How to Donkey Car (Driving)

Click the button on the battery pack. There should be a green light should start shining

Make sure that the button of the usb cable is pressed

The lights on the pi should turn on (red and yellow)

On your server computer, access your command prompt

Type: ssh pi@[ip address]

In the brakets, type in the ip address for YOUR raspberry pi.

For us: 129.64.181.162

Type: [password]

When it prompts you for your password, type in the password you gave the pi.

For us: donkeycar

Stock password: raspberry

Nothing will show up when typing your password. This is a security feature.

We are going into the virtual machine of the raspberry pi

Type: source ~/env/bin/activate

You know you are in the correct environment if the cmd displays:(env) pi@donkeycar:

Type: cd [car name]

For us: cd testcar

Type: python manage.py drive

There should be a lot of lines that come after that. This is a lot of information that the car is doing to prepare for driving

In a browser: (Phone or computer)

Type: [ip address]:8887/drive

For us: 129.64.181.162:8887/drive

Whenever you drive the car, you are adding data to the tub. So if you are planning to train the car, DO NOT drive the car away from the track.