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==Troubleshooting== | ==Troubleshooting== | ||
If you experience issues transferring content or with Virtual Robot in general please see [[Virtual Robot Troubleshooting]] | If you experience issues transferring content or with Virtual Robot in general please see [[Virtual Robot Troubleshooting]] |
Revision as of 14:21, 22 September 2017
Virtual Robot > Virtual Robot Content Organizer
This page applies to 2017 onwards Tritium robots, for earlier Tritium robots please see Virtual Robot - Transferring Content, for IOServe based robots please see Virtual Robot - Transferring Content (IOServe)
Contents
Introduction
Virtual Robot provides a simple to use but powerful web based tool for content creation on Engineered Arts robots like RoboThespian and SociBot.
The Content Organizer is used to arrange touch screen and Telepresence content, add button images and text labels; transfer new performances and synchronise updates to performances with your robot, even while the robot is switched off.
Accessing the Content Organizer
The content organizer can be accessed from the Robot Management System:
Serial number of robot - when robot is ONLINE this becomes a link. Click the link to open the robot's Tritium GUI
Status of robot - ONLINE / OFFLINE
Link to robot's content - click to open Virtual Robot Content Organizer
Tinman status - when robot has telepresence installed and is ONLINE, click here to access the Tinman Telepresence System
Content Organizer Overview
Virtual Robot Content Organizer is composed of 4 sections:
Files: performances in your Virtual Robot account
Robots: performances already on your robot or ready to sync to your robot
Properties: edit the Properties of performances and manage their appearance on the
File transfers and log: status of transfers
Files: Performances in Virtual Robot
Edit: open selected performance in Virtual Robot for editing. You can also double click a performance to edit it.
Delete: delete selected performance from Virtual Robot permanently
Transfer: transfers performance to the robot archive folder (rather than directly to the Touch screen or Telepresence interface)
Bulk Edit: easily edit properties of multiple performances
Duplicate: duplicate the selected folder and its performances. Duplicates are unique copies that can be edited without affecting the originals.
New Folder: create folders to organise content.
Performances are listed here, clicking here will change the order in which they appear
Last Saved: date or time (if today) performance was last saved
Robot: performances already on robot and ready to sync to robot
Edit: open selected performance in Virtual Robot for editing. You can also double click a performance to edit it.
Delete: delete selected performance from robot. Performance still exist in Virtual robot until deleted from Virtual Robot.
Sync: Will sync new or altered performances
- & # displays robots accessible from user
- File transfer and Log
- File transfer (status pending)
- Cancel transfer or clear when complete: to cancel or clear when complete, highlighted performances
- Status: of transferring performance or folder
- Last Activity: Time transfer began or ended
- File: Name of performance or folder being transferred
- Robot: Name and location of robot
- Status: completed transfer of performance or folder
- Clear when complete: performances and folders can be cleared from the list once completed
- Accessing transfer log
- Transferring content to robot library (touchscreen kiosk)
- Opening library folder
- Select the Robot you wish to transfer performance or folder to
- Click to open folder 'touchscreen_ui'
- Click to open folder language 'en_GB'
- Click to open folder'Library' (this folder contains library content in the order it appears on the touch screen kiosk)
- Transferring content to robot library
- Drag and drop selected performance or folder
- Dialog box indicates performance or folder is being dragged
- Green dotted line indicates which order performance or folder is being dragged to
- Syncing performance or folder with robot
- Transferred performance in library
- this symbol indicates you need to sync to robot for changes to take effect
- click here to sync for changes to take effect
Properties
Access the properties left side panel by clicking on the ">>" :
click on the arrows to open the properties slider
properties open
- ID: unique ID number (can not be altered)
- Name:
- Label:
- Description:
- Icon:
- Limit Control:
- Exclusive:
- Loop:
- Robot Model: Robot model (can not be altered)
- Different icons can be slected to appear in tinman (telepresance) or on the touch screen kisok
To change icon click on the icon button
choose suitable icon from pre-existing list
- click on empty bar next to 'Icon' this will open Icons list
- Icons list
- click on chosen icon
note after making any changes in properties he robot will have to be 'synced'
Some useful shortcuts
- slow click folder or performance name to rename
- double click folder to open
- double click performance to edit
Troubleshooting
If you experience issues transferring content or with Virtual Robot in general please see Virtual Robot Troubleshooting