1. Use the power switch on the battery box to turn the PiBot on
2. Use the following steps to connect to the PiBot from MacOS
   1. Open the terminal app
      
      

      Click the magnifying glass in the top right corner of the screen and type “terminal” to find the terminal app

   2. Type the following command and press enter to connect to the Raspberry Pi terminal via SSH
      
      

      Replace the text “pibot##” with the label on the PiBot

      The password to enter when prompted is “DogsAndCatsAreNice2.” without the quotes. The '.' at the end is important!

      ssh pi@pibot##.local

3. Use the following steps to connect to the PiBot from Windows
   1. Open the putty app from the Applications\PuTTY\<version> folder on the Flash drive
      
      

      The <version> folder will be something like “0.75”. Use the latest version available.

   2. Type “pibot##” in the Host Name (or IP address)“ box where the ## comes from the label on the PiBot.
      
      

      

   3. Click the “Open” button to connect to the Raspberry Pi terminal via SSH
      
      

      

   4. If a “PuTTY Security Alert” window pops up, click the “Accept” button\
      

      

   5. Type “pi” at the “login as:” prompt and press Enter
      
      

      The password to enter when prompted is “DogsAndCatsAreNice2.” without the quotes. The '.' at the end is important!

      

1. Type the following command and press enter to download the Auto Hotspot scripts
   
   

   git clone --branch robot-club https://github.com/jstruebel/auto-hotspot.git

2. Type the following two commands and press enter after each line to configure the Auto Hotspot scripts
   
   

   cd auto-hotspot
   chmod +x auto-hotspot install.sh uninstall.sh

3. Type the following command and press enter to install the Auto Hotspot script
   
   

   sudo ./install.sh

4. Type the following command to shutdown the PiBot
   
   

   sudo shutdown -h now

The Auto Hotspot script configures the PiBot to create its own wireless network if it can't connect to one of the wireless networks that it's been configured for. To use it, connect your computer to the “pibot##” wireless network and then follow the lessons and challenges like normal.