Getting Started

General Overview

The components of the DVL-5000 can be divided into three parts:

  • The sensor itself, consisting of the DVXplorer, the laser, and the laser mounting parts
  • A host computer, which interfaces the Raspberry Pi using the DV-GUI
  • The Raspberry Pi, on which the DVL-5000 software runs

Preparing the Sensor

The sensor can be assembled very easily using the assembly instructions delivered with the DVL-5000 components.

Preparing the Host Computer

In order to prepare the host computer, please refer to the general getting started guide. In order to use the DVL-5000, only the DV-GUI is needed, however, in order to develop your own modules based on the DVL-5000, or for DV algorithms in general, it is suggested to install the DV-SDK as well.

Connecting to the Raspberry Pi

Setting up a TCP Connection Between the Raspberry Pi and the Host Computer

The Raspberry Pi comes preinstalled with all necessary components. Whenever the Raspberry Pi is booted, the DVL-5000 software is automatically started as a Linux service. To connect to the Raspberry Pi, please refer to the official documentation. In order to use the DVL-5000, you will need to connect to the Raspberry Pi either via WiFi or Ethernet.

If a DNS is available, the Raspberry Pi can be reached via the hostname dvl-5000.

Connecting DV to the Raspberry Pi

Once the Raspberry Pi is powered up and reachable, a connection to DV can be established as follows:

  • Open DV
  • Select Connect to → Connect to remote runtime
  • Enter the IP address or hostname of the Raspberry Pi
  • For the port number, enter 4040

Obtaining the Sample Configurations

The sample configurations for the DVL-5000 are available here as a .tar.gz archive and here as a .zip archive. They should be stored on the host computer, and can be opened in DV by selecting File → Open project.

Obtaining Software Updates

Software updates can be obtained by logging in to the Raspberry Pi, and running the bash script available from this link. The username on the Raspberry Pi is ubuntu, and the password is dvl-5000.

ssh ubuntu@dvl-5000.local
wget https://release.inivation.com/dvl-5000/dvl-5000-setup.sh
sudo bash ./dvl-5000-setup.sh

If there is no DNS available, instead of dvl-5000, you need to specify the IP address.

The available options are as follows:

Usage:
    dvl-5000-setup.sh -h | --help                    Display this help message.
    dvl-5000-setup.sh                                Install the latest version of all components.
    dvl-5000-setup.sh -<component>=<version>         Install a specific version of a certain component.

Components:
    -p, --dv-laser-profiler                          dv-laser-profiler
    -c, --dv-laser-profiler-calibration              dv-laser-profiler-calibration
    -r, --dv-point-cloud-renderer                    dv-point-cloud-renderer
    -h, --dv-point-cloud-running-heat-map            dv-point-cloud-running-heat-map
    -o, --dv-point-cloud-csv-output                  dv-point-cloud-csv-output
    -l, --dv-latency-measurement                     dv-latency-measurement

Versions:
    MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH                                specific version
    latest                                           latest release
    master                                           latest master branch (unstable track)
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