-To: <4B69300A.7070300@rambler.ru> References: <20100127174526.GA4030@thule> <20100128190434.GA4241@thule> <4B69300A.7070300@rambler.ru> Message-ID: <20100203180000.GB2954@thule> On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 11:12:58AM +0300, Kosolapy wrote: > Hello. May be You should set speed and parameters of port with "stty" > command. > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Serial-HOWTO-13.html > Or "setserial" command. > Another idea is: The using cross cable is required. Thanks very much for your answer, but as I wrote in my last post, I'm trying to communicate to the cyton arm through a Lantrix wiBox. So far, I have tested independently the serial port tunneling via the wiBox and connecting the cyton arm directly to the serial port of the computer. Both tests worked fine. My problem, I think, is the value of the parameters for the serial port in the cyton arm. That information isn't available. My setting for these parameters are. I use the remserial command with the communication parameters "9600 -parenb cs8 -cstopb -crtscts" and the wiBox has the settings 9600 8N1. Thanks in advance, -- Gast?n Hugo Salazar Silva From linuxbegin at rambler.ru Wed Feb 3 14:57:05 2010 From: linuxbegin at rambler.ru (Kosolapy) Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:57:05 +0300 Subject: [Pioneer-users] Serial port parameter for cyton arm In-Reply-To: <20100203180000.GB2954@thule> References: <20100127174526.GA4030@thule> <20100128190434.GA4241@thule> <4B69300A.7070300@rambler.ru> <20100203180000.GB2954@thule> Message-ID: <4B69D511.9010305@rambler.ru> Gast?n H. Salazar-Silva wrote: > I'm trying to communicate to the cyton arm through a Lantrix wiBox. Sorry for misunderstanding. > So > far, I have tested independently the serial port tunneling via the > wiBox Ok. > and connecting the cyton arm directly to the serial port of the > computer. And when you've connected it directly, may be you can check the port speed and settings with : stty -F /dev/ttyS0 -a > Both tests worked fine. > > My problem, I think, is the value of the parameters for the serial > port in the cyton arm. That information isn't available. And in software that you use to control arm there's no suitable settings ? > My setting > for these parameters are. I use the remserial command with the > communication parameters "9600 -parenb cs8 -cstopb -crtscts" stty -F /dev/ttyS0 9600 -parenb cs8 -cstopb -crtscts Ok. Setting up port before using remserial. And exact remserial command may be is: remserial -d -r wiBox-ip -p 8101 -s "9600 raw" /dev/ttyS0 > and the > wiBox has the settings 9600 8N1. > Finally, if the settings of arm's serial port is unknown You can test different baudrates Not so many: 19200, 115200, or more exotic. Try to set up all participants of communication to this baudrates. PS. According to this http://robots.mobilerobots.com/wiki/Lantronix_WiBox_ethernet-serial_bridge to set up WiBox you should use "cross over cable". May be you must connect with this cable to arm, or vice versa - you must connect with normal cable. (I'm always confusing with this.) ). Hasta luego From jbjsin at gmail.com Wed Feb 3 21:29:07 2010 From: jbjsin at gmail.com (=?EUC-KR?B?waS6tMH4?=) Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 11:29:07 +0900 Subject: [Pioneer-users] p3-dx and hokuyo URG-04LX Message-ID: <526e43d71002031829n69eea0b6nf1678108dbae3d3@mail.gmail.com> Hi all. I have a problem about connection with URG-04LX and p3-dx. When I run Demo.exe and type 'L' to in laser mode, the program shows message below. 'Missing information in version response' also it cannot get the laser data too. Would somebody tell me about this error or how I fix this? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mobilerobots.com/pipermail/pioneer-users/attachments/20100204/6271e988/attachment.html From reed at mobilerobots.com Thu Feb 4 09:42:29 2010 From: reed at mobilerobots.com (Reed Hedges) Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:42:29 -0500 Subject: [Pioneer-users] p3-dx and hokuyo URG-04LX In-Reply-To: <526e43d71002031829n69eea0b6nf1678108dbae3d3@mail.gmail.com> References: <526e43d71002031829n69eea0b6nf1678108dbae3d3@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B6ADCD5.9030208@mobilerobots.com> Hello, If you are not already using ARIA version 2.7.2, can you give it a try? Download at http://robots.mobilerobots.com/wiki/ARIA . Let us know if 2.7.2 does not work. What operating system are you using, by the way? ??? wrote: > Hi all. > > I have a problem about connection with URG-04LX and p3-dx. > > When I run Demo.exe and type 'L' to in laser mode, the program shows > message below. > > 'Missing information in version response' > > also it cannot get the laser data too. > > Would somebody tell me about this error or how I fix this? > From jbjsin at gmail.com Thu Feb 4 20:57:22 2010 From: jbjsin at gmail.com (jbjsin at gmail.com) Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:57:22 +0000 Subject: [Pioneer-users] p3-dx and hokuyo URG-04LX In-Reply-To: <526e43d71002040831n3c4ea585ocd2aa20703dd769@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <00504502e114b6a21b047ed0c594@google.com> Now I tried ARIA 2.7.2 to run HOKUYO URG-04lx. But still I failed to get data from the sensor. I want to know about what is this message really means. My OS is win7 and I edited *.p file also. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mobilerobots.com/pipermail/pioneer-users/attachments/20100205/4154a068/attachment.html From reed at mobilerobots.com Mon Feb 8 08:59:57 2010 From: reed at mobilerobots.com (Reed Hedges) Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:59:57 -0500 Subject: [Pioneer-users] A monitor for using the robot In-Reply-To: <4B697771.4030306@rambler.ru> References: <4db838d11002030312h1bd73370y75ae17b7db13bff2@mail.gmail.com> <4B697771.4030306@rambler.ru> Message-ID: <4B7018DD.7080803@mobilerobots.com> You can also run arnlServer or sickLogger or whatever program you're using to capture the data, then disconnect the monitor, keyboard, mouse and drive the robot using a joystick. Later, you can reconnect the monitor, keyboard and mouse. MobileEyes does not need to be running while capturing the data, and it does not need to run on the robot, it can connect over a wireless network to arnlServer on the robot. Kosolapy wrote: > Srikant Iyer wrote: >> Is there any get small, battery-run monitor or some wireless monitor, >> which can be operated from the OB computer's port? > The first suggestion is connect to the remote desktop through wi-fi network. > If there's no on-board wi-fi adapter You can connect and setup USB wi-fi. > Then start remote desktop server (such as vlc, or radmin). > Now You can launch corresponding client on notebook, and execute > MobileEyes and Mapper3. > _______________________________________________ > Pioneer-users mailing list > Pioneer-users at lists.mobilerobots.com > http://lists.mobilerobots.com/mailman/listinfo/pioneer-users > > To unsubscribe visit the above webpage or send an e-mail to: > > pioneer-users-leave at lists.mobilerobots.com > > > Visit http://robots.mobilerobots.com for information including documentation, FAQ, tips, manuals, and software, firmware and driver downloads. > From reed at mobilerobots.com Fri Feb 12 12:25:57 2010 From: reed at mobilerobots.com (Reed Hedges) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:25:57 -0500 Subject: [Pioneer-users] New videos of MobileRobots' new Seekur Jr. Message-ID: <4B758F25.5040001@mobilerobots.com> Some videos of our new robot, Seekur Jr., have been posted to YouTube. View them here: http://www.youtube.com/MobileRobots See all videos at http://www.youtube.com/MobileRobots#g/u What do you think? Want to see any other videos of any of our platforms or accessories in action? Do you have any videos or other work online? Let us know here, or add them to the list at http://robots.mobilerobots.com/wiki/Community_Links Reed From reed at mobilerobots.com Fri Feb 12 13:04:13 2010 From: reed at mobilerobots.com (Reed Hedges) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:04:13 -0500 Subject: [Pioneer-users] New laser connexion problems In-Reply-To: <4B5DB222.8080300@gostai.com> References: <4B4DF02D.8050300@gostai.com> <4B54E044.401@mobilerobots.com> <4B5DB222.8080300@gostai.com> Message-ID: <4B75981D.8070903@mobilerobots.com> Hi Eddy, I'll look into why ArSimpleConnector may not be working for you (in the code you pasted, I am guessing that "m_laser = new Sick" ought to be "m_laser = new ArSick", right?)). Using ArLaserConnector and ArRobotConnector is the preferred method now, however. > The solution using a robot connector and a laser connector : > > / > m_laser = new Sick; > m_robot->addRangeDevice(m_laser); > When using ArLaserConnector, it will create the laser objects when you call connectLasers() and adds them to the robot (you can get a pointer to the objects with ArRobot::findLaser() or ArRobot::getLaserMap()). So you should remove these two lines. (And the call to m_laser->runAsync() below()). > ... > > m_connector = new ArRobotConnector(m_argParser, m_robot); > > if (! m_connector->connectRobot()) > { > ArLog::log (ArLog::Normal, "Could not connect to robot... exiting"); > Aria::exit (3); > } > > ... > > m_laserConnector = new ArLaserConnector(m_argParser, m_robot, > m_connector); > > if (!m_laserConnector->connectLasers()) > { > ArLog::log(ArLog::Normal, "Could not connect to all lasers... > exiting\n"); > Aria::exit(2); > } > > m_laser->runAsync (); > > if (!m_laser->blockingConnect()) > { > ArLog::log (ArLog::Normal, "Couldn't connect to sick, exiting"); > Aria::exit(2); > } You should also not call runAsync() or blockingConnect() when using ArLaserConnector (this is redudant with using m_laserConnector->connectLasers()). From reed at mobilerobots.com Fri Feb 12 13:08:39 2010 From: reed at mobilerobots.com (Reed Hedges) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:08:39 -0500 Subject: [Pioneer-users] New laser connexion problems In-Reply-To: <4B5DB222.8080300@gostai.com> References: <4B4DF02D.8050300@gostai.com> <4B54E044.401@mobilerobots.com> <4B5DB222.8080300@gostai.com> Message-ID: <4B759927.4060407@mobilerobots.com> Also, don't forget to load arguments when using ArRobotConnector and ArLaserConnector. // Trigger argument parsing if (!Aria::parseArgs() || !argParser.checkHelpAndWarnUnparsed()) { Aria::logOptions(); Aria::exit(1); } Do this after connecting to the robot. (So ARIA can find out the robot's type and load its parameter file as defaults.) From srikant.s.iyer at gmail.com Mon Feb 15 06:29:00 2010 From: srikant.s.iyer at gmail.com (Srikant Iyer) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:59:00 +0530 Subject: [Pioneer-users] A monitor for using the robot In-Reply-To: <4B7018DD.7080803@mobilerobots.com> References: <4db838d11002030312h1bd73370y75ae17b7db13bff2@mail.gmail.com> <4B697771.4030306@rambler.ru> <4B7018DD.7080803@mobilerobots.com> Message-ID: <4db838d11002150329w61f69e2eu6670f702d9683e78@mail.gmail.com> Hello, Thanks for the help. I made one map with the monitor disconnected. However, on attempts after that one, I get a 2d file, and when I open that 2d file, I see a red thing moving what's possibly the trajectory I took the robot along, but after that it becomes blank -- and even though it says it's prepared a map file at this, this map file is totally empty and about 1 kB big. I don't know why I now get empty maps, in spite of repeating, as far as I know, the same procedure! Also, I read the guiServer screen, and it shows the following errors all the time: ArRobotPacketReceiver::receivePacket: bad packet, bad checksum --- Connected to Laser MultiRobot Peer: New fingerpring <> MultiRobot Peer: Robot precedence 41 (class 0, base 41) --- Using an empty map since there's no map Now I even tried Saving the map I once created On Robot, but it asks for a password and then says that the robot localhost didn't allow this operation. I tried doing this with guiServer on once and with guiServer off too. Finally, I get the following two errors: Warning: Task 'PacketHandler' took 1052 ms to run --- Could not localise robot at home Srikant On 8 February 2010 19:29, Reed Hedges wrote: > > You can also run arnlServer or sickLogger or whatever program you're using > to > capture the data, then disconnect the monitor, keyboard, mouse and drive > the > robot using a joystick. Later, you can reconnect the monitor, keyboard and > mouse. MobileEyes does not need to be running while capturing the data, > and it > does not need to run on the robot, it can connect over a wireless network > to > arnlServer on the robot. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mobilerobots.com/pipermail/pioneer-users/attachments/20100215/0590b283/attachment.html From reed at mobilerobots.com Mon Feb 15 09:16:10 2010 From: reed at mobilerobots.com (Reed Hedges) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:16:10 -0500 Subject: [Pioneer-users] A monitor for using the robot In-Reply-To: <4db838d11002150329w61f69e2eu6670f702d9683e78@mail.gmail.com> References: <4db838d11002030312h1bd73370y75ae17b7db13bff2@mail.gmail.com> <4B697771.4030306@rambler.ru> <4B7018DD.7080803@mobilerobots.com> <4db838d11002150329w61f69e2eu6670f702d9683e78@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B79572A.7030407@mobilerobots.com> Hi Srikant, Srikant Iyer wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks for the help. I made one map with the monitor disconnected. However, > on attempts after that one, I get a 2d file, and when I open that 2d file, I > see a red thing moving what's possibly the trajectory I took the robot > along, but after that it becomes blank -- and even though it says it's > prepared a map file at this, this map file is totally empty and about 1 kB > big. Try two things in Mapper3 to make sure the data is there: 1. Click the "Fit in Window" button in the toolbar or choose in the Map menu 2. Choose Map->Data->Points And Lines Did you save the map file when Mapper3 finished processing the .2d and asked to save the file? > Also, I read the guiServer screen, and it shows the following errors all the > time: > > ArRobotPacketReceiver: :receivePacket: bad packet, bad checksum > Warning: Task 'PacketHandler' took 1052 ms to run warning time> If these only happens occasionally, it is OK. If they happen more than a few times per second, there may be a problem with the link between the computer and the robot. Or, it can happen if the computer or program is too overloaded to properly process the incoming data fast enough. > Now I even tried Saving the map I once created On Robot, but it asks for a > password and then says that the robot localhost didn't allow this operation. You don't normally need to give a password. You can just copy the map file to the "examples" directory of ARNL, then in MobileEyes go to Tools->Robot Configuration and type in the name of the map file for the "Map" field in the "Files" section. Then click OK and guiServer should load that map file from its examples directory. > Could not localise robot at home This is normal if there is no map (the map is needed to localize.) From reed at mobilerobots.com Mon Feb 15 09:18:24 2010 From: reed at mobilerobots.com (Reed Hedges) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:18:24 -0500 Subject: [Pioneer-users] A monitor for using the robot In-Reply-To: <4db838d11002150329w61f69e2eu6670f702d9683e78@mail.gmail.com> References: <4db838d11002030312h1bd73370y75ae17b7db13bff2@mail.gmail.com> <4B697771.4030306@rambler.ru> <4B7018DD.7080803@mobilerobots.com> <4db838d11002150329w61f69e2eu6670f702d9683e78@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B7957B0.9090504@mobilerobots.com> Also, if you send me both the .2d file and the map file generated from it, I can look at them and see if there is some problem. When you see the red robot icon driving in Mapper3 after opening the .2d file, do you also see black walls and obstacles appear? Reed From srikant.s.iyer at gmail.com Fri Feb 19 04:49:43 2010 From: srikant.s.iyer at gmail.com (Srikant Iyer) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:19:43 +0530 Subject: [Pioneer-users] A monitor for using the robot In-Reply-To: <4B7957B0.9090504@mobilerobots.com> References: <4db838d11002030312h1bd73370y75ae17b7db13bff2@mail.gmail.com> <4B697771.4030306@rambler.ru> <4B7018DD.7080803@mobilerobots.com> <4db838d11002150329w61f69e2eu6670f702d9683e78@mail.gmail.com> <4B7957B0.9090504@mobilerobots.com> Message-ID: <4db838d11002190149m1cd1796aje6b5de1092ae2728@mail.gmail.com> Hi Reed, I'd already tried the Fit in Window previously, and also using the mouse wheel to zoom in and out, and that hadn't helped. I find the Points and Lines option greyed out in the Data menu. It's checked any way. It doesn't even seem to be a problem with the 2d file, since even opening the old 2d file from which I'd obtained a .MAP correctly doesn't show me the map now! I suspect some settings in Mapper3 have changed. But don't know which! I do not see the black walls and obstacles appear when opening the 2d file: I only see the red robot icon and the path it moved through. But because they're seen only for an instant, so maybe there were walls and obstacles I didn't notice, perhaps outside the visible window area too. The momentary appearance further gets disturbed by the Save Map dialog box. Srikant -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mobilerobots.com/pipermail/pioneer-users/attachments/20100219/7314b5a4/attachment.html From reed at mobilerobots.com Sun Feb 21 08:38:06 2010 From: reed at mobilerobots.com (Reed Hedges) Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:38:06 -0400 Subject: [Pioneer-users] A monitor for using the robot In-Reply-To: <4db838d11002190149m1cd1796aje6b5de1092ae2728@mail.gmail.com> References: <4db838d11002030312h1bd73370y75ae17b7db13bff2@mail.gmail.com> <4B697771.4030306@rambler.ru> <4B7018DD.7080803@mobilerobots.com> <4db838d11002150329w61f69e2eu6670f702d9683e78@mail.gmail.com> <4B7957B0.9090504@mobilerobots.com> <4db838d11002190149m1cd1796aje6b5de1092ae2728@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B81373E.8000502@mobilerobots.com> It sounds like your .2d file contains no or very little scan data. If you send it I can look at it. How far did you drive the robot when making the scan? If you're only doing a small area you should drive it in a circle (with robot translation as well as rotation, I.e. drive the robot forward don't just turn it in place) so that you overlap at the end with the beginning of your scan. Srikant Iyer wrote: > Hi Reed, > > I'd already tried the Fit in Window previously, and also using the mouse > wheel to zoom in and out, and that hadn't helped. > > I find the Points and Lines option greyed out in the Data menu. It's > checked any way. > > It doesn't even seem to be a problem with the 2d file, since even > opening the old 2d file from which I'd obtained a .MAP correctly doesn't > show me the map now! I suspect some settings in Mapper3 have changed. > But don't know which! > > I do not see the black walls and obstacles appear when opening the 2d > file: I only see the red robot icon and the path it moved through. But > because they're seen only for an instant, so maybe there were walls and > obstacles I didn't notice, perhaps outside the visible window area too. > The momentary appearance further gets disturbed by the Save Map dialog box. > > Srikant From srikant.s.iyer at gmail.com Mon Feb 22 21:31:12 2010 From: srikant.s.iyer at gmail.com (Srikant Iyer) Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:01:12 +0530 Subject: [Pioneer-users] Battery charging and discharging Message-ID: <4db838d11002221831q54d7403ep16e881149b08f069@mail.gmail.com> Hello, I'm running the robot on 2 batteries. How long would the Pioneer3 AT batteries take to charge? And how long can the robot run (a) just as a computer (b) moving all the time from 2 fully charged batteries? I would like some explanation on when the indicator on the charger is orange and when it's light green too. Thanks, Srikant -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://lists.mobilerobots.com/pipermail/pioneer-users/attachments/20100224/d8b422fe/attachment.html From reed at mobilerobots.com Fri Feb 26 09:29:29 2010 From: reed at mobilerobots.com (Reed Hedges) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:29:29 -0500 Subject: [Pioneer-users] Use of Joy Stick In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4B87DAC9.6030906@mobilerobots.com> Muhammad Khan wrote: > Hi, > > I want to drive my Pioneer P3 using joy stick connected to desktop computer which is wirelessly connected to a robot. There are few programs in Aria examples like "joydriveUserTask" which I want to use to drive the robot, but not sure how to use joy stick as it is not directly connected to the robot rather connected to desktop computer. Please help. > ARIA is able to read input from both kinds of joystick using ArJoyHandler or classes like ArActionRatioInput with ArRatioInputJoydrive which use ArJoyHandler internally. For example, if your robot has an onboard computer, run the ArNetworking serverDemo or run sonarnlServer or arnlServer from SONARNL or ARNL on the onboard computer, and run MobileEyes on your desktop computer. In teleop mode in MobileEyes, you can use a joystick on the desktop computer. Or, if you have a wireless-serial bridge rather than an onboard computer, you can run ARIA demo on your desktop connected to the remote robot and use the joystick in teleop mode. From hmiri at mac.com Fri Feb 26 10:32:17 2010 From: hmiri at mac.com (H . Miri) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:32:17 +0000 Subject: [Pioneer-users] Activating a virtual P3DX in MobileSim from within Prolog Message-ID: <95090728262764873061544669028716884598-Webmail@me.com> Hello, My question concerns how to establish contact with MobileSim to run a virtual P3DX. Normally, I would launch Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (in Windows obviously) and MobileSim. By pressing F5 I could build and compile any ARIA program which will try to connect to a simulator first. So, it will connect to my MobileSim and run the virtual P3DX. How can I do this by calling the C++ program from Prolog? Assume that I have the following Prolog code snippet: start:- consult( ' Testbeds/Simulation.pl ' ). Now, if I consult this and then type 'start.' at the prompt, it will run the 'Simulation.pl' file located in the 'Testbeds' folder. How should I call a C++ ARIA program in Prolog in order to get it to BUILD and COMPILE the program - not through the command line, but through the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 - so that it will start running my P3DX in MobileSim by just consulting that Prolog code? Thanks,