Missing VectorPod-Chipper scheduled task

[mathewryann]

Going through setup now and running into this issue on step 3 and 4 for windows

`Start-ScheduledTask : The system cannot find the file specified.

At ...\windows\apply-wirepod-config.ps1:39 char:1

• Start-ScheduledTask -TaskName "VectorPod-Chipper"

• CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (PS_ScheduledTask:Root/Microsoft/...S_ScheduledTask) [Start-ScheduledTas

k], CimException

• FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x80070002,Start-ScheduledTask

[+] AI config applied. Wire-Pod restarted. `

I dont see a scheduled task named VectorPod-Chipper in task scheduler. Hoping you may be able to shine some light on this.

[mathewryann]

Update - I saw the solution in the other issue that was resolved. I applied this but now when going through pairing using keriganc and getting to activate screen receiving "Error logging in. The bot is likely unable to communicate with your wire-pod instance. Make sure you followed all of the steps and try again."

[Gman0909]

I’ll take a look. Are you running any kind of vpn, Tailscale or other service that might override any LAN IPs - and are you making sure your 2.4Ghz network is connected to the PC running the server?

[Gman0909]

Two things going on here:

1. The VectorPod-Chipper task error — this was a stale task name. The stack was consolidated into a single VectorPod-Supervisor task, and apply-wirepod-config.ps1 was still trying to start the old VectorPod-Chipper. That's already fixed on main (PR #2). Please pull the latest (or re-download) and re-run — the Start-ScheduledTask error will be gone.

2. The follow-up "Error logging in… unable to communicate with your wire-pod instance" — this is the real culprit, and it was my fault in the docs. The end-of-install instructions were telling people to complete the web wizard in "server IP" mode, but this stack only pairs correctly in escape-pod mode. IP mode breaks the activation step exactly as you saw.

The fix: don't configure Wire-Pod by hand in the wizard. After start-vector.ps1, run:

.\windows\initial-setup.ps1

That puts Wire-Pod in escape-pod mode, downloads the speech model, and generates certs. Then .\windows\apply-wirepod-config.ps1, then pair via the Robots tab. I've corrected the misleading instructions in #5.