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Step 1: Disable the USB watchdog in the Olive Component #
First make sure using a normal Linux computer you have disabled the usb_watchdog_service from parameters. You can get more infromation regarding ROS 2 params and RQT here:
https://olive-robotics.com/docs2/ros-rqt-interface/#rqt-dynamic-reconfigure
Step 2: Connect to Parallel Desktop #
When you connect Olive Component, select the guest operating system. Here select the virtual Linux (Ubuntu 22.04).
Step 3: Give a static IP to your device #
Make sure the computer has the default staic ip address (192.168.7.200).
Step 4: Then you can see the topics using ROS 2 commands #
You can also open the GUI and see the dashboard or use the terminal to see the topics
