BURT C# Examples

Example programs for the BURT robot using a CoAP/UDP-based server 🤖

Examples 1 through 5 walk through how to use basic robot functionality such as activating the robot, reading command line input, commanding simple movements, and streaming state information. Examples 6 and beyond extend the concepts introduced in the first five examples to create more advanced functionality.

Table of Contents:

• Prerequisites
• Building
  • Project MonoDevelop Configurations
  • Building from MonoDevelop
• Usage (Console Application)
  • Running an Example from MonoDevelop
  • Adding Packages (optional)

Prerequisites

If you are using the console provided by Barrett, the prerequisites are already installed and you can skip this section.

To install the dependencies on Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04:

$ ./scripts/install-dependencies.sh

To see the specific dependencies/packages please look at scripts/install-dependencies.sh

Building

Project MonoDevelop Configurations

• Launch MonoDevelop application or open project directly by double-clicking the .csproj project file: File > Open > <project-directory>.csproj
• Attempt building the project: Build > Build All (F8)
  • if the build succeeds without errors, continue with Usage (Console Application) below.
  • if a build error exists:
    • Open Project Options
      • Project > <project-name> Options
        • Build -> General -> target Framework -> Mono / .Net 3.5 or
        • Build -> General -> target Framework -> Mono / .Net 4.0
    • Add Missing References
      • Click References -> Edit References
        • Find the following system references using the Search Bar and click "Add" to add the selected references to the project.
          • System.Data
          • System.Xml.*, e.g. System.Xml, System.Xml.Linq
        • Open .Net Assemblies Tab
          • Browse to the-project-directory/dll
            • Add all .dll files
        • Click OK to close the dialog

Building from MonoDevelop

Build -> Build ALL F8

Usage

Running an Example from MonoDevelop

Right click on the project folder and click Run

Adding Packages (optional)

• open mono project, double click on *.csproj file
• Right-click references folder
• Search for System.Data
• Add, close Dialog