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 fileparent
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.