RoboteQ AX500 manual Getting On-Screen Help, Loading, Changing Controller Parameters

Using the Roborun Configuration Utility

This is the program’s main frame and includes several types of tabs, each of which has sev- eral buttons, menus and other User Interface objects. These tabs and the functions they contain are described in detail in the following sections.

Navigate from one set of commands to another by clicking on the desired tab.

4- File and Program Management Commands

This frame contains a variety of buttons needed to load and save the parameters from and to the controller or disk. This frame also contains the button needed to initiate a software update to the controller.

5- View Controller Connector Pinout

Clicking on this link will conveniently pop a window containing the Controller’s connector pinout.

FIGURE 75. Roborun screen layout

Getting On-Screen Help

The Roborun buttons and fields are very intuitive and self-explanatory. Additional explana- tions and help is provided by means of ToolTips for several of command. Simply move the cursor to a button, tab or other gadget on the screen and a message box will appear after a few seconds.

Loading, Changing Controller Parameters

The first set of tabs allows you to view and change the controller’s parameters. These tabs are grouped according to the general type of parameters (Controls, Power Setting, and R/C Settings).

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