Remote desktop to the controller UI

Technical Questions Robot Communication
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If anyone else needs this for their UR10e, what I did was the following:

  1. connect robot to LAN
  2. make sure it got IP address (in my case that’s DHCP)
  3. connect to it via SSH with Putty with user root
  4. edit sources file (sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list) to include the following: deb Index of /debian jessie main
  5. save file (ctrl+x, y, enter)
  6. update sources list by running apt-get update
  7. install screen by running command apt-get install screen and comfirm with y when you see the line Install these packages without verification? [y/N]
  8. install x11vnc: apt-get install x11vnc and confirm with y both times (similar as above)
  9. add line screen -dmS vnc x11vnc -forever -passwd YOURPASSWORD -shared to rc.local using command sudo nano /etc/rc.local (obviously change the password you want to use - note: using plain text password is NOT secure but I don’t plan on exposing the robot to external networks). Also worth noting, insert the line before line exit 0 line so it actually executes :wink:
  10. save file (ctrl+x, y, enter)
  11. reboot robot and try to connect, my connection worked just fine with Real VNC viewer (edit connection and set picture quality as High in Options tab) and with bVNC Pro from my Android phone

That’s about it :slight_smile:

P.S.
Display is running with a resolution of 1280x800 pixels

Edit:
I’m dumb and for some reason didn’t see last reply above mine… Well, hi11’s solution is better as it doesn’t store password as plain text

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