Building a Control PC for Barrett products ¶

General Configuration ¶

You should choose an operating system based on the type of PC hardware you have. The ​Shuttle PC and the ​Travla C137 PC shipped with either a Janz or esd CAN card. Newer WAMs with embedded PCs ship with a Peak CAN card. If you are ambitious, you can use your own PC and CAN card.

• Install Kernel 2.6.31.4 + Xenomai 2.5.2 (Ubuntu 9.10, Peak PCI CAN card, Xenomai SocketCAN driver) - Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala CF- Includes from-scratch and simple instructions, primarily for CompactFlash installation
• Install Kernel 2.6.31.4 + Xenomai 2.5.5.2 (Ubuntu 9.10, Peak PCI CAN card, Xenomai SocketCAN driver) - Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala PC- Simple instructions, primarily for PC hard drive installation
• Install Kernel 2.6.32 + Xenomai 2.5.5.2 (Ubuntu 10.04, Peak PCI CAN card, Xenomai SocketCAN driver) - Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit Lucid Lynx PC - Simple instructions for 32-bit PC hard drive installation
• Install Kernel 2.6.32 + Xenomai 2.5.5.2 (Ubuntu 10.04, Peak PCI CAN card, Xenomai SocketCAN driver) - Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit Lucid Lynx PC - Simple instructions for 64-bit PC hard drive installation
• Install Kernel 2.6.32 + Xenomai 2.5.5.2 (Ubuntu 10.04, Peak PCI CAN card, Xenomai SocketCAN driver) - Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit PrecisePangolin PC - Simple instructions for 64-bit PC hard drive installation