Configuring the Controller

[robot]

Variable	Default Value	Description
owner	YourRemoUsername	The username you have registered on remo.tv
robot_key	YourRobotAPIKey	The API key for your robot that you made on the site.
channel		The name of the channel you want the robot to join. This is optional. If the channel name cannot be found, the robot will join the first channel.
type	none	the type of robot you have (see list).
turn_delay	0.4	Only used by the motor_hat and mdd10. This changes how long your robot turns for. I suggest you leave this at the default value until after your bot is moving.
straight_delay	0.5	Only used by the motor_hat and mdd10. This changes how long your robot drives for. I suggest you leave this at the default value until after your bot is moving.

• type should be the hardware type for the motor controller for your

  robot. Available types are currently:

  • adafruit_pwm
  • cozmo
  • gopigo2
  • gopigo3
  • l298n
  • maestro-serv
  • max7219
  • motor_hat
  • motozero
  • mqtt_pub
  • none
  • owi_arm
  • pololu
  • serial_board
  • thunderborg

[camera]

Variable	Default Value	Description
no_camera	false	This allows the camera to be disabled.
no_mic	false	This allows the microphone to be disabled.
type	ffmpeg	This sets the audio/video handler to use. Currently only ffmpeg and ffmpeg_arecord are supported.
x_res	768	Sets the resolution for the X axis.
y_res	432	Sets the resolution for the Y axis.
camera_device	/dev/video0	Sets the device name for the camera.
mic_num	1,0	Sets the audio hardware number for the microphone.
mic_device		Sets the name of the microphone for if the hardware number keeps changing.

[tts]

Variable	Default Value	Description
type	espeak	see the list below.
tts_volume	80	This is the volume level you want your bot to start with.
anon_tts	true	This allows you to enable or disable anonymous users from accessing your bots’ TTS features.
filter_url_tts	true	This option allows URLs pasted into chat to be blocked from the TTS function.
ext_chat	true	This enables or disables the extended chat functions.
speaker_num	1,0	This is the ALSA hardware number for your Pi. 0 is the first sound card that should work for most bots.
speaker_device		This is the name of your device if the hardware number keeps changing.
boot_message	ok	This is a list of phrases your bot can say when it’s ready to move. Separated by commas.
delay_tts	false	This enables or disables delaying messages being spoken. Messages that are deleted while waiting will not be spoken over TTS.
delay	10	Time in seconds to delay the TTS function.

• type supports:

  • espeak
  • festival
  • pico
  • polly
  • cozmo_tts
  • google_cloud