Plug in the ethernet and USB cables to your laptop and watch your ROV power on!

The USB connector acts as the on/off switch for the ROV.

It takes a minute or two for everything to boot up. The first thing you'll see is lights indicating power in the top control box. Boards will light up in the electronics chassis -- this takes a little longer.

The ROV has a built in static IP address of 192.168.254.1, so to connect with it, your computer's ethernet IP address should be on the same subnet, i.e. "192.168.254.2". The subnet mask should be set to 255.255.255.0.

Windows Vista: go to control panel -> network and sharing center -> click on "manage network connections" on the left-hand bar. Then r-click on "local area network" -> l-click on properties -> l-click on "Internet Protocol Version 4" -> l-click on "properties" and select the option "use the following ip address" and enter in 192.168.254.2.

Windows 7: go to control panel > network and internet > network and sharing center > click on "change adapter settings" on the left-hand bar. Then r-click on "local area connection" > properties > l-click on "Internet Protocol Version 4" and click on properties. Select the option "use the following ip address" and enter in 192.168.254.2.

Windows 8: go to control panel > network and internet > network and sharing center > click on "change adapter settings" on the left-hand bar. Then r-click on "Ethernet" > properties > l-click on "Internet Protocol Version 4" and click on properties. Select the option "use the following ip address" and enter in 192.168.254.2.

Windows 10: go to control panel > network and internet > network and sharing center > click on "change adapter settings" on the left-hand bar. Then r-click on "Ethernet" > properties > l-click on "Internet Protocol Version 4" and click on properties. Select the option "use the following ip address" and enter in 192.168.254.2.

OS X (Mac): Open System Preferences, click Network. Select "Edit Locations" from the Location drop down. Click the (+) and create a new location called "OpenROV". Select your ethernet adapter on the left and select Manually from the "Configure IPv4" drop down. Set the IP address to 192.168.254.2 and subnet mask to 255.255.255.0. Press Apply.

You need to be running Google Chrome version 53 or later.

Click here to learn how to update Chrome.

We will now upload the firmware. This is the software that is on the controller board. We will load it from the BBB onto the Controller Board.

We have a built in terminal to help with this process, called Wetty.

192.168.254.1:3009

openrov login: rov

Password: OpenROV

Once you have logged in your screen will look like this.

Next we will build the firmware.

Type the following:

sudo node /opt/openrov/system/scripts/BuildFirmware.js

When it finishes it will look like this.

Now we will load the firmware.

Type the following:

sudo node /opt/openrov/system/scripts/FlashFirmware.js

When this finishes your screen will look like this.

Once this is complete, restart your ROV by unplugging the USB and plugging it back in.

The address for Cockpit is:

192.168.254.1/cockpit

The video in cockpit will be blurry and a little distorted. There is a corrective lens over the camera to correct for the astigmatism caused by the different indices of refraction of light and water through the curved tube. Once your ROV is underwater your video will be clear and not blurry.

You will need to add this URL to your favorites in order to make sure your video is not deleted by the browser, read more here.

These applets are for different features of the software. Some of the user interface design of these is rough around the edges.

The geomux controls are for the camera. These settings need to be tuned for your computer system.

Framerate: This is the number of frames per second.

Bitrate: This is the number of bits that the video stream is.

GOP Length: This is the number of frames between iFrames (reference frames)

Because this stream has to be decoded by your computer the amount of processing power you have dictates what these settings need to be. If you are seeing the video freeze, you should adjust these settings.

• First drop the bitrate...this starts out at 10 Mb/s and can be lowered to 3 Mb/s without much noticeable quality loss.
• The GOP length can be shortened to reduce the time the video is frozen (this does take up more bandwidth).
• The last option would be to lower the framerate.

There are three ways to start and stop video recording.

• Use the "r" button on your keyboard.
• Use the Switch Panel. Click the "REC" button.
• Click the stacked disk image at the top of your screen.

While recording if you hover over this icon it will tell you how much disk space you have remaining.

You can access your recorded video and telemetry using the "data" applet.

From here you can export your video and telemetry data.

We have released a software patch to improve the camera performance. Please apply the patch by following these instructions.

This version of the software is still a developmental image and is rough around the edges.

We would appreciate your feedback on the software and if there are issues that you are having with any of the functionality.

Please send us an email at: support@openrov.com with the subject line "30.1.0 DEV Image Feedback."

Based on the feedback we receive and changes we make, we should be releasing the final version of this software version in 1-2 months. You can follow the progress at this link.

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