# K2Aley GAR-BOT Remote Control Transmitter

Copyright (c) 2026 K2Aley. GAR-BOT. All rights reserved.

This remote transmitter uses:

- Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
- Pico Voice board
- LoRa transmitter path

The Arduino Pro Mini is removed from the transmitter design.

See `OLD_PRO_MINI_REMOTE_REFERENCE.md` for the old Arduino Pro Mini board
notes. It is reference-only now.

## Test Over Wi-Fi First

The Raspberry Pi 5 and Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W both have Wi-Fi. Use Wi-Fi for
SSH, setup, Picovoice testing, and short-range LAN command tests before moving
control traffic to LoRa.

Set the robot RP5 IP address in `transmitter_config.json`, then run:

```bash
python3 remote_agent.py stop
python3 remote_agent.py forward
python3 remote_agent.py open-both-claws
```

## Commands

- `stop`
- `forward`
- `reverse`
- `left`
- `right`
- `open-left-claw`
- `open-right-claw`
- `open-both-claws`
- `close-left-claw`
- `close-right-claw`
- `close-both-claws`
- `status`

## Next Step

After Wi-Fi tests work, use the LoRa serial bridge packet send function for the
field-control path.
