Texas Instruments TI-Rover with Geometry Challenges User manual

Meet the TI-Rover
with Geometry Challenges
TI-Nspire CX Family
TI-Basic
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Meet the TI-Innovator™Rover

TI-Innovator™Rover
TI-Innovator™Hub
TI Graphing Calculator

Battery indicator Red-Green-Blue
(RGB) Color LED
On/Off Switch
Marker holder
(Expo Fine and
Ultra Fine sizes)
Calculator holder posts.
Lift and twist to CE or CX side.
Rover from the top
Battery Charge
with USB micro
to wall adapter.

Turn Rover Over
What do you
see?

Sensors on Rover
Motors to turn
the wheels
Ranger to
measure distance
Color sensor to
detect different
colors

TI-Rover orientation and virtual grid
Rover programs set the initial position as the origin and the heading
as 0 degrees measured from the x-axis.
Note: The Rover tracks its position on a virtual coordinate grid with a unit value of 10
cm. The coordinate grid position applies to the RV TO XY, RV TO POLAR, and RV TO
ANGLE on the Drive RV Drive menu. The virtual grid also applies to the RV Path menu
functions.

Connecting Rover to your calculator
Plug B side into
USB B port of
the Rover Hub.
Unit-to-unit cable
Plug A side into
port on calculator
the Rover Hub.
Make sure that your Rover is
switched on and
on floor ready to roll before
running the program.
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Connecting your calculator to the Rover
Initial Connection
»Step 1: Make sure that Rover is
switched ON
»Step 2: plug unit-to-unit cable
into Hub
»(Use end of cable labeled B)
»Step 3: plug unit-to-unit cable
into the calculator
»(Use end of cable labeled A)
Troubleshooting
Try the following as a fast fix:
»Step 1: unplug the unit-to-unit cable from
the hub and the calculator.
»Step 2: re-connect in the order of first Hub
then calculator second.
If the fast fix does not work, try these steps:
»Step 1: unplug unit-to-unit cable from
both the hub and the calculator
»Step 2: Switch Rover OFF
»Wait a second
»Step 3: Switch Rover ON
»Step 4: plug unit-to-unit cable into Hub
»Step 5: plug unit-to-unit cable into the
calculator

Creating a new TI-Nspire document
Press the [home/on] key to
display the home screen.
Use arrow keys and [enter] or
Press [1] to select 1 New document.
See next slide for steps to add
a program.
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