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Re: Thoughts on Battery-powered IR-controlled trains
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego
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Fri, 13 Jan 2006 02:38:41 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Barnes wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Steven Barile wrote:
> > Also if the RCX is NOT directly powering the trains then the RCX 1.0 (with AC
> > jack) isn't manditory. I would love to see the IR train be controled by the RCX.
> >
> > Is reverse engineering the IR codes for the IR train hard to do? Should I try to
> > get the IR control codes spec and post it on ILTCO web site? Who knows how to
> > program the RCX with new IR codes? (Is it that easy???)
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> I cracked the Manas codes in ten minutes with a photodiode and an oscilloscope.
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> Turned out they were very easy to transmit from the RCX.
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> I suppose TLG could go to the trouble of inventing an entirely new scheme, but
> why?
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> The only scary thing is how easy it will be for naughty little kids to go to
> train shows armed with Lego train IR remotes hidden in their jackets.
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> Personally, I cannot wait for the IR trains to show up. I can see myself modding
> a few to use RF (418MHz ?) instead of IR. This would make it immune to that kind
> of problem. And a simple RS232 - 418MHz PC gizmo would make PC control easy too.
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> JB
how difficult do you think it's going to be to convert from IR to RC? this is
one of the many things i wouldn't mind trying but i honestly hadn't thought of
it before your post. another option is to somehow offset the frequency that the
IR trains work off of to add additional channels. granted the user would need to
have 2 controlers but it would be a huge advantage over only 3 channels.
ondrew
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