Run a Module

Install a Dart-Platform

If you have not installed the Dr.Dart-Platform on your device, you can now download it through the attached link below.

You need to install the Dart-Platform for running Dart-Module.

Download Here: Quick Installation Guides

Now, let's take a look at Installing it on Windows.

• Step 1: Choose the Destination Folder.

• Step 2: Click on the Finish button to complete the installation.

• Step 3: In order to connect Dart-Platform and robot controller, please select the IP, enter your manager e-mail address and click the Connect button.

  • Default controller IP: 192.168.137.100

  • Recommended your PC IP: 192.168.137.XX (If your IP does not change automatically)

Click here to change the PC IP in Windows.

• 1. Open the Control Panel

Press “Windows  + R”, then a Run box comes out. Input control panel and press Enter to open the control panel.

You can also type control panel in the search bar at the lower left of the screen and press Enter to open the control panel.

• 2. Go to Network Connections

Go to Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center.

Select Change adapter settings on the left.

• 3. Set the IP address

Right Click Local Area Connection and select Properties.

Then double click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4).

Select Use the Following IP address: and type in the IP address, Subnet mask(Optional) and Default gateway(Optional). Click OK to apply the settings.

If you have a trouble on connection with the robot controller,

1. Please unplug and plug the PC LAN cable.

2. After turning on the controller, please turn on the T/P also by long pressing the power button.

3. Wait while booting completes.

4. After the normal boot when the white screen appears, run the Windows Dart-Platform.

5. Click the option Select IP from List and then click on the Refresh button.

6. If the IP is unidentified, turn off the firewall of the PC, try Refresh again and then connect.

Connect Dart-IDE to Dart-Platform

If you want to run on the module just created in Dart-IDE at Dart-Platform, Dart-IDE must connect to the Dart-Platform and for Build, the Docker also should be running on. To set up a Dart-IDE connection, there are two ways.

• Select the IP from the list.

• Enter the IP Manually.

If you want to set up the Docker build environment, refer to Build a Module.

Select the IP from the list

The scenario of IP connection through the IP list is to link the connection from the list.

• Step 1: Settings Module ▸ Network ▸ IDE Connection in the Dart-Platform.

• Step 2: Click the Refresh button for refreshing the IP list.

• Step 3: Select your IP from the list.

• Step 4: Click the Save button.

If connected with Dart-IDE, the Connected IP is displayed.

Enter the IP Manually

These steps are for the ones who want to set up the connection manually.

• Step 1: Select the Enter IP manually radio area.

• Step 2: Enter your IP.

Note

In case both IDE and Docker service run in the same PC, IP can be used as 127.0.0.1.

• Step 3: Click the Save button.

Switch the User Authority Level

To use all features of Dart-Platform, you must change the User Authority Level to Manual Level.

• In Operator Level, only limited functions such as Servo On and Automatic Robot Motion execution, are available.

• In Supervisor Level, all functions such as Jog and Dart-Store are available. The Level is similar to the Administrator mode so that all the functions are possible in this level.

• Step 1. Click the Operator Level on the topbar.

• Step 2. Select the Supervisor Level .

• Step 3. Input the Safety Password and Click Confirm Button.

  • Default Safety Password : admin

Run your Module

Now everything is ready to run the module in the Dart-IDE.

• Step 1: Click the dropdown button written as Disconnect in the upper right corner of the Dart-IDE and select the Dart-Platform(IP Address) among the dropdown list.

• Step 2: Click the Play button.

• Step 3: It takes from seconds to minutes to build. If the build successes, in the output window, you can see the [INFO] build successfully message.

Note

If no message appears in the build window, close all website windows and connect to Dart-IDE again.

• Step 4: When the build is complete, In Dart-Platform, a new window will pop up and the module will be installed and run.

Enjoy your first module and make more complicated modules for the robot and system.