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Re: Project X and game play
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Mon, 7 Jan 2002 16:26:43 GMT
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Chris Magno wrote:


IF several robots use IR to talk between bricks,  this might make a hard
game even harder.

YES I know that In the past we (and even I) would encourage IR data to
screw up other robots, BUT what would it get us in this game?

I would like to propose that as a solution we run one bot at a time and
time the robot.

this way if you need to use IR you can without fear of interference.



Well, I have put both my RCXs (RCXes? RCXen?) facing each other, 2 studs
apart, and then i made a hinged cover for the emitters/receivers.

Perhaps we should organize, and give everyone who needs them a specific
block of IR message numbers to use (assuming everyone is using standard
firmware, AND assuming i understand how IR messages work). I believe
that in the Lego firmware, there are 256 possible messages. I dont think
ill need more than two (dont hold me to that though).

Trevyn.



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While discussing a few items about the contest I has been brought to my attention that there is a very good chance that many robots entered will use more than one rcx. With this assumption, I was wondering how practical it would be to run our robots (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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