How to Use the Remote Control

Did you know 4 out of 11 Rokit Smart robots can be remote controlled? Can you believe we waited this long to tell you?! In this lesson, you will be learning how to use the remote control with the Smart Inventor Board.
Trailer robot cover Trailer robot cover

This lesson works with:

Rokit Smart
Arduino
  • arduino
  • electronics
  • pairing
  • programming
  • remote control
  • robotics
  • Rokit Smart
  • Trailer

Grade level:

3 - 12+

Approx. time required:

30 - 45 mins
CSTA

1B-CS-02

3-5

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1B-CS-03

3-5

Determine potential solutions to solve simple hardware and software problems using common troubleshooting strategies.

2-CS-02

6-8

Design projects that combine hardware and software components to collect and exchange data.

2-CS-03

6-8

Systematically identify and fix problems with computing devices and their components.
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Grade 3

Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).

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Grade 4

Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.

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Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.

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Grade 6

Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

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Grade 8

Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).

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Step 1

Briefing video

This video shows you how to use the remote control as well as how to troubleshoot problems you might have with it. Don’t forget to look at the rest of the lesson too!

Step 2

Enter remote control program

Have you ever had to change the input on your TV or computer to watch something? This was done a lot in the ancient days of the 1980s and 1990s, but it still happens today. Using your remote control is going to be a little like that. You can enter the remote control program by, on your Smart Inventor Board, a) selecting program 13 or b) placing DIP switch 3 up. This is called remote control mode!

Step 3

Remote control channels

If you want to use the remote control with your robot, you need to make sure that the Smart Inventor Board’s mainboard (that’s where all the DIP switches are located) and remote control are on the same channel.

Important things to remember:

  • There are only 4 channels that you can use with your Rokit Smart robots! They’re all in the image below, and you can set channels by flipping DIP switches up or down.
  • Make sure you’re in remote control mode (either on DIP switch 3 or program 13 on the Smart Inventor Board) before changing the channel. If you don’t do this first, there’s a chance that the channel won’t be recognized and your board will go into programming mode instead.
Remote control channels
Step 4

Pairing the remote

Once you have the channel you want on your mainboard, you can connect your remote control! Find the button that matches the channel on your mainboard on the bottom part of the remote control. Press and hold the button for three to five seconds. The red LED on the remote control should start flashing, which means your remote control should be connected!

Remote Pairing
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