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Installation

To simplify installation, Marvin come with a very simple and intuitive installer.

Installing Marvin

Install Marvin is so simple, like following these steps:

  1. Download Marvin Setup Installer
  2. Execute Marvin Setup Installer and follow the instructions on screen
  3. After installing Marvin, open C:\<MARVIN_HOME>\config\app.yml file and set the robotKey and secretKey variables as given from Marvin team
  4. Reboot your machine and Marvin will automatically starts

Executing Test Script

All actions and interactions with your Robots are done inside Marvin Console.

  1. Access Marvin Console Robot menu
  2. Click on the Actions button of the Robot you want to execute the script
  3. At Robot screen, click on Execute Script button
  4. Type the name of task you want to execute (You can use the test script that come with your default installation)
  5. Click on Execute button

After these steps your robot will shortly start executing on the selected machine.

Troubleshooting

If some problem occur during installation, first check if there it is a known problem reading this topic:

A message "Could not start Marvin! Robot Key and Robot Secret are not defined" is shown

The step 3 of the Installation have not been executed!

Open C:\<MARVIN_HOME>\config\app.yml file and set the robotKey and secretKey variables as given from Marvin team

Recording the screen in error scenarios.

If you want to record executions in error scenarios, follow the steps below:

  1. Open the file C:\<MARVIN_HOME>\config\app.yml.
  2. Insert the following code snippet below execution: : is_record: True. Example in app.yml
  3. Save the file and run Marvin.

The video will be available in the console in the Media tab within the execution screen. Example in console

Notes:
  1. In order for the video to be recorded, you will need the updated version of Marvin, contact the team to ensure that your version of Marvin is updated.

  2. The video is available on our servers for 1 day (24h), within the video player you will find the option to download it.