We are not using this repos anymore. Please use pycreate2 library instead.

Control with Keyboard

Make sure Pi is connected to power and serial

ssh -X [email protected] 
sudo chmod o+rw /dev/ttyUSB0  
gtkterm

Configure port to USB0
Change baud rate to 115200

python create2_cmds.py  

Click connect and type /dev/ttyUSB0 (the above)
Press 'p' then 'f'
The robot is now controllable

To see data from sensors (power):

• View -> Hexadecimal
• Log -> to somelogfile.txt
• Go to python and press 'z' to begin log stream
• Do whatever (ML stuff)
• Stop logging from log menu when done
• translatorStream.py -> change file read name to somelogfile.txt (whatever name)
• python translatorStream.py
• done.txt contains voltage and current values

Capture Video/Image

Install streamer:

sudo apt-get install streamer

Record video or capture

streamer -q -c /dev/video0 -r 10 -t 00:00:20 -s 640x480 -o ~/test0000.jpeg
streamer -q -c /dev/video0 -f rgb24 -t 00:01:30 -r 10 -s 640x480 -o ~/outfile.avi

Convert to .mov to compress, then transfer. The options is set to work with Quick Time, but VLC works with any option (e.g., audio format and pixel format)

ffmpeg -i outfile.avi -acodec libmp3lame -ab 192 -pix_fmt yuv420p -r 9 output.mov