= Building a Control PC for Barrett products = You should choose an operating system based on the type of PC hardware you have. The [http://web.barrett.com/supportFiles/wikiFiles/sk43g.jpg Shuttle PC] and the [http://web.barrett.com/supportFiles/wikiFiles/c137.jpg Travla C137 PC] shipped with either a Janz or esd CAN card. Newer WAMs with embedded PCs ship with a Peak CAN card. If you are ambitious, you can use your own PC and CAN card. * ["InstallRTAI"] - Install Kernel 2.6.16.16 + RTAI Magma (Janz/esd CAN card) * InstallXenomai - Install Kernel 2.6.24.2 + Xenomai 2.4.2 (Ubuntu 7.10, Peak PCI CAN card, Peak CAN driver) * ["InstallXenomai25"] - Install Kernel 2.6.31.4 + Xenomai 2.5.2 (Ubuntu 9.10, Peak PCI CAN card, Xenomai SocketCAN driver) - Includes from-scratch and simple instructions, primarily for CompactFlash installation * ["InstallXenomai25-PC"] Install Kernel 2.6.31.4 + Xenomai 2.5.5.2 (Ubuntu 9.10, Peak PCI CAN card, Xenomai SocketCAN driver) - Simple instructions, primarily for PC hard drive installation === Control PC Maintenance === * SoftwareUpdate - Update instructions to get the latest copy of the Barrett control software (btclient)