Connect RAE

Firstly we have to make sure that our RobotHub account is ready.

• Sign in to your RobotHub account using your email and password

Now it's time to set up RobotHub for RAE.

• In the Robots section on RobotHub click on the Connect Robot button

• Select RAE

• Fill out the name and password for your WiFi

Finally, it's time to proceed with connecting the RAE device itself.

• Press the power button, which is located on the bottom side of the RAE, to turn it on

• Pick up your powered-on RAE and point its main camera at the QR code on the screen

• After RAE manages to read the QR code it will display the network name on its LCD screen

• If RAE does display that it has connection issues please turn it off and try again

• When the issues continue try to connect RAE to RobotHub manually

Now your RAE is successfully connected to RobotHub.

RAE also has a special menu for direct control. To access to it:

• Find the IP address of RAE, this can be done for example with WiFiman

• Copy and paste the URL into your preferred browser

• Click on Control

Firstly we have to start the RAE device.

• Press the power button, which is located on the bottom side of the RAE, to turn it on

Now you have to switch RAEs internal WiFi for your local network.

You can do this in two ways:

a) WiFi

• RAE will create a WiFi access point with the following credentials:

1SSID: RAE-<ID>
2Password: wifiwifi@
3RAEs IP: 192.168.11.1/24

• Open the WiFi settings on the device you are currently using and log into the AP with the provided credentials

• You use SSH to directly access everything except the system which is write protected

• Follow this guide on how to connect a linux system to wifi via the command line

b) USB-C

• Plug RAE to your computer with the provided USB-C cable

• Open your command line and connect to RAE through SSH with the provided credentials

1root@192.168.197.55 (no password is required)
2RAEs IP: 192.168.197.55/28

• You can use SSH to directly access everything except the system which is write protected

Now that you are successfully connected to RAE it is time to make RAE connect to the local network.

• Run the following command in your terminal to generate a passphrase for your network
• When prompted enter your WiFi password

1wpa_passphrase <WIFI_SSID>

• The output should look simalar to this:

1network={
2  ssid="<WIFI_SSID>"
3  #psk="<WIFI_PASSWORD>"
4  psk="<PASSPHRASE>"
5}

• Edit the content of /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf so that its credentials match your WiFi settings

1ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
2ctrl_interface_group=root
3network={
4    ssid="<WIFI_SSID>"
5    psk="<PASSPHRASE>"
6}

• It is also necessary to edit /etc/systemd/network/20-wifi.network so it contains the correct information

1[Match]
2Name=wlp1s0
3
4[Network]
5DHCP=ipv4
6
7[DHCP]
8UseDomains=true

After editing all the settings it is time to apply them and reboot RAE

• Run the following commands on RAE

1systemctl stop hostapd
2wpa_supplicant -B -i wlp1s0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
3systemctl restart systemd-networkd

• If the connection to RobotHub won't be necessary it is also recommended to to disable Agent

1robothub-ctl stop
2robothub-ctl startup disable

Finally, your RAE is successfully connected to the local network.

RAE also has a special menu for direct control. To access to it:

• Find the IP address of RAE, this can be done for example with WiFiman

• Copy and paste the <IP of RAE>:9010 into your preferred browser

• Click on Control