Installation

Ubuntu

  • Obtain the correct neobotix-pilot-core- debian package for your architechture and Ubuntu version. For example, the file name for the x86_64 Ubuntu 20.04 package ends with -x86_64-ubuntu-20.04.deb.

  • Install the package as follows:

    sudo dpkg -i neobotix-pilot-core-*.deb

  • Install missing dependencies via:

    sudo apt -f install

  • The contents of the package should now be installed under /opt/neobotix/pilot-core/.

  • If you received a license security dongle and you already attached it, unplug it and attach it again in order for the installed udev rule to take effect.

  • To change the default workspace folder (which is ~/pilot/) set the following environment variable in your ~/.bashrc:

    export PILOT_HOME=/your/custom/path
source ~/.bashrc

  • To setup the workspace execute the following script:

    sh /opt/neobotix/pilot-core/scripts/pilot_setup.sh /opt/neobotix/pilot-core

    This will setup a folder ~/pilot/ with default settings.

  • To enable autostart:

    cp /opt/neobotix/pilot-core/share/applications/Neobotix-PlatformPilot.desktop ~/.config/autostart/

  • In addition you can install a desktop launcher as follows:

    xdg-desktop-icon install /opt/neobotix/pilot-core/share/applications/Neobotix-PlatformPilot.desktop

    You may need to right click on the icon first and select “Allow Launching” to activate it.

  • Change the default configuration to match your platform type:

    echo /opt/neobotix/pilot-core/config/default/mpo-700/ > config/local/parent

    where you replace mpo-700 with your platform type.

  • If you received a license security dongle, edit your config/local/LicenseCheck.json file to contain your license key which you should find printed on the dongle.

  • Set a name and serial for your platform in config/local/platform.json.

  • Optionally set additional custom configuration options in config/local, see Configuration.

  • Optionally setup users and passwords, see User Management.

  • See Running on how to run PlatformPilot.

Windows

  • Execute the neobotix-pilot-core-?-windows10.exe installer.

  • The package will be installed to your Profile Folder in C:\Users\?\PlatformPilot\.

  • Change into the folder PlatformPilot\bin\config\local. Edit the file parent with a line like this:

    ../../../config/default/mpo-700/

    where you substitute mpo-700 with your platform type.

  • If you received a license security dongle, edit your bin\config\local\LicenseCheck.json file to contain your license key which you should find printed on the dongle.

  • Set a name and serial for your platform in bin\config\local\platform.json.

  • Optionally set additional custom configuration options in bin\config\local, see Configuration.

  • Optionally setup users and passwords, see User Management.

  • See Running on how to run PlatformPilot.