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 edit the wireless configuration
   
   

   sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

   If you have already configured the Auto Hotspot on the PiBot then type the following command instead

   sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-wlan0.conf

2. Add sections like one of the two below to the end of the file
   
   

   Be sure to replace the text “Your network name/SSID” with the actual SSID for your wireless network. If your SSID includes spaces then you have to use ” at the beginning and the end of it

   Be sure to replace the text “Your network password” with the actual password for your wireless network. If your password includes spaces then you have to use “ at the beginning and the end of it

   If you are outside the United States then change the 'country=US' line to use the appropriate ISO 3166 alpha-2 country code

   1. If the wireless network does NOT have a password use this section
      
      

      network={
           ssid="Your network name/SSID"
           key_mgmt=NONE
      }

   2. If the wireless network has a password use this section
      
      

      network={
          ssid="Your network name/SSID"
          psk="Your network password"
          key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
      }

3. Hold down the control + O (or Ctrl + O) keys to save your changes to the file
4. Hold down the control + X (or Ctrl + X) keys to exit the editor
5. Type the following command to shutdown the PiBot
   
   

   sudo shutdown -h now

The wpa_supplicant.conf or wpa_supplicant-wlan0.conf file controls what wireless networks the PiBot will connect to. Each “network” section in the file defines a wireless network that it will try and connect to. There can be as many “network” sections as you need.