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NAME

     khepera - control program for khepera miniatur robots

SYNOPSIS

     khepera  [-R number_of_robots] [-N device_index]
              [-D device_name] [-H hostname] [-P portnumber]

DESCRIPTION

     kcontrol can be used for the first tests of a khepera  robot
     to  check  the  proper function. It provides support for the
     gripper and the vision turret. A  neuronal  network  can  be
     used  to control the robot for demonstration purpose. Also a
     imparative demo for the gripper is available.

OPTIONS

     -R number_of_robots
          khepera can control up to 4 robots at  the  same  time.
          With  this  option  you  can specify the number of used
          robots. default is 1.


     -N device_index
          if  this   option   is   given   kcontrol   opens   the
          (first+device_index) serial device instead of the first
          device  for example: kcontrol -R 2 -N 14 starts up with
          two  robots  and  opens  the device /dev/ttyS14 for the
          first and /dev/ttyS15 for the second robot


     -D device_name
          set  the  string  for  the  serial   device   name   to
          "device_name". Default is "/dev/ttyS" for linux and 
	  "/dev/tty" for sun systIs.
	  



     -H hostname
          run khepera in simulation  mode.  The  khepera  program
          will  not  open a serial device but tries to connect to
          the host hostname which is running a simulation server.
          The  default  hostname while running in simulation mode
          is localhost.


     -P portnumber
          run khepera in simulation  mode.  The  khepera  program
          will not open a serial device but tries to connect to a
          simulation  server  at  port   portnumber.   The   host
          localhost  has to run a simulation server at this port.
          The default portnumber is 55555.

ENVIRONMENT

     HOME khepera searches for SNNS-network description files  in
          the directory $HOME/snns

SEE ALSO

     forms(5)

BUGS

     no bugs discovered

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