Khepera III Toolbox/The Toolbox/Install Scripts

The folder InstallScripts in the top folder of the Khepera III Tools contains scripts to set up a couple of useful things on the robot. These scripts require a Khepera III robot to be connected via USB to the computer.

Before launching the install scripts, we suggest you to set up SSH public key authentication between your computer and the robot. This can be done with one of the Khepera III Toolbox scripts: cd Scripts ./k3-ssh-keysetup +usb cd .. To launch all install scripts, type cd InstallScripts/Kernel-2.6 ./install If you are launching this install procedure for the first time with your robot, the script will first ask you to give your robot an ID. This ID is used to assign a WLAN IP address for the robot, and may also be used by programs running on the robot as a unique identifier of the robot. Needless to say that this ID must be unique among your fleet of robot. If the robot has been given an ID before, the same robot ID will be used.

If your robot is not connected via USB, but some other mechanism, invoke the install script with the IP address of the robot, e.g.: ./install 192.168.141.200

Default Install Scripts
The install script will invoke the following three install scripts (which can also be executed separately if necessary):


 * install_robotid SSHHOST ROBOTID: Sets up the robot ID. Invoke this script separately if you wish to change the robot ID of a robot which already has an ID.
 * install_profile SSHHOST ROBOTID: Copies a bash profile with a bunch of useful aliases (l, .., ...) onto the robot.
 * install_network SSHHOST ROBOTID: Sets up the WLAN network interface. The IP address assigned to the interface is 192.168.141.ROBOTID.

Creating Your Own Install Scripts
In some circumstances, you may want to install your own things in addition to the default install scripts. To do that, take a copy of install_my_own_stuff.template and write your install commands in there. Do not forget to add your script to install.