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--- monorail [2013-11-02 09:40] – jane
+++ monorail [2015-10-05 15:55] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Monorail ======
-The assembly parts for the track are stored in a christmas cardboard box. The box waits for you on a shelf beside the old batteries container.
+===How to control the monorail===
+You can control it from Python over Bluetooth as follow (instruction for a linux distro):
+  - Install [[http://code.google.com/p/nxt-python/| python-nxt]]
+  - Turn it on by pressing the orange button.
+  - Start python and run the following setup commands:
+<code>
+from nxt.bluesock import Bluesock
+from nxt.motor import Motor
+ID = '00:16:53:02:9B:DE'
+sock =  BlueSock(ID)
+brick = sock.connect()
+motor_a = Motor(brick, nxt.motor.PORT_A)
+motor_b = Motor(brick, nxt.motor.PORT_B)
+motor_c = Motor(brick, nxt.motor.PORT_C)
+</code>
+You can then control the motors by calling motor.turn(power, degrees)
+e.g. motor_a.turn(127, 360).
+Motor A moves it along the rail, Motor B pans the sensor head and Motor
+C tilts the sensor head.
+See the python-nxt documentation for more, you should be able to set up
+and use the sensors too.
+===Monorail instrustion===
+[[http://the.earth.li/~martin/temp/monorail/Building%20Instructions%20%5BMonorail%5D.html| Lego Mindstorm ]]
+===Parts===
+The assembly parts for the track are stored in a christmas cardboard box. The box waits for you on a shelf beside the old batteries container. The design for the laser cutter of the ceiling station and connector is stored in [[https://github.com/HennyN/Hacklab_monorail |a github rep]].
 <code>
 Ceiling holders:      laser-cut from 3mm ply
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 Rail:                 3x19x4000mm Aluminum
 </code>
+===Roadmap===
+  * charging station
+  * junctions
+**Control Monorail From Android**
+Download the lego NXT app, pair bluetooth with android device by matching the pin displayed on the screen of the lego brick. Pin was 1234.
+Motor A moves it along the rail, Motor B pans the sensor head and Motor
+C tilts the sensor head.