You got it!
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At the bottom of the âGeneralâ tab is a checkbox for âupdate desktop preview automaticallyâ, leave it set.
Once you connect and get a desktop on the remote system, close the viewer and you will notice you have a desktop image on the connection icon. Then, right-click on the connection icon, scroll down to the âupdate desktop previewâ checkbox and un-check it. Also, do NOT delete the current desktop image. This way you will have a nice connection icon.
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Ok, can you explain to me from this point I am at, how to get the IP of the robot?
Do I restart it into normal connection mode and then find it from there?
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Easiest way:
- Shutdown the robot by pressing the power button.
- Plug in a wired headset into the audio jack.
- Restart the robot by pressing the power button.
- Listen. It will speak the IP address assigned to your robot.
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I dont have a wired headset⌠Im jumping to ICT to borrow one if they haveâŚ
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if you plug in a HDMI monitor, there will be a file on the desktop with the IP address.
Interesting. . . . Iâm not hearing the IP address thorough a headset, I donât know why.
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Did I walk up and down 4 floor for nothing. Stay tuned to find out :D.
This is the headphone jack right?
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I tried it to confirm, and I received no talkback.
@cyclicalobsessive is the local expert on speech, so I pinged him in a separate topic. Letâs see what he says.
In the meantime, if you can connect a monitor to it temporarily, you can get the IP address off the desktop.
Thatâs the power jack for the Raspberry Pi. You should be using the 12v barrel jack. The audio jack is the jack to the right of the second HDMI port.
Correct!
If you have a projector for a monitor, get yourself a joystick, pedals, and a flight simulator program!! 
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Oh snap its that one, I pinged it through ssh from my local cmd
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Itâs not technically mine, I wanted to try some projector gaming honestly. ahahaha
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Seriously now, have I seen you on the MSFS forums? I think I remember your avatar.
Or maybe it was X-Plane?
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Keep that checked until after you make your first connection and quit.
Then un-check it.
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I donât think so. I havenât played that game. Seems like something my brother would play. Plus this avatar is kinda borrowed from the chillhop raccoon, but if you see me in real life I look like him so I kinda use it for coding purposes 
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At the rate youâre going, youâre going to be the local expert in boot-up and configuration!
Rule #1:
Keep it fun. Even though we take our robotics seriously, we also remember that this is supposed to be fun too, so donât get too stressed.
So where do you hide? Maybe we can meet for a beer and swap lies about our robots?
Me, Iâm in Moscow Russia with the granddaughters - as seen in my avatar.
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