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In lugnet.org.us.laflrc, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
> > > Will you be joining us at Brickworld in June?
> > >
> > > Steve
> >
> > "It's on my calendar", which is akin to "the check is in the mail."
> >
> > I am planning to attend; six months from now, who knows what will happen.
>
> Yes, but it's good to have a plan.
Oh, it's a plan. But I can't commit just yet; wait'll next year. :-)
> > My NXT is fucntioning, so that is good. I guess I need to work on bulding
> > a
> > four-wheeler!
> >
> > Oh, by the way, a question on bluetooth: can I just buy one of those
> > "bluetooth
> > adapters", plug it in to the USB port on my laptop, and then dispense with
> > having to plug and unplug the usb cable from the NXT?
>
> That's what I've done.
> However, they seem to work best if you use the Windows drivers, and not the
> drivers that come with the dongle.
It looks like I need to get one of these dongle thingies. If I get my act
together before midnight, I found a dlink dbt-120 for about $18 online, plus a
$10 rebate. Of course, it expires at the end of 2006...
> > And, if I built the world's greatest NXT four-wheeler, how can I do remote
> > control in the most cost effective fashion, seeing as the only bluetooth
> > stuff I
> > currently own is an old Halloween mask...
>
> This is the cool thing. There are a bunch of ways to control it. Of
> course, the easiest is to just go out and buy another NXT, and build a
> remote control. http://www.mindstorms.com
Fine, solve a problem by just throwing money at it...
> Or, you could write a program for your laptop, and that new dongle.
> Actually, there are programs for either on my web page:
> http://www.teamhassenplug.org/NXT/
I checked that out; thank you. But here is more of my ignorance: what exactly
is NXT-G? Differing things I've seen on line seem to make me believe that it is
text-programmable or an extension of the NXT software that came with the set or
extra blocks to add to the NXT software. I'm really confused here.
And can one zoom in or out of the programing field in the NXT software? It
seems too easy to run off the edge of the page and then I can't see the whole
thing. I was able to wrap that sequence beam but it doesn't like to go
right-to-left so I had to make it an really wide Z shape to fit things on the
screen.
> With the bluetooth (http://mindstorms.lego.com/overview/Bluetooth.aspx)
> there are plenty of options. You could download LEGO's mobile app for a
> bluetooth phone...
> http://mindstorms.lego.com/overview/Mobile%20Application.aspx
>
> I wrote an app for my PDA, but I don't have it posted anywhere. That's
> another option.
>
> Or, if you don't want to use bluetooth, here's a pretty cool option from
> Mindsensors, that allows you to use a PSP remote...
> http://www.mindsensors.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=61
>
> You need more options?
Well, my phone doesn't BT, my PDA is circa 1999, video-game systems (playbox,
gamecube, Xstation, STP, whatever) aren't part of our entertainment options, so
I'm looking for something that will telekinetic...
I think I'll be investigating your PC NXT-remote-controller program; you didn't
stash any viruses in there, did you?
Rafe
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> > > > Will you be joining us at Brickworld in June?
>
> Oh, it's a plan. But I can't commit just yet; wait'll next year. :-)
Ok, now can you commit? :)
> > Or, you could write a program for your laptop, and that new dongle.
> > Actually, there are programs for either on my web page:
> > http://www.teamhassenplug.org/NXT/
>
> I checked that out; thank you. But here is more of my ignorance: what
> exactly
> is NXT-G? Differing things I've seen on line seem to make me believe that
> it is
> text-programmable or an extension of the NXT software that came with the
> set or
> extra blocks to add to the NXT software.
Sorry if I didn't explain that.
NXT-G is the software that came with the NXT.
You can get an update to the software from NI, which allows you to add
blocks that are not included with the standard software. That's the Dynamic
Block Update.
> And can one zoom in or out of the programing field in the NXT software?
No. But, there is a magnifying glass in the lower right, that allows you to
see the whole program in one window.
> Well, my phone doesn't BT,
Maybe you'll upgrade it in the next six months. :)
> my PDA is circa 1999,
Maybe you'll upgrade it in the next six months. :)
> video-game systems (playbox,
> gamecube, Xstation, STP, whatever) aren't part of our entertainment
> options
Same here. But once you have that device from Mindsensors, you can get a
wireless controller for like $25.
> I think I'll be investigating your PC NXT-remote-controller program; you
> didn't
> stash any viruses in there, did you?
Not that I know of...
Steve
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In lugnet.org.us.laflrc, Rafe Donahue wrote:
> Well, my phone doesn't BT, my PDA is circa 1999, video-game systems (playbox,
> gamecube, Xstation, STP, whatever) aren't part of our entertainment options, so
> Rafe
I understand the unwillingness to buy a controller for a video-game system that
you don't own (I struggled with that a bit too), but using the playstation
remote and mindsensors sensor is pretty practical compared to other methods of
remote control, and now that there is a custom block for NXT-G, it is pretty
easy to use too.
John
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