Installation

The OWLRobot is running GRPC and Socket server on all the available IP addresses.To operate the OWLRobot over a Local Area network(LAN), we must first configure the network so that the client computer can access the OWLRobot host.

Setting up a OWL robot for owl_client

Network setup

The robot has a static IP address assigned, which is 10.42.0.54 ,but you can check it by opening the network settings from the NUC (Settings -> Network -> Wired). A direct connection from the PC to the Robot reduces network hardware delay.

Connect the OWL control box directly to the remote PC with an ethernet cable.
On the remote PC, turn off all network devices except the “wired connection”, e.g. turn off wifi.
Open Network Settings and create a new Wired connection with these settings. You may want to name this new connection OWL or something similar:
```
IPv4
Manual
Address: 10.42.0.52
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 10.42.0.1
```
Verify the connection from the remote PC with e.g. ping.
```
ping 10.42.0.54
```

OWL Client PC

For using the owl python client make sure it is installed. You can only install it from the bitbucket source currently.

Clone the owl_robot_client repository in local PC.

git clone https://Orangewoodlabs@bitbucket.org/owl-dev/owl_robot_client.git -b main

Install the python library by running following command in cloned directory.
```
$ cd owl_robot_client
$ pip install -e .
```

To verify library is installed successfully or not, execute the following commands in a terminal.

# Make sure python3 is installed
$ python3
Python 3.8.10 (default)
>>> from owl_client import OwlClient
>>>