windows/v1.0.0
Installing wire-pod is now as simple as downloading a program and running it.
This release is Windows-specific.
To set up wire-pod on your Windows machine:
- Make sure no other wire-pod instances are running on the network.
- Make sure no other devices are called
escapepod
. - If you want to use a regular production robot, you must set your computer's name to
escapepod
then reboot your computer. - Download "wire-pod-installer.exe" and run it. It may take a little while at first launch. Do not download the .zip file - that will be gotten by the installer.
- Windows SmartScreen may come up. Click
More Info
then selectRun Anyway
. - Click "Next", wait for it to finish installing, then click "Exit". Wire-pod will eventually open.
- On the message pop-up, click "Open browser" and finish setting wire-pod up. For production robots, use the "Escape Pod" config.