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Software for individual control of several RCX's, through one IR tower, via a multi-joypad setup, is available at (URL) Thomas Hoeg-Jensen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rene Virsik" <virsik@sco.svf.stuba.sk> To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | More on threads
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(...) Of course you are right. I think it is a bad programming style not to give your program the ability to terminate but to run in an endless loop. But what is the penalty for this bad style? I've done some investigations and here are the results: (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Sure - if the programs in the two RCX's are slightly different, one of them could be programmed to (say)ignore message bytes containing odd numbers and the other RCX could ignore message bytes containing even numbers. Then the PC can talk to (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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I am using legOS to program a robot for a uni project because the other stuff is aparently too simple but i cant delete the current programs off the RCX to download the new firmware. Is there any other way of doing this without just leaving the (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Heya all ! Sorry if this was discused before but is it possible to control or program for example two RCX bricks with one tower from one PC so they work indifferently from eachothers in ONE model ? - Thanx ! - Rene (24 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) IRC, every method in C++ has an implicit parameter wich is the object itself; that's why you can't cast it. Try the following (does someone have a nicer solution?): Put runWrapper() outside the class: int runWrapper(int, char **th) { (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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I write a Thread class for LegOs with a simple interface like in Java or CommonC++. I'm using LegOs 0.2.4. Below are my work till yet. The problem is in the Method Start(). The line is marked with !!. The error message is at the end of the file. I (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: LNP Routing daemon with tcp/ip for RCX/legOS, Cybermaster/NQC
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"Freddy" <mail-nowak@web.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:GpzyB6.Kpt@lugnet.com... (...) A C++ class to build client application without knowing the LNPoI protocol is available for Windows and Linux now. (URL) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Dear Mindstormers, For months I didn't find the time to do some work with my Mindstorms equipment. So some things have changed and also new products came onto the market. I have just started work with Mindstorms again and have some (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: threads - bug in the firmware?
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(...) I would strongly suggest changing this to while(1) msleep(bignumber);. Otherwise you're hogging the processor doing nothing important, which could do bad things to any compute-intensive tasks you may have going. It'll also use slightly less (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: threads - bug in the firmware?
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Hi Ross (...) you (...) What are the advantages and disadvantages of this method as opposed to the one I used? mike (24 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Welcome Brian! This is fun right? Your Walkers are great and it takes real skill to build them. You certainly have a talent for it as well as an understanding of the sheer mechanical principals involved. I applaud you. Wow, I can't wait to see this (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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I used the datalog to upload a batch of data to the PC and then used Excel's import to make it into a spreadsheet. It was easy and worked well. I used the spreadsheet to precisely characterize my motors so that I could match motors to each other in (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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In lugnet.robotics, Dave Johann writes: [Snip] (...) I'm interested in buying the CD since you can't use it. Martin (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Note also since bumper_task() is an infinite loop, and you never use pid1, you could save one thread by doing this: int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { pid2 = execi (&left_task, 0, NULL, PRIO_NORMAL+2, DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE); pid3 = execi (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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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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| | Re: Lego Studios Cam and Macintosh
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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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