Installing the Toolkits

There are two toolkits required. HG_WSI_Toolkit and HG_WSI_Vision_Toolkit.

Both Toolkits are based on LabVIEW developed by Guangzhou High Genius for the World Skills Competition. It provides different levels of driver functions and tools for various peripheral I/O of VMX-PI. It can not only access advanced features but also carry out low-level programming. These ready-made driver function interfaces, in addition to the standard analog input, analog output, digital I/O, I2C, SPI, PWM, encoder, and other interface driver functions. It also provides a wide variety of tools to enhance playability significantly.

Downloading the Toolkit

The toolkits can be downloaded from here.

Installing

  1. Open VI Package Manager (VIPM)

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  2. In VIPM hit File -> Open Package File(s).

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  3. Find the high_genius_lib_hg_wsi_toolkit_xxx.vip that was downloaded before.

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  4. A window will pop up asking Add to Library or Add to Library & Install. Select Add to Library & Install.

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  5. LabVIEW will open if not already opened, and the toolkit will be installed. After installation, another window will open, showing the results of the install. There should be a No Errors message stated under the Status tab. Hit Finish when complete.

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  6. Repeat steps 2 to 5 for the high_genius_lib_hg_vision_toolkit_xxx.vip.

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