You can power ON Phiro by sliding the power switch to the right on the backside of robot. Phiro's Side Led will glow white means Phiro Switched ON.
You can power OFF Phiro by sliding the power switch to the Left on the backside of robot.
Phiro is extremely resilient so try not to drop them!
Phiro is designed in such a way it moves all direction in Flat surfaces. Avoid using it in Carpet or any other uneven surface for smooth operation.
Switch OFF the robot and Switch ON it again.
Phiro Unplugged and Phiro Pro robots comes with 2 different colour serial number sticker.
Both Phiro Unplugged & Phiro Pro robots come fully assembled and are ready to learn from & play with, right out of the box. Phiro Unplugged uses only onboard programming, whereas Phiro Pro uses Smartphone and PC programming in addition with onboard programming.
Without any devices or computer | Free, Open Source & Wireless via Bluetooth | ||||
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Sequential Keys | SWISH Card | Scratch 2.0 | Snap4Arduino | Pocket Code | |
Phiro Unplugged | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Phiro Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The following devices are compatible with Phiro:
Android smart phones. Windows, MAC & Linux Systems.
Unique serial number and other information has been specified under each Phiro Robot.
Phiro's rear lamp will blink red colour to indicate less charge.
To charge your robot:
1. Switch OFF Phiro Robot (Note: Phiro will not charge, When it is ON)
2. Connect the included USB cable to your robot and a USB charger. Phiro Charging indicator will glow green colour, while the robot is charging.
3. When your robot is fully charged, Phiro Tail Lamp will glow Red along with Green colour charging indicator.
Phiro Charging indicator will glow green colour, while the robot is charging.
When your robot is fully charged, Phiro Tail Lamp will glow Red along with Green colour charging indicator.
It usually takes 8 hours to fully charge a robot (starting with zero battery life).
We include a USB cable that will allow you to charge the robot by connecting to a USB port or USB wall adapter.
No. This Phiro charging cable is specially made for Phiro charging.
Phiro has a battery life of at least 6 hours. Phiro Rear lamp will blink red in case of less battery.
No, Phiro robots have rechargeable batteries than cannot be accessed or removed.
Phiro will switch ON in Sequential (M1) mode by default. Pressing mode button once changes it to Swish Card (M2) mode. Pressing it again changes it to Bluetooth (M3*) mode
M1 : Sequential Mode: Green Led will glow in Sequential mode indicator (Near 7 segment Display)
M2 : Swish Card Mode: 7 Segment Led will number 00
M3*: Bluetooth Mode: Blue Led will glow in Bluetooth mode indicator (Near 7 segment Display)
(* only for Phiro Pro Buyers)
Check whether Phiro is in Sequential Key (M1) mode. If not, Press mode button till sequential mode Led indicator glows Green to enable Sequential Mode.
Look for foreign objects in Phiro wheels & make sure surface is even.
Sequential programming does not need download command to execute the program. Just press play button to execute the program after sequential program is over.
Press Last clear button or debug button to erase last step of sequential key (or) Press clear all button to delete full sequential program.
Phiro direction keys and Led keys are meant for Sequential mode only. Only last delete, clear and download buttons will work in Sequential (M2) Mode.
If Swish card is not read properly, Phiro will beep twice. Check whether Phiro is in Swish Card (M2) mode. Swipe the card in correct direction and at constant speed as given in the user manual instruction.
After card is swiped, Phiro will display the swiped card number for 2 seconds and then total number of cards swiped. If the card number and swiped card number is different, press last delete button to erase last command and swipe that card again slowly.
You can use DIY black card to recreate the lost card. Note down the lost card number, convert that into binary number and shade that binary number and shade it as per given in user manual. If you lost bunch of swish cards, you can download swish cards from below attached link and print it and use.
Unique serial number & Bluetooth Name are same and it has been specified under each Phiro Robot.
Make sure Phiro is in Bluetooth (M3) mode. Even then if Phiro is not connecting, restart Phiro & software.
Yes, we can use same Phiro in different system. We have to Pair Phiro with each system individually.
i. Switch on Phiro Pro, Go to Bluetooth Mode by pressing Mode button
ii. Go to Settings >> Devices >> Bluetooth and turn Bluetooth ON in System
iii. Click Add Bluetooth Devices in System
iv. Click on the Phiro Bluetooth device and press the Pair button.
v. Enter the pass code "1234" and then press Next to pair to the Phiro.
No, it will differ for each system. It depends on available port in that respective system. Please note the "COM PORT" number when Phiro Bluetooth pair with system Bluetooth driver.
Phiro robot supports Android smart phone devices via Pocket Code App,
Phiro robot supports Windows via Scratch2 Software.
Phiro robot supports Windows, MAC & Linux via Snap4Phiro Software.
All Phiro related software's are open source and are available in our Website.
Write to us at: robotixusa@robotixedu.com