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Post-Installation Setup
Description: Customised configuration for your robot setup.Keywords: turtlebot
Tutorial Level: BEGINNER
Next Tutorial: Workstation Installation
Network Time Protocol
Clock synchronization is important for ROS. Chrony has been found to be the best ntp client over lossy wireless. In case of robot behaves strange when messages are sent from PC application(like rviz, rqt, or ros node running in PC), you need clock synchronization.
- Install Chrony
sudo apt-get install chrony
- manually sync NTP
sudo ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com
Special Cases
Kobuki Base - instructions for transferring a udev rule to conveniently work with the Kobuki.
Create Base - instructions for modifying the turtlebot software to work with the Create.
Asus Setup - instructions for modifying the turtlebot software to work with the Asus Xtion Pro.
Netbook Battery Setup - if the turtlebot software isn't correctly finding your battery.
What Next?
Workstation Installation or return to TurtleBot main page.