Running Simulator on Mac

[mattmacf98]

Hello, this is an inquiry on wether or not there is mac support for this simulator / if it is planned

My system info:
Macbook Air (Apple M4)

I am looking for some help starting up a simulated arm for the ur20 using this script (https://github.com/UniversalRobots/Universal_Robots_Client_Library/blob/master/scripts/start_ursim.sh) with the command bash start_ursim.sh -m ur20 on mac, I am having some issues getting PolyScope to actually start up. I have the docker container running but when I navigate to the url given as output (http://192.168.56.101:6080/vnc.html) it will just spin forever and timeout (no error in console).

I see one log line here in the terminal
WARNING: The requested image's platform (linux/amd64) does not match the detected host platform (linux/arm64/v8) and no specific platform was requested
and have tried the workaround for arm64 linux systems proposed here #367 (and also nuked the old docker image beforehand) but that still doesn't seem to work on my mac and I get the same error. Has anyone successfully run this simulator on a mac and can help identify what I am missing? Thanks in advance!

[urfeex]

The mac-based simulator with the workaround you mentioned should work for PolyScope X (versions 10.x.y), but not for PolyScope 5. For that, you should be able to use the VirtualBox-based simulator which you can download from https://www.universal-robots.com/download/software-ur-series/simulator-non-linux/offline-simulator-ur-series-e-series-ur-sim-for-non-linux-5240/

If you would like to run a PolyScope X simulator, we would appreciate very much, if you could try out the workaround suggested in #367 (comment). If that works, we can integrate it into the script.

[mattmacf98]

I tried that work around, it does technically run the docker image fine, but the actual navigation to the vnc url times out. I am not sure if it is due to just really really slow emulation from Docker or if there is some weirdness around the ports when using the emulation

[urfeex]

When using the PolyScope X simulator, there is no vnc running. You should be able to access the container's IP address directly.

As I said above, the PolyScope 5 simulator is not supported to run on Mac.