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Installation

Install Wandelbots NOVA

Installing Wandelbots NOVA means to commission and prepare the physical robot environment, to set up the selected instance and to install the Wandelbots NOVA Foundation Services on an instance type of your choice.

Prerequisites

  • Ensure that you're using a fast broadband connection.
  • Ensure that you're using a personal computer that was designed after 2015 for communication and stability purposes.
  • Open the terminal on your personal computer.

Select instance

Depending on whether you want to use Wandelbots NOVA in a productive environment, different instance types are recommended.

  • Only physical instances / IPC are suited to run in production lines.
  • Cloud instances and virtual machines are suited to develop robotic applications and test with physical robots.

Cloud instance

On cloud instances provided via the Developer Portal, Wandelbots NOVA is already installed.

You can directly start using Wandelbots NOVA.

Virtual machines and physical instances / IPCs

You can install Wandelbots NOVA on virtual machines and physical instances / IPCs. Wandelbots NOVA runs on top of AlmaLinux therefore AlmaLinux will be installed within the process of installing NOVA.

Minimum system requirements

  • CPU: 8 cores
  • RAM: 16 GB
  • Storage: 150 GB
  • NET: fast and stable internet connection

Prerequisites

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Have a USB-stick with 4 GB free disk space, a USB cable keyboard, USB cable mouse and a display with DP cable at hand.

Ensure that the instance is connected to the internet and that you have the license key at hand.

  1. Download the Wandelbots NOVA ISO from the Download center in the Developer Portal. Plug the USB-Stick into your personal computer and copy the Wandelbots NOVA image onto the USB stick by using a software for writing image files.

  2. Plug the USB-stick into the physical instance.

  3. Connect your physical instance/IPC to the internet by plugging a regular ethernet cable into its LAN-3 port.

  4. Connect the physical instance to power, to the display, and keyboard. Further information about ports and interfaces can be found in the manufacturer's original documentation.

  5. Press F12 when turning the IPC on to open the boot menu.
    After a couple of seconds, a device list is displayed.

  6. Select your USB stick out of the device list (most likely, the name refers to its manufacturer and starts with UEFI).

  7. Select "Install Wandelbots NOVA" from the boot menu to start the installation process.

Installation process

Installation of AlmaLinux

First, the operating system required for Wandelbots NOVA, AlmaLinux, is installed. The unattended installation can take up to 15 minutes.

A reboot will occur automatically once the installation succeeded.

Save the user credentials & IP address

After the installation of AlmaLinux is successfully completed, the instance's name, its IP address and the default user credentials are displayed.
Remember to keep the displayed information at hand.

Install Wandelbots NOVA

  1. Log in with the default user credentials.
    You're then prompted to set a new password.
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In case you forget your password, contact Wandelbots GmbH Customer Support. For password retrievals of physical instances, Customer Support has to be on site.

  1. Set a new password and keep the new user credentials at hand.
    You're prompted to confirm the installation start.
  2. Confirm the installation start with Y and Enter./ You're prompted to enter your Wandelbots NOVA license key.
  3. Enter the Wandelbots NOVA license key.
    The required software download will begin. You're now prompted to activate NOVA on the device.
  4. Open the activation website by pressing Ctrl on Windows or Cmd on Mac and click on the activation link. The activation website opens and you're prompted to enter a code.
  5. Enter the code displayed in the installation dialogue.
  6. Open the Developer Portal in the browser and sign in with your account.
  7. In the installation dialogue, start the installation with Enter.
    The installation starts. The installation process can take up to 10 minutes. After the installation is completed, a link to the Wandelbots NOVA home screen of your instance is displayed.
  8. Open your instance's home screen.

Congrats! You have successfully installed Wandelbots NOVA. 🎉

Continue by connecting your physical setup to Wandelbots NOVA or set up a virtual programming environment by adding a virtual robot to your cell.

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