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| (...) John, I think you may be confused about the IR detectors. There are only two and they are facing forwards. The 2 white parts facing forward and the white part facing backwards are low power IR emitters.... Cheers, Ralph (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I may definitely be confused. I was looking at the Spybot.h header recently and saw this: const iDirection = 4 //world & target (R/O) const cLeft = 0 //world[nBot,iDirection] & target[iDirection] values const cLeftOfCentre = 1 //here zone only (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| I am somewhat puzzled by the attitude of many people to the Spybots. I think we must accept that Lego is losing money and that its main audience is children. It must therefore devote its efforts to its main customer base, i.e., children. Also, (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Steve, If I look at from your angle I think you are quite right. Your comment really applies to the whole Lego line of products. The original concept of lego was to have a set of bricks and use your imagination to construct something from them. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Do we actually know if Mindstorms has made a Lego a large profit? Some reports I have read suggested that Lego's move into computer related products like Mindstorms has contributed towards its losses. Certainly the lack of development of the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| True, Mindstorms was the perfect excuse for me to get into the fantastic world of Lego once again. I belive that many, like me, felt the same way when Lego Mindstorms was introduced, and I belive that many also now has a their own income and can (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hi Agents, Just in case this hasn't been mentioned before, it is possible to send an RCX message from a Spybot to an RCX. I cobbled together the following MindScript programs and downloaded them using ScriptEd. Basicly, if you press the spybot (...) (22 years ago, 17-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| (...) Yes, there's a MindScript "vll" command (for the SpyBot) that works just as described in the Scout SDK. It uses the red LED on the back of the SpyBot to output commands. This same LED is also used when programming the SpyBot, so you have to (...) (22 years ago, 18-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| (...) PM (...) Great, thxs for this info :) (...) Yes, that's to be expected, from what I experienced with my MicroScout tests. (...) hmmmm... let's hope someone can do some work around that :) (...) Yes, like I did on a CyberMaster and on a RCX. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| (...) MindScript syntax highlighting, improved error reporting (over that provided by ScriptEd) and Spybot support (one talking to the RCX via the USB tower and the other talking to the Spybot via COM1) is even cooler. :-) In case anyone else would (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| It's pretty nice to program my Spybot with BricxCC. It's just like working with an RCX. But I'm having a problem getting a reliable reading from the light sensor. I'm trying to make the spybot follow a line, but unless I have very good lighting, I (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| (...) I've got to try BrickCC as well. I'm not surprised at the light detector performance. The light pipe is good, but not that good. It depends on light entering the tube pretty much perpendicular to the end. You would need to have a LOT of light (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| After doing a little more sleuthing, I was able to find out how to process incoming IR and VLL messages. And yes, thankfully, VLL decode is built into the firmware! The following is some SpyBot MindScript code that will handle both incoming VLL and (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| (...) [snipped] Mark, are you using BricxCC to edit/compile/download your MindScript code? If so, I'd love to hear your opinion on how well you feel it works in BricxCC. If not, why not? :-) (...) Right. And the RDS set sold for $150. Spybots are a (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| WOW! :) Thank you very much Mark ! Cool, it's all true then :) The usable firmware VLL input together with RCX/Scout IR messages output and the Manas/Spybot IR input. So now I can have a setup like: Cybermaster--VLL->Sp...IR->Manas, eh ! :) so (...) (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| I had a thought about this... Why not attach an external power source, and use it to power a lamp mounted right next to the "pipe"? Or, get another pipe, and mount one end of that next to the current pipe, and put the lamp on the other end? Or, if (...) (22 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| I might be wrong here, but I think you've almost got it figured out. I think the flickering is there becuase it gets turned off during regular comms or the IR range finding so that it doesn't get too confused! In otherwords, you can turn on the (...) (22 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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