MOVO Human-Machine Interface (HMI) panel

This section describes the Human-Machine Interface (HMI) panel, located on the rear of the upper torso.

The Human-Machine Interface (HMI) panel is located at the back of MOVO at the top of the torso. The HMI panel has a number of components.

This panel is always exposed, even when the skin panels are on. The components are as follows:

Microphone jack - 3.5 mm connector to plug in an external microphone

USB-A connector - Can be used to connect a peripheral such as a keyboard or mouse, whether via a wired connection or by plugging in a compatible wireless receiver to support a wireless peripheral.

Ethernet connector - to plug a computer into the MOVO ethernet network with a wired connection.

Note: It is not advisable to connect this Ethernet port on MOVO to a wall internet port in your organization. MOVO’s ROS master PC contains a DHCP server to assign IP addresses for the MOVO network, and could interfere with the normal operation of your local network.

HDMI out connector - To plug MOVO into an external monitor or TV to view the Ubuntu desktop of the PC.

Power on / off button - to turn MOVO on and off. When MOVO is off, this will trigger the power-up processes in MOVO. When MOVO is powered on, this will initiate an orderly shutdown process for MOVO, including the two MOVO PCs.

E-stop button - for emergency stop of MOVO.

Status LED - to indicate status information. The status LED will flash different colors to indicate state. The colors are as follows:

Color	Meaning
Flashing yellow	Powering up
Alternating green and yellow	Powered up
Flashing red	Powering down

Theoretically, with the connection ports, you could connect peripherals to the MOVO PC and use it directly as a development machine. In some cases, this might make sense. In general though, it will make more sense to develop on a separate development machine and connect to the MOVO PC over secure shell (ssh).

Parent topic: MOVO hardware overview