RPS Settings
CIV Manager Settings
For a full description of the CIVRobotics Manager command Click Here
Defined Robots:
You can define any number of robots for the CIVRobotics Manager to which you may want to send mission data. Each Robot has a name, an email address and an Owner setting. On generation of mission data you can target a single robot with the mission files and send them via Outlook email to the device.
You can add a new drone definition using the 
button
Fill in the drone details in the Create new drone dialog shown
Name:
Enter the name of the drone
email:
Enter the email address for the drone
Owner:
Enter the name of the owner of the drone
OK:
Click OK to complete the new drone creation process and close the dialog
Cancel:
Click Cancel to close the dialog without saving the new drone
You can copy an existing drone definition using the 
button
Select the drone that you wish to copy in the list of already defined drones. Click the copy button. The create new drone dialog defined above will open and be pre populated with values that can be overwritten as required.
You can edit an existing drone definition using the 
button
Select the drone that you wish to edit in the list of already defined drones. Click the edit button. The edit drone dialog (identical to the Create new drone dialog above) will open and be pre populated with the current values for the drone that can be overwritten as required.
You can delete an existing drone definition using the 
button
Select the drone that you wish to delete in the list of already defined drones. Click the delete button to remove it from the list.
Maximum number of points:
There is no limit to the number of points that can be created in a single mission file. You may however wish to limit the number of points per mission, if so enter the limiting value here e.g. 10000
Display file checkbox:
On completion of the file creation process, if you check this checkbox, the file will be opened in Excel on your computer so that you can review the output data.
Data file 5th column contents:
The CIVRobotics file format is typically a 4 column, comma separated file format containing P,Lat,Long,SWP data where
P = Point ID
Lat = Latitude
Long = Longitude
SWP = Special Way Point (Colors from 0 - 6)
The SWP colors are as follows and are used to display points of different types on the CIV Field controller system.
The CIV file format was recently extended to include a 5th column of information that they use in their Dominant Color workflow for Solar Farm piling projects where the robots are used to place colored markers indicating the type of pile required at each location (Length and cross sectional size and shape). In this workflow, the piles are color coded - each color represents a different type of pile. In a single area, there can be e.g. 12 types of pile to place for different purposes. In the data file, we can use the 5th column to output the pile colors for each location e.g. Light Blue, Dark Blue, Red, Yellow, Purple, Orange etc. In the dominant color workflow, the CIV Field Software reviews all of the point data to find the dominant color. For all points staked with the dominant color, the robot navigates, sprays a paint spot and moves on automatically. For points that have a non dominant color, the robot navigates, sprays a spot of paint and pauses to tell the field operator the color required. On acceptance, the robot moves on allowing the operator to pull a colored nail with flagging and place at the staked location, indicating to the shakeout crew which type / color of pile is required at that location.
To support this workflow, you can output the feature code, description 1 or description 2 field for each point to the mission file. The values selected will be used in the dominant color workflow. For example code all the points using the color of the pile required and use feature code as the 5th column data,
The default for this value is none for all other workflows.
Generate email checkbox:
To enable this functionality, you should have your instance of Microsoft Outlook open before running RPS Settings. The RPS Settings command looks at your Outlook settings to determine email accounts that can be used to send emails from. If you do not open your Outlook instance, the following options will be greyed out.
You can elect to send the file to the drone / robot directly via email. The current system supports your Outlook instance and packages the mission file(s) created into an email and sends it to the nominated email address for the drone / robot. The email address for the robot is defined below.
Once checked, outlook needs to be running in order for the email to be created and sent. If you intend to use any other email system e.g. Gmail, they are currently not supported, so create the files and attach to an email manually to send to the robot.
From (sender) email address:
Once Outlook is opened, the routine can determine which email accounts are setup in Outlook, they will be presented here. Select the account that you wish to use as the sender for the email.
Automatically send email checkbox:
The email will be created and will open in Outlook for you to review prior to sending. If you do not wish to review the emails before sending, check this checkbox, the emails will then be created and sent automatically provided that Outlook is open during this process.
OK:
Click OK to complete the drone definition and settings and close the RPS Settings dialog
Cancel:
Click Cancel to close the RPS Settings dialog without saving any changes
To return to the RPS Settings Command documentation Click Here