Windows user build guide

Introduction

In this page you will find all the necessary resources and information that will enable you to run the SmartRover™ frontend app and SMCE-gd emulator sketch to experience the Mars environment and sensation of driving a rover on our neighboring planet. This page would help you to solve all your questions regarding the installation of the each and every software needed to start exploring and we will try to reference other relevant libraries and dependencies to expend the resources further.

1. Install SMCE-gd Emulator (Courtesy Of ItJustWorksTM)

Step 1.1: Get a package Manager

Recommendation is to use Chocolatey as a Manager

For installing the package manager and dependencies start by opening Power Shell in Administrative Mode.

Step 1.2: Install Dependencies

Use the following commands in Power Shell as Administrator

choco install cmake -y --installargs 'ADD_CMAKE_TO_PATH=System'

choco install arduino-cli openssl -y

choco install visualstudio2019buildtools -y --package-parameters "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --includeRecommended --passive --locale en-US"

Step 1.3: Install SMCE-Godot

Once done, go to SMCE-gd emulator's releases page, and download the latest .msi installer. Run it, disregarding SmartScreen security warning (see this picture if you do not know how to ignore SmartScreen once).

2. Install Smart Rover Front End App

3. Get Arduino Sketch File

4. Install MQTT