assistant-poster-machine | 10264 - Drawing with Assistant May

Tap the belt clamp (m5 tap) and attach the clamp to the belt retaining plate with an m5 screw. both the belt retaining plate and the 3rd motor bracket to the back of the 22" length of MakerSlide. Attach the x- and y-motors to their respective sides of the 16" length of MakerSlide. Route and tension the belt, referring to the core xy configuration if necessary. Tension the belt, tighten the belt clamp, and trim any excess belt. Attach the color selection motor to the 3rd motor bracket on the back of the 22" length of MakerSlide. Loosen the screws that hold the pen turret on the front of the 22" length of MakerSlide and install the closed loop belt between the pulleys on the color select motor and the pen turret. Pull the pen turret away from the color select motor to tension the belt then tighten the screws to secure the turret and belt tension.
Refer to this .dxf of the base gantry and motor pattern. Use the pattern to create a unique base for your machine. Ensure that your drawing surface 1.75 inches from the bottom of the 16" inch rail.
Download and install "Raspbian Stretch with Desktop" from the Raspberry Pi downloads page
Connect the Pi to your network and SSH into the device: $ ssh pi@IP_ADDRESS
Clone the repository in the home (/home/pi) directory: $ git clone https://github.com/Deeplocal/assistant-poster-machine.git
Change directory: $ cd assistant-poster-machine
Set up Redis: See Redis Quick Start
Set up Node.js application Install Node.js (we used v6.14.2 LTS Boron) Install application dependencies: $ cd assistant-poster-node; npm install
Set up Python module Follow all steps in the Embed the Google Assistant guide to configure audio, create a developer project, register the device model, and run the sample code Replace assistant-poster-pi/misc/credentials.json with your resulting credentials file Replace PROJECT_ID with your project ID in assistant-poster-pi/misc/deploy-actions-package.sh Replace ASSISTANT_DEVICE_ID with your device model ID in the contructor of assistant-poster-pi/custom-assistant/_assistant_thread.py Deploy action package $ cd misc; ./deploy-action-package.sh Activate virtual environment and install dependencies: $ python -m pip install pymysql pyserial redis
Run the system (all relative to ~/assistant-poster-machine) Start Redis server: $ cd assistant-poster-node; redis-server redis.conf Activate the virtual environment and start Python module: $ source ../env/bin/activate; cd assistant-poster-pi; python -um custom-assistant Start Node.js module $ cd assistant-poster-pi; npm start Open frontend in browser Speak commands to start generating poster
Ensure correct version of Grbl firmware
Ensure the correct serial device in the run() method in assistant-poster-pi/custom-assistant/_plotter_thread.py
Troubleshooting the Google Assistant Library