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Subject:	Re: IR Tower Use
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date:	Tue, 29 May 2001 15:59:08 GMT
Reply-To:	mattdm-usenet@mattdm(StopSpam).org
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Kekoa Proudfoot <kekoa@pixel.Stanford.EDU> wrote: > Matthew Miller <mattdm-usenet@mattdm.org> wrote: > > Not really -- the tower uses its own proprietary communcations format. > This isn't true at all. The tower converts an RS-232 serial transmission > directly into IR and vice-versa. It is a pretty standard protocol. Ooops, sorry. I didn't really mean proprietary -- I meant "not normal for remote controls". -- Matthew Miller mattdm@mattdm.org <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>

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		Re: IR Tower Use
(...) nod, but that made me think if we can use the IrComm package, and use a laptop's ir port to communicate with the rcx - didn't get a chance to try it yet - did anyone? Dan (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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		Re: IR Tower Use
(...) This isn't true at all. The tower converts an RS-232 serial transmission directly into IR and vice-versa. It is a pretty standard protocol. -Kekoa (24 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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