The Crazyflie PC utilities are developed using Python 2.7. The Crazyflie library is used from the command line tools as well as a graphical user interface. On Windows an installer permits to run the client without having to install any dependencies, on linux the client can easily be run from source code.

Download and run the installer from the binaries download page. A link called “Crazyflie client” will be created in the start menus.

To install the Crazyradio dongle follow the instruction Install crazyradio driver on Windows 7. The procedure is similar for windows XP to 8.

The following has to be installed for the PC utilities to work:

• Python 2.7
• pyGame
• PyUSB (0.X or 1.X)
• libusb

For the graphical userinterface to work the following is also needed:

• Python bindings for Qt4

The following has been tested on Fedora 16 to 18. Note that this will pull in a lot of dependencies.

sudo yum install pygame pyusb PyQt4

The following has been tested on Ubuntu 10.04/11.10/12.04. Note that this will pull in a lot of dependencies

sudo apt-get install python2.7 python-usb python-pygame python-qt4

In order to fix the permissions so it's possible to use the USB Radio without being root do the following steps.

sudo groupadd plugdev
sudo usermod -a -G plugdev <username>

Create a file named /etc/udev/rules.d/99-crazyradio.rules and add the following:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1915", ATTRS{idProduct}=="7777", MODE="0664", GROUP="plugdev"

Restart the computer and you are now able to access the USB radio dongle without being root.

Decompress the source code in a folder, open a console and type:

cd <cfclient folder>
python2 bin/cfclient

This procedure is required if you want to develop with the Crazyflie client on Windows. If you just want to run and fly the Carzyflie follow the instruction to install the client above.

The following has to be downloaded/installed for the PC utilities to work:

• Python 2.7 (for Windows the last available binary version of Python 2.7 is Python 2.7.3)
• pyGame for reading the input devices
• PyUSB 1.X for communicating with the Crazyradio
• libusb needed as backend for PyUSB

For the graphical userinterface to work the following is also needed:

• PyQt4 bindings for QT4

Even if you have a 64-bit install you should download the 32-bit versions of the libraries since this makes everything easier.

The following has to be downloaded/installed for the PC utilities to work:

• Python 2.7 (for Windows the last available binary version of Python 2.7 is Python 2.7.3)
• pyGame for reading the input devices
• PyUSB 1.X for communicating with the Crazyradio
• libusb needed as backend for PyUSB

For the graphical userinterface to work the following is also needed:

• PyQt4 bindings for QT4

Caveat: I don't know what I'm doing so this may or may not be correct information, but I figure some potentially wrong information is better than simply TODO. Also, this wiki makes for very hard formatting (e.g. no code format) - just sayin'.

NOTE: For each of the following, make sure you grab the correct files for your specific version of OSX (i.e. Lion vs Mountain Lion)

1. Open Terminal and see if Python
2. Install Python
3. Install Homebrew
   • type the following in Terminal:
   • ruby -e “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)”
4. Use Homebrew to install libusb
   • type: brew install libusb
5. (You may also need to install Command Line Tool)
6. Install PyUSB by downloading & installing package
7. Install pyGame
   1. (alternatively, there maybe a Homebrew install method)
8. Install pyQT4
   1. (though this is how far I got before getting stuck)
9. Download CrazyFlie Client
   • start client by typing:
   • python bin/cfclient