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(...) On Windoze the Logitech drivers identify the camera as a Logitech QuickCam Web just fine. (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I recollect that someone said that whilst the Lego camera *is* a Logitech device, the USB identification info for the 'badge-engineered' Lego device is different from that of the Logitech equivalent. Hence, the camera may not be *recognised* (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) But have you tried these drivers? Backwards compatability is often present in newer drivers. Also, has anyone tried plugging the camera in with iMovie open to see if it's drivers will recognize the camera? Matt (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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;-) That worked a treat, thanks Michael. (thanks for the other little corrections in the code too). mike (...) Mike, (...) your subroutines and then you leave main()! Leaving main means (...) memory is freed. The following will do the job: (...) (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) You'll notice none of those are "QuickCam Web." (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Customer Support Document # 30 Logitech® Product and Macintosh® Compatibility Thank you for your interest in using Logitech Product on the Macintosh Platform. The following information outlines Logitech's product compatibility with various (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Has anybody tried this? (URL) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The camera is a Logitech QuickCam Web, the round variety. I don't think there's any difference in the electronics between the square or the round ones though. Unfortunately Logitech doesn't make any drivers for it for the Mac. I was just over (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) should (...) The trick to getting a good connection is to ensure that both pieces of the 2x2 connector are precisely parallel to each other when pressing them together - this way I'm achieving close to 100% success rates making up custom (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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Why does the datalog not work for you? -----Original Message----- From: Rob Reed [mailto:robert_hilma...tmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 11:28 PM To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com Subject: Re: My Ambulators Using the programming environment (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Mike, your problem is not because of an error in legOS. But what you do is that you start your subroutines and then you leave main()! Leaving main means that all your allocated memory is freed. The following will do the job: ---...--- cut here (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) My initial search did reveal that tidbit Lar, but since I was alredy the owner of a Logitech cam, I was already in posession of the drivers. Those didn't work, so I started the hunt for drivers that might. 12 different camera drivers later, (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I recently had same problem and repaired it as above, it but it didn't satisfy me enough. Connection after reassembling isn't as good as it should be. Better way is to solder cable directly to that metal thing and cut the "needles" off. (If (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You could always sell it to someone. I'd buy it for a small markup from 75% off!!! and I suspect others would too. But before you throw in the towel, I thought this camera was a Logitech repackaged but hardware identical. So if you can (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) From what I hear you don't even need to strip the insulation, there are tangs that press through it to make the connection While you're prying it open you may want to replace it with a really long wire for those cross layout power runs and use (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) (xp'd to .robotics- there's probably more experience on the subject in this group) You should be able to pry apart the 2x2 end and repair the wires inside. I haven't done this yet, but I've heard that this is possible. I would pull out the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Please, in the future, cross post to multiple groups instead of separate messages. You can cross post in the web interface by entering all of the newsgroups separated by commas. If posting via NNTP, most newsreaders allow you to sellect (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Anyone who is a regular user of IRC can join my channel #LegoMindstorms (on dalnet). Coma and chat or give/recieve assistance. If you join you are welcome to Ops because anyone in here will know more about Mindstorms than me as i know almost (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Anyone who is a regular user of IRC can join my channel #LegoMindstorms (on dalnet). Coma and chat or give/recieve assistance. If you join you are welcome to Ops because anyone in here will know more about Mindstorms than me as i know almost (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Anyone who is a regular user of IRC can join my channel #LegoMindstorms (on dalnet). Coma and chat or give/recieve assistance. If you join you are welcome to Ops because anyone in here will know more about Mindstorms than me as i know almost (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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Anyone who is a regular user of IRC can join my channel #LegoMindstorms (on dalnet). Coma and chat or give/recieve assistance. If you join you are welcome to Ops because anyone in here will know more about Mindstorms than me as i know almost (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Anyone who is a regular user of IRC can join my channel #LegoMindstorms (on dalnet). Coma and chat or give/recieve assistance. If you join you are welcome to Ops because anyone in here will know more about Mindstorms than me as i know almost (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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Anyone who is a regular user of IRC can join my channel #LegoMindstorms (on dalnet). Coma and chat or give/recieve assistance. If you join you are welcome to Ops because anyone in here will know more about Mindstorms than me as i know almost (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Help! Hanyboard Assembly Testing problem!---I think solved!
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Hey! I've put in the memory, and the LCD screen, and I have interactive C running! Pretty cool that I can print messages to the screen. So problem solved! Anyone have some good instructions on how to properly desolder a part? I almost screwed up my (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: threads
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Albert (...) yea, I see what you are getting at. I am sure that I was hitting the bumper while the threads were still alive, but I will check again. I think this also points out some of the dangers of just dumping in some poorly thought out dummy (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: My Ambulators
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Using the programming environment that comes with Mindstorms is a little frustrating in that I want to simply capture data streams in a data file and dump it to, say, a spreadsheet. What I've found myself doing is using the LCD window on the rcx (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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I've spent the better part of the night looking for drivers to get this combo working. While I don't expect to use the included software (windows only), I've never had such difficulty finding drivers for a usb camera before. Does anyone have any (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Fred, You recently pointed to the new "cricket" controller. Its pretty cool, however as you recall I am a big fan of the Miniboard, having used several in various robots over the years. I recently got a kit from Microchip that they use to teach (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) Yup - this is what happens for me also. (...) Yup (although often needs a physical unplug/replug as well for me). (...) I believe it's not the tower, it's the USB subsystem that is 'jammed'. The 0.5 version of the legousbtower.c driver is not (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Senshist.icb etc
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Fellow Lugnuts, I'm working with some of the files in Fred's 'Robotic Explorations' book and would like to use the Sensor History Routines (page 291, Section 6.5.7). Between the HB software pages and the book publisher's website, I've managed to get (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: newbie again part 2
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Actually, I wouldn't recommend using the simulator. My original intention was to develop the core of a simulator thus enabling other people to make a full-fledged application with nice menus and dialog boxes. Since that hasn't happened, the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) Umm. When I installed the new SDK it worked just fine, but I downloaded it from a different site: (URL) you could try replacing the troublesome file with the original one on your Windows installation CD. --Ian (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Row of Racks and 8T Gear, HELP!
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I suggest you rework and use a 16T gear. I have used rack drives a lot and they do not mesh well with the 8T gear. -- Bob Fay THE SHOP (URL) Barile" <sebarile@sstanamera.com> wrote in message news:Gq1tFE.DHF@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) obstructions (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: threads - bug in the firmware?
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(...) As pointed by Albert Huang, you cannot call kill() with an "invalid" pid. Actually, the comment above kill() in tm.c says: //! kill a process /*! \param pid must be valid process ID, or undefined behaviour will result! The function updates (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Row of Racks and 8T Gear, HELP!
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Hi All, I'm basically making a plotter. I'm using 2 parallel rows of 1x4 racks as a track. When the powered 8 tooth gear crosses from one rack to the next it tends ride up on top of the teeth of the rack. I can't seem to find out what's going on. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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two of your threads terminate shortly after being started (...) as far as I know, legOS provides no functionality for determining whether or not a thread is alive or not. You need to keep track of this yourself (e.g. using a variable/flag that gets (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: threads - bug in the firmware?
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Hi again I have now totally stripped down my code to a minimum and I am still having problems with the code hanging up. I can see nowhere where there can be a fault. I am a long way from being an expert, but is it possible there is a bug in the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Help! Hanyboard Assembly Testing problem!---I think solved!
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so there was a bridge between Rx and Tx! that would do it. let us know if things are working now. fred (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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Hi there, The more serious problem observed when trying to get legousbtower, usb-uhci and nqc to work togeher was that the tower hanged after one complete round trip. (nqc and legousbtower works with uhci on my setup but not with usb-uhci.) Usb-uhci (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | The USB tower toggle question.
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Hi there, As not everybody was able to get the legousbtower to work with nqc, I am trying to look into what make usb-uhci failed to work with nqc on my setup while uhci worked. One observation I made was that usb-uhci would skip dma'ing the data (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Legousbtower configuration 4.
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Dear Juergen, As a response to the question on your webpage, I've tried configuration 4 of the legusbtower (legusbtower + uhci + nqc). I had no issues in using my setup to download the firmware to the brick. The response from the RCX brick sometimes (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: wireless RF RCX communication?
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There are devices sold by Radio Shack/Future Shop/etc called (i think) "remote extenders". Basically, they have 2 pieces. 1 is an infrared receiver and radio transmitter, and the other is a radio reciever and ir transmitter. I think they are one-way (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Cygwin problems
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Ben I recommend you read the Howto from the sourceforge docs section, or even better buy the Extreme Mindstorms book (Extreme Mindstorms; D. Baum, M. Gasperi, R. Hempel, L. Villa; Apress; ISBN: 1893115844 ) . Both give a good explanation of legOS. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Cygwin problems
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Hi all, i am having problems with cygwin. It doesnt help that i dont know what all these linux commands mean but i will explain my problems now. I have intstalled all the software to my system ok and the linux emulator seems to work fine(i can use (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Cybermaster CD
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(...) Lego were not able to find me an english Cybermaster CD, so my Cybermaster is sitting there unused as I can't figure out how to use the german software. Is anyone on this group willing to lend me a CD-R of an english CD? I would reimburse you (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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Hi everybody. Does anyone downloaded the new SDK 2.0 for RIS2.0? When i try to download the zip file, everything seems to work, but when i launch the EXE inside i get an error message "Corrupt Cabinet file" The download address is: (URL) in advance. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Help! Hanyboard Assembly Testing problem!---I think solved!
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There was a very undetcible component-side solder bridge between pins 2 and 3 of RP4. I might not know until tomorrow when I can get a replacement for RP4 (apparently I'm not very good at desoldering, and I didn't see the bridge at all until I (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: threads
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Thanks Albert (...) still (...) How do I check this? There are no other tasks that can kill threads apart from this one. I also checked process IDs after creation and before killing. Best regards, mike (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: I'm sure this has been done to death
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Best source is other Mindstorms Sets - preferrably heavily discounted. Older RIS sets have gone in chain stores for as low as $69. Expansion sets are available through a range of places online as closeouts at varying discounts. CompUSA and BestBuy (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Help! Hanyboard Assembly Testing problem!
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Hi, Thanks for your reply. RP4 has the part # 88102G, and adjacent pairs of pins have resistance of 1k (ie, 4 discrete resistors). Ok, Tell me if this sounds really strange... R15 is installed, but tested at about 1k ohms, not 47k. I remove the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | LNP routing daemon for Cybermaster/NQC and RCX/legOS
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Dear NG, i try to develop a LNP routing daemon (LNPoI - Lego Network Protocol over Internet)and i think this peace of software can be also usefull to other people using legOS, RCX and Cybermasters. For now it´s only available as a binarie file for (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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(...) Ahh. yes the AT-AT and R2D2. I forgot those. For some reason I was thinking the UCS TIE fighter and X-Wing. My brain was asleep. (...) Yeah the Camera really needs the CDROM and therefore Windows. :( But the Exploration Mars (which was one of (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: I'm sure this has been done to death
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(...) The AT-AT was OK (apart from the 'microscout' heap of junk). (...) What upset me about those was that a large fraction of the benefit of them was in the CD-ROM - which being a Linux user, I have no use for. (...) Yes - that was one *sweet* (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Except for the Mana's ;^) They're good with the RIS. (...) Which Star wars sets are good? Maybe I'm short on sleep but none of them come to mind. (...) Maybe not the best deal, but some of the expansion packs are pretty good. Actually if you (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: newbie again part 2
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(...) You could try David Baum's (creator of NQC) simulator, found here: (URL) is 'very alpha', meaning that it's in its early stages of development and uses Java, so be ready to ask more questions :) Good luck and hope you get your RCX soon! Robert (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: I'm sure this has been done to death
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(...) Yes - any Lego set will work with Mindstorms - but some are *much* better than others. The 'Bionicles' for example are just junk...almost useless. On the other hand, the StarWars sets are pretty good for robot parts. Truly the best deal is (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: wireless RF RCX communication?
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(...) This sounds complicated. I'm not sure if I'd want to go hacking into the RCX, but if you have an idea and a good idea of how to make it work, more power to you. I'd just like to point out before you get started that the infrared communication (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | newbie again part 2
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Another doubt: When I'm programming with NQC, is there a way to run the program (simulate its behavior actualy) without the RCX (because I don't have it yet)? Thanks, -- Paula Berger E-mail: pberger@terra.com.br paula@inf.pucrs.br ICQ#: 71133278 (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: My Ambulators
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Well..I did kinda, Some foreground information is needed before I can explain that. The lego touch sensors arent simple toggle throw type switches, they have a precision, where the touch sensor can have values ranging ( for example ) 0 to 100, where (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | I'm sure this has been done to death
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I've just recently been introduced to another world known as Lego Robotics. And i have some quesitons about it. Where have people found the best places to pick up accessories for it? I've been looking around and it looks like most everyone uses lego (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: threads
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some suggestions: 1) random_delay = random()/1000000; LegOS uses 16 bit integers, meaning the largest value an integer can have is something like 65535. The above statement is meaningless 2) (...) If you kill a thread, make sure it's still a valid (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: newbie question
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(...) Chris, if you start it in 'Programmer' mode and double-click (say) 'Inventor 4' you will open a new file complete with the 'Begin' and 'End' icons. If you pull down the 'Help' menu and click on 'Show Context Help' a screen will open that (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Using the Differential to drive straight.
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Thanks Mike, I'll be sure to try the adder-subtractor, as well as your new device. I completed the prototype of the differential drive with a transmission-lockable axle over the weekend. Actually, I can't claim credit for it, I got the idea from (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: My Ambulators
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hi Brian, nice robots and good pictures ! I just studied them roughly, but did I conclude it right that you made a rotation sensor with the normal lego switch ? If so, great (because finally we've a destination for that terrible sensor), does it (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: wireless RF RCX communication?
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This may help, little expensive though. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | newbie again
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Hi everybody, a need some explanation about NQC. What I have to do is this: I have Lego Dacta's Control Lab (#9701) and I want to program it using NQC. I know now that I need to buy the RCX in order to do that, but is there anything else? What is (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | LNP Routing daemon with tcp/ip for RCX/legOS, Cybermaster/NQC
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Dear NG, i try to develop a LNP routing daemon (LNPoI - Lego Network Protocol over Internet)and i think this peace of software can be also usefull to other people using legOS, RCX and Cybermasters (!). For now it´s only available as a binarie file (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Question about NQC code
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Hi, I created the following light searching program: #define speed 2 #define inaccuracy 2 int lightstrength, max, min; task main() { SetSensor(SENSOR_2,S...OR_LIGHT); start searchforlight_a; } task searchforlight_a() { lightstrength = (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | My Ambulators
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Hello everyone, this is my first Lugnet post. Yea for me :) I just wanted to show everyone my lego creations. Ever since the Lego Mindstorms website had an Ambulator contest about a year ago I've been fascinated with making them. So after nearly a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: BricxCC
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(...) that's a good point, especially for larger programs ! Stef Mientki (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Robolab Sensors
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Can anyone tell me how to get Robolab to report raw values for non-powered sensors? I am trying to use Robolab to plot thermistor and photoresistor resistances. Thanks. (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | newbie question
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I have just got Robolab 2.5 and forgot to order user guides with it. Is it just me, or is it not entirely intuitive? I cannot yet find a way of starting a new project without first opening an existing one - am I missing something? (I have bought it (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: threads
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Hi again, I'm now totally stuck with this problem. I've spent all day at it, stepping through the code line by line with key presses. I've marked the point that the code appears to hang in left_control_task (). Someone please help, please. Thanks (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | wireless RF RCX communication?
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I've been thinking about how I might replace the RCX's IR communication with something that doesn't require line-of-sight, eg using RF. I'm not much of an analog hardware guy so I thought I'd ask about the feasability of it first... I'm considering (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Help! Hanyboard Assembly Testing problem!
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Sam, can you check the serial input circuit. if this is not correct, then the 6811 won't stay in boot mode. make sure RP4 is a 1Kx4 resistor pack (4 discrete resistors) and not a 1Kx7. also make sure R15 is installed. see (URL) . also, try putting (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Link for Linux/USB/NQC?
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(...) Currently the best place to look is the legousb-devel mailing list archive ((URL) more organized presentation somewhere on the LegoUSB website ((URL) would be nice, but at the moment I have very little time and I couldn't yet get it running on (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Some remarks / questions about Brixcc
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(...) Sorry about the mixup. I thought I'd tried capturing non-compiler errors with a redirect and it hadn't worked. But trying it just now it definitely does work. BricxCC is already capturing the compiler errors via the -E option. I am trying to (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Hi John, I just got a new computer and tested your program on a AMD 1.333GHz Athon (Thunderbird). It works just great! I thank you for the adjustments/adds in your program as I requested. There is just one question left. Since I use to Delphi, I (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Ok, RP4 was fine. I've put a logic tester "MODA" line on the chip (from what I can figure, this is this pin that gets the signal from the stop switch), and it is recieving a signal when I press the stop switch. I verified that the reset pin was (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I have seen several postings about getting NQC working with the USB tower under Linux. I suspect that a few things will continue to be tweaked for a little while, and since I can't build/test the Linux software myself, I am hoping that someone else (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Some remarks / questions about Brixcc
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(...) Error messages go to one of two places. Errors from the compiler default to stderr but can be redirected with the -E option (-Efoo would sent them to a file named "foo"). Other errors (problem communicating with the RCX, illegal command line, (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) My implementation did something similar but used the 3rd motor in the OFF (ie. high resitance to turning) setting during turns to make sure that both the A and B side wheels turned the same amount. This helps to make sure that the skid/steer (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Where an inertial system *might* have some applicability would be to fill in the gaps between sightings of some kind of a navigational landmark. The gradual accumulation of error is the big problem - but if you only need the inertial (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: [Legousb-devel] Yes, the puzzle is solved - legousbtower + nqc for linux.
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(...) I believe this is correct. actual_length is only used on incoming data because the amount of data supplied may be less than the maximum buffer size (held in transfer_buffer_length). On the transmission side you just use transfer_buffer_length (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Steve, I see your point. I forgot the sensor also responds to gravity. I suspect that the best we can do is a very rough demo of principle, not a practical navigation system. Thanks for your insight! That is what makes this forum so useful. - pete. (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NQC and RedHat linux 6 on laptop
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(...) I've seen this kind of problem before. The difficulty is that PC's only have two interrupt lines for the four possible serial ports. Generally, ttyS1 and ttyS3 share a line and ttyS2 and ttyS4 share the other. That means that by default, you (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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I'm organizing a Mindstorms robot competition for BricksWest and it would make it easier, planning wise, to have a rough idea of how many people might be attending. If you think you might go, or better yet, know you will be, could you please let me (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NQC and RedHat linux 6 on laptop
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(...) I misspoke. In the BIOS it can be either COM2 or COM4 and it is set to COM4. I saw it listed in the RH6 startup as ttyS03, and misremembered it as COM3. It is COM4, I am using /dev/ttyS03. No go. Thanks for the suggestion, and sorry for the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NQC and RedHat linux 6 on laptop
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(...) Umm... COM3 is /dev/ttyS02, and COM4 is /dev/ttyS03. (Remember, COM* starts at 1, ttyS* starts at 0). Could that be your problem? (24 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Robolab and 3rd party camera
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As far as I know, any functionality that uses the webcam will not work in version 2.5. As a temporary solution, you could use an external program to capture a webcam image, and then use the image loading VI in RoboLab to work with it. I haven't (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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Hi all. I've been successfully using NQC on an old NEC 486/50 laptop with only 16MB of RAM for a while. The laptop was running muLinux, a very limited floppy-based distro. Everything worked ok, other than the fact that Nqc would segfault after each (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi, I'm struggling to get threads working (in a simple motor speed matching program), the code just keeps hanging up. I've isolated the problem to when I restart the threads after killing them if a bumper is hit in the bumper_task() function. The (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RCX Controlled Special Loco with Decoupler
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I made a speciaal Loco, it is 8-wide and controll by on board RCX with two geared motors, it will stop when back and IR sensor (made by John Barnes) detect train car, magnet will couple loco and train car, it also has a auto decoupler function, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Anyone there?
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(...) We mean radio, and we want to have a system that is invisible to the lego software (ideally), so that everything that the IR can do, we can do with much extended range. In addition, we want to have wireless digital video and maybe audio as (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.tele)
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| | Re: Some remarks / questions about Brixcc
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(...) I'll make this an option on the Watch window in the next release. Another user had requested that the Watch window only Poll when it was active. (...) This turned out to be a bug in the TFakeSpirit.SetSensorMode function. It will be fixed in (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Remote Turnouts and Decouplers
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One of the new features of the MichLTC layout was Steve Ringe's home layout module "plopped in" to a section of the show layout. (it therefore contained a "local loop" to allow I think he might be posting further about it. But just to whet people's (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.michlug) !
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| | Re: Using the Differential to drive straight.
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(...) Actuially the solution that we describe in our book is similar but not identical to Dave's one. Starting from the well known setup in which a differential gear is used to measure the difference in speed between the main wheels of a (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: site update
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(...) I've also made a torsen diff based on the basic diff in your sight, I believe it has a few improvements over the one made by Rob. see: (URL) David (24 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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<snip> (...) </snip> well, you could try the adder/subtractor (shameless plug here (URL) > or i think that i have another idea but i have to build it before i can CAD it so give me a week or so. mike (24 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: site update
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"Rob Stehlik" <robbby31@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GpsJwA.F2y@lugnet.com... (...) me (...) page: (...) I forgot who made the original, I do have a (minor) deisgn change but I lost the *.dat. now that Mike has changed the extension i seem to (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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