How-To Guides
Solve specific problems
How-to guides
Practical guides for solving specific problems. Unlike tutorials, these assume you already know the basics.
Pro Tip
How-to guides are designed for quick problem-solving. If you're learning OctoMY™ for the first time, start with the Tutorials section instead. Come back here when you need to solve a specific problem.
Guide categories
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Identity | First boot, switch between Sentients and Nodes |
| Pairing | Connect nodes together for the first time |
| Connection | Configure and troubleshoot network connections |
| Hardware | Configure physical robot hardware |
| Plans | Create and manage robot behavior plans |
| LLM & AI chat | Configure providers, use the chat overlay, troubleshoot errors |
| Paint | Named-area regions, image import/export on the spectral canvas |
| Settings | Find, change, reset, undo and move the settings of an app in its settings window, save named presets, and change keyboard shortcuts |
| System | Diagnostic surfaces — active mounts, open files |
| Singularity | Audio output, output pairs on multichannel interfaces |
| Bahn | The tracker's audio buffer size, mixer lanes on several sound cards, physical instruments |
| Development | For contributors and developers |
Did You Know?
Each how-to guide follows a consistent structure: problem statement, prerequisites, step-by-step solution, and troubleshooting tips. This makes it easy to find and apply solutions quickly.