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Re: NQC "No reply from RCX" Help Please
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 20 May 2002 16:54:12 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, John Hansen writes:
> In lugnet.robotics, Dave Baum writes:
> > In article <GwE5w8.B9t@lugnet.com>, "Jeff McClain" <jmcclain@spro.net>
> > wrote:
> > > Well, I'm having a similar problem, but in my case, NQC and bricxcc just
> > > don't even ever see the brick. I have firmware installed, and the Lego RIS
> > > 2.0 software works and communicates perfectly with the brick (little green
> > > light on the USB tower and everything...can download basic programs, etc).
> > > Problem is, Bricxcc says it can't see the brick and NQC says there was an
> > > error "could not open serial port". The little green light never goes on in
> > > the tower.
>
> <snip>
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> > What version of NQC are you using?
> >
> > As for WinXP, I don't think NQC itself should have any trouble, and if
> > the RIS software is working, then I'd assume the Lego USB driver is also
> > ok.
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> The most likely thing I can think of is some program is running that is
> holding open the USB Tower port. I think Jeff told me via e-mail that he is
> using the latest release of BricxCC/NQC. A less likely alternative would be
> a misconfiguration/improper install of the USB Tower drivers that would
> somehow not cause the RIS software to similarly fail. But that seems far
> fetched.
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> John Hansen
I'm about to go ahead and wipe the laptop hard drive and just reinstall
WinXP and see if I can get everything working from a clean install. I've
done a LOT of things on this lap top and had quite a few USB devices
installed...
-Jeff McClain
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 | | Re: NQC "No reply from RCX" Help Please
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| (...) Well, I reinstalled Windows XP and then installed RIS 2.0 and NQC/BRICXCC and everything worked like a dream. I have no idea why it wouldn't work before (did everything the same). Strange that it would work in RIS 2.0 but not in NQC or (...) (22 years ago, 24-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NQC "No reply from RCX" Help Please
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| (...) <snip> (...) The most likely thing I can think of is some program is running that is holding open the USB Tower port. I think Jeff told me via e-mail that he is using the latest release of BricxCC/NQC. A less likely alternative would be a (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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