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| | Re: Using generic IR ports for RCX 1.5
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| (...) IrDA works quite differently from what the RCX is capable of understanding normally under usual firmware. I don't think that you can change the dongle reactions, since on the physical layer it will work according to the IrDA specifications. (...) (16 years ago, 7-Feb-09, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: time sampling under the rcx standard OS
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| (...) Sorry, I didn't explain. This program only aims at checking the loop frequency capability of the rcx firmware, implementing a PWM. The rotation sensor is only used as a potentiometer knob, allowing me to determine by hand the PWM pulse as (...) (19 years ago, 19-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Updated list of Service Packs at LA
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| (...) I second all of that. And I'd also recommend trying to get hold of a RIS 1.0 - especially if you're planning to do a lot of programming. The AC power jack is real handy, and saves heaps on batteries. I still haven't seen anyone say definitely (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | Re: RCX 2.0 -- ideas.
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| While talking about separating the battery pack from the RCX it occurred to me that having the thing forget all the firmware whenever you change the batteries is a *pain*. Making the RCX retain this in a semi-permanent or permanent fashion would be (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NQC 2 Request
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| Dave, Thanks for all the comments in the thread. As I have not looked at the API supplied by the firmware I did not realise that the NQC api was such a close match. Adding the functions as you have suggested is a very neat solution. It is nice to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Too many sensors
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| Ben Jackson wrote: > You could do it but you'd lose rotations as long as the button was pressed. > You'd probably need alternate firmware to even get that working well. I can live with losing rotation when the button is pressed. I may have to reset (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: "Floating" a motor
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| (...) to (...) I (...) Robolab 2.0 will allow you to float the motors using a graphical language with the native lego firmware. Once you install Robolab 2.0, go to the Project Install Extras to use the full menus. One advantage of Robolab is it has (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Fw: Saw RCX brick at Goodwill
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| (...) I use it all the time with my RCX 1.0 - with the latest NQC, you really *need* that new firmware. Also, whilst it's still shown as being in Beta test, we know that RCX 2.0 is coming *soon* so we have to guess that the software is pretty much (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Remote Control Internals?
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| (...) The LEGO remote control sends bytecode D2 (documented in the RCX 2.0 SDK, but also supported in the 1.0 firmware). When multiple buttons are pressed, the appropriate bits are ORed together in the data portion of the packet. The packet gets (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: NQC 2.3
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| (...) Non darmi del voi 8-))) (...) Non posso aiutarti perch' io uso ancora la versione di NQC e di rcxCC che funziona col firmware 1.5 .... E in quanto alle batterie di Mario .... hai ragione 8-))) CiaoCiaoSergio (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Hardware Hack
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| John Barnes, Your work does not necessarily disqualify. For example, if the system runs some implementation of the original firmware, or if it runs legOS, then potentially it appears the same to a programmer. So, if you are able to share, I would be (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hi there, I use legOS 0.2.4 under Linux and tried (after a few weeks) to download the firmware and get always the follwing error: firmdl3/firmdl: transfer data failed Batteries are brand new, tower was set to short and long dist. nothing helped ... (...) (23 years ago, 6-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Code-only Line-tracking competition
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| (...) Good question. We DO have plenty o' RCX at our disposal. If you have specific firmware requirements, hook us up with them, and we will do our best to get one configured the way you want it. (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Kill / reset / power switch for RCX
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| I manage to semi-regularly crash LegOS (usually thanks to wandering pointers) to the point where a firmware reload is required and the reset button combination doesn't respond. In order to save myself popping the batteries out every time, I decided (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: newbie
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| Hi Paula, While NQC is a nice place to start, you might want to consider LEJOS which, like legOS has its own firmware but it uses Java instead of C. It can do much more than NQC, and is quite bug free. Find out more at (URL) luck. (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | rotation sensors
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| Do I have to manually frequently read the values from rotation sensors for the count to work, or does the firmware monitor the sensor for me? I have home-brew passive sensors, touch sensors and light sensors working fine, but the rotation sensor is (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: problems using arrays in NQC
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| Hi, you have to tell BricxCC/NQC that you are compiling for the RIS 2.0 firmware. To do this, select "RCX2" in the "Searching for the brick" window that appears at startup (you can also make this the default value in Preferences>Startup). (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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