Is nova-carter-init only provided for JetPack 5.1.2 (L4T 35.4.1)?

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Hello everyone,

I’m trying to bring up my Nova Carter, but I’ve run into issues with installing nova-carter-init, on my system (JetPack 6.0, L4T r36.3).

From what I understand so far:

  • nova-carter-init does not appear in the JetPack 6 (r36.x) apt repos.

  • Forum threads suggest it depends on nvidia-jetpack (>= 5.1.2, < 5.1.3).

Can anyone from NVIDIA or the community confirm if this is true?

  • Is nova-carter-init officially only supported on JetPack 5.1.2 (35.4.1)?

  • If yes, does that mean I must reflash my Nova Carter back to JetPack 5.1.2 to get the bringup working?

  • Is there any timeline for JetPack 6.x support?

Thanks in advance for clarifying

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Hi @Lefkios ,

Welcome and thanks for your post.

Since you are using JP6.0, the corresponding Isaac ROS version is v3.1.
Please refer to Getting Started — isaac_ros_docs documentation for system setup.

And the “nova-carter-init” has been deprecated, now we using “nova-orin-init” uniformly.
Attached the doc for reference: Nova Orin Init — nova_docs documentation

Regards.

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Thank you for your feedback!

I think part of my problem is not knowing the exact order to follow the documentation. Could you please provide a simple step-by-step sequence for setting up Nova Carter?

Right now I’ve read through the docs and tried many things, but I’m not sure which steps must come first and which ones can be skipped. My first goal is just to teleoperate the robot with the controller, so I want to make sure I’m following the docs in the right order.

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Hi @lefkios2003 ,

The gerenal setup process is as follows for your reference:

  1. Compute Setup — isaac_ros_docs documentation > Following “Jetson Platforms” section
  2. Jetson Setup — isaac_ros_docs documentation > Please complete “SSD Setup”
  3. Developer Environment Setup — isaac_ros_docs documentation > Create a workspace for experimenting with Isaac ROS
  4. Nova Carter — isaac_ros_docs documentation > Set up Nova Carter by following * Getting Started

After completing the above steps, you are good to try some Isaac ROS samples, take “isaac_ros_apriltag” as example, following the Quickstart to clone isaac_ros_common > download Quickstart Assets > Launch docker container > launch Files > Observed test results.

Wish you a smooth execution.
Regards.

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I am trying to install Nova Orin Init from Nova Orin Init — nova_docs documentation , and I get the following error:

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How can I proceed and install Nova Orin

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Hello @Lefkios,

Please ensure your system can connect to the internet first.
Then try the curl command again. If you still see this error “no valid OpenPGP data found“, you can also manually download the gpg key.

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It was connected to the internet. This was through an ssh connection.

I also tried running it while it was connected with an ethernet cable. Still the same error.

How do i manually download the gpg key?

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My system has working internet and DNS resolution (ping tests successful):

I Attached is a screenshot showing successful ping to both google.com and 8.8.8.8:

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It looks like only urm.nvidia.com specifically fails to resolve.

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Hi @Lefkios ,

Infomation update, the Nova Orin Init — nova_docs documentation has been recently updated for the new release(JP7.0), and the support for older versions doesn’t seem to be available for now.

Please follow below commands for JP6.0 setup:

  • Add the correspond apt repostiory:
k="/usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-nova.gpg"
curl -fsSL https://isaac.download.nvidia.com/nova-init/repos.key | sudo gpg --dearmor | sudo tee $k > /dev/null
f="/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-nova.list" && sudo touch $f
s="deb [signed-by=$k] https://isaac.download.nvidia.com/nova-init jammy main"
grep -qxF "$s" $f || echo "$s" | sudo tee -a $f
sudo apt-get update
  • And install nova-orin-init with specific versionn:
sudo apt install -y nova-orin-init=1.3.1

Thanks.

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Hi,

Thanks a lot for the update!

After communicating with Segway Robotics, they instructed me to reflash the system to JetPack 6.2.1, so this is the version I’m currently running now.

Could you please provide the appropriate method or repository to install nova-orin-init on JetPack 6.2.1?