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Yes I did. It took a bit of hacking. I can follow-up this note if necessary with some more details but I'll have to figure it out again myself. I did this about 6 months ago while beta testing XP. You will need a Win98 system, preferably networked (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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hi Ryan, You can do it either through the spirit.ocx or just by sending the bytes to the IR tower. Both methods are quiet straight forward. I used both methods for the serial port in Delphi (which looks a lot like VB) and found that spirit.ocx is (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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you can get it here (within 2 minutes) (URL) Mientki (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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You need to import the spirit.ocx file (only comes with the rcx 1.0/1.5 version. If properly imported, you will see a lego logo in the components list. Put this in an application form and select in the lego component the proper pbrick and (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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"John Hansen" <JohnBinder@aol.com> wrote in message news:GnrswI.K5r@lugnet.com... (...) Lego (...) can (...) the ideas and design direction that they give is worth the cost of the book and more. I have only seen the electronic version so i don't (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) In fact, it is 6 * 1.65V = 9.9V (...) Well, even when the accu is OK, quick chargers may drive the voltage above the 9.9V cited above, so I recommend the good old C/10, 14h charge algorithm. Also, be sure to limit the charge voltage even in (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) If you have an external power jack, some of what I wrote may not be an issue. Greetings Horst (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi folks, Last night I changed my web hosting. Now everything should work fine: (URL) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Check out this webpage: (URL) I dug this up in the forums, and it got me going. You'll have to use the Babelfish to translate it into english. Basically you treat it as a serial port at \\.\legotower1. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) If I remember correctly, the tty devices will block in open() until they see some handshake (perhaps DCD) from the other side, while cu devices open right away and ignore handshake. I'd suggest taking a look at the code that initializes the (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) 8?) Only suggestion I have here is the Darwin developer mailing list(s). Or even the doco with their version may explain how to build a cross-compiler. They may have removed support, though unlikely if configure accepted the h8 target. They (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Use RCX-ROM-image in a H8/3294?
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Hi all, I downloaded and decompiled the ROM-image of my RCX. It uses a H8/3292 which is only available as a Mask-ROM-type. When I look at the code (and at (URL) of course) and compare the addresses with the adress space map in the datasheet of the (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi folks, It seems like my current webspace provider can't keep up with the high traffic to my website. (argh, it takes about 15 minutes to load a 300K shockwave animation, impossible !) Can someone point me to a descent free webspace provider, (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Dave, first thank you for NQC and its Mac support. If only its collegues weren't such a headache! I am using a serial tower with a Keyspan adapter and the setup works great for NQC following your readme file. I had been wondering though, (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Programming RIS 2.0 in C++
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I have the RIS 2.0 which comes with RCX 2.0 and the USB tower. I've been searching for several days now and I still can't figure out how to write my own programs in Visual C++ to communicate with the RCX through the USB tower. What is the easiest (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi ! The server snoozy's place is hosted on seems to be awfull slow ! (2.400 baud modem i guess ;-) ) It takes some time to load it, but it takes more (too much) time to download his ActiveX. I get about 250byte/sec when trying to download it (2.4 (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | VB and the IR tower
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I've been trying to figure out how to communicate with the RCX using the IR tower through a VB program. Does anyone out there know how this can be done with Visual Basic. I have a serial tower if that makes a difference. Thanks... (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Edmund Nussbaum wrote:To have a pressure sensor would be very nice. You could (...) Try to get disposable pressure sensors used in hospitals. They just cost about $10, the gain is calibrated at an accuracy of 1 mmHg, the offset is very stable and (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Is that an RCX with a power socket? I'd expect the socket to include a disconnect to prevent the external supply being applied to teh internal batteries. However, that isn't the scenario proposed at the start of this thread, which called for (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Christer Did you manage to get into snoozy's place? I too am struggling - all I get is an animation of some gears and a message saying 'loading www.snoozysplace.be.tf'. Does it just take a (very) long time to load or am I missing something. I (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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