LHD LEGO PROGRAM
USER'S GUIDE
University
of Washington Biorobotics Lab
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STARTUP
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- Turn on the LHD power
- Make sure LHD handle is in center XY position
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DOS-side program
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- Type "mouse" to load mouse driver
- Now run the DOS side executable, type
"cd C:\USERS\RADAMS\LEGOS\"
"legos"
- the program will ask you for a name - it doesn't matter
- the program will then give you options for the startup LEGO configuration
- Push the green button to power up the motor controllers.
- The DOS-side demo is now up and running!!
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NT-side program
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- Log onto the NT workstation
user: rick
password: Legofun
- Click on the desktop BIPLANE icon to start the legos graphics program - that's it!
- The last thing you need to do is type 'u' on the DOS-side keyboard to
upload the current lego configuration
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BASIC OPERATION
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-Excalibur moves the white cursor.
-Place the cursor inside of a lego and then use the DOS
machine's LEFT mouse button to grab it (hold it down).
-When you select a lego, the cursor disappears and the
Excalibur now moves the selected block and haptically
renders collisions with other legos.
- 'ESC' exits the program on both the DOS and NT machines
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ADVANCED OPERATION
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***once you are up and running, all options are run from the DOS-side***
'u' - upload legos to the Windows 3-D display
- you can use the right and left arrow keys to rotate the image
right or left and the up/down arrow keys to rotate up/down, use
the 'i' and 'o' to zoom In or Out
'f' - flips the image upside-down so you can work on the underside