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I posted this msg. about 10 days ago but as my server was set up wrong it didn't work. sorry for the delay. At the time of posting this i have already seen the movie thrice so I'm about ready. I've recently (a month ago) created a RSA (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: RFC: smaller task scheduler
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, Joseph Woolley writes: <snip> (...) <snip> Ok, so I was wrong about this. I double checked the standard task scheduler, and sure enough, it cycles through the high priority tasks, until all are P_WAITING, then moves (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | max 232 ???
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I,m in the begining stages od building my handyboard kit. But I seem to be having trouble with the charger card. It was while doing the testing for the max232 serial ic. At first all the test seemed to do okay. Pin#2 was at 9.6v, pin#6 was at -9.7v. (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | RE: Vision Command on XP?
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I got the camera to work by downloading the latest drivers from Logitech. I haven't tried to get the Lego software working with it yet. -----Original Message----- From: Julian Gomez [mailto:jeg@polished...ixels.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Vision Command on XP?
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Has anyone been able to get Vision Command working on XP? -- What about background checks for politicians? Dr. Julian "a tribble took it" Gomez mailto:jeg@polished-pixels.com ** (URL) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Need help with NQC
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I just wrote a program and I can't get it to work. I download it to the RCX and it just runs its motors. I look at the display and push on the bumper and it has those little triagles. So it is not hardware because the RCX reads that the bumper in (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: IC4.0 and library files
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Sam & Victor, Thanks for the prompt replies. I was led astray by the fact that I got a graphic image when I first opened that file (lib_hb_exp.ic). Once I 'cancelled' the image, the needed file text was there. Once again, thanks to the group. John (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Scout programming
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I used BricXCC and the USB tower to program the Scout. I was wondering how the programming was done by NQC. Are the Scout and RCX command sets compatible? How so? Or does NQC translate and assemble differently depending on target brick? There are (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: IC4.0 and library files
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Hi John. There's another file that does it... I think it's an .IC file, but not sure. Since I'm at work, I can't check (No IC), but I found it simply by opening up various .IC files in the Handyboard directory. Eventually I came across a file that (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | IC4.0 and library files
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I've been experimenting with Interactive C 4.0 and have run into a problem. I am unable to modify the list of files which are downloaded when IC4.0 is initialized. With IC3.2, I simply modify the lib_hb.lis file. With IC4.0, modifying 4.0's (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Final RFC on next legOS release (would have been legOS 0.2.6)
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Concerning the name change, call for ideas and a vote, I would suggest that a NEW thread entitled similar to "Call for legOS name change" be created in lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos. The details when worked out and as outlined in the rlswork doc should (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: RFC: smaller task scheduler
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"Stephen M Moraco" <stephen_moraco@agilent.com> wrote in message news:GtKIM4.Gws@lugnet.com... (...) <snip> (...) Sounds good. Now, who would like to provide a second opinion? BTW, as far as intended purpose of the task scheduler... I can see how (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: is it possible to use a polarity switch with a RCX input?
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(...) full (...) 100 (...) handy. (...) two (...) I'm not very familiar with electronics, but I am wondering whether the combination of two diodes with a resistor could solve the problem. I mean this: when current flows in a certain direction, it (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Deleting Programs
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That would be great. Thanks Mark! Obviously, it will be prudent to make some or all of these optional at compile time... but I believe at least half of them are useful for most users. Anyone have an idea of priority on this addition? Should it be (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: RFC: smaller task scheduler
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, Joseph Woolley writes: <snip> (...) This is exciting... <snip> (...) Good work on this! Since you have the config and simple swap we'll need to prove that both versions are still working and I'd like a 2nd opinion (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Proposals, Bug Fixes, etc and tracking them with SourceForge
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(...) Sounds good to me, I'll fix them up and put them in as patches. As far as keeping things small they will be able to be excluded at compile time, much like everything else in LegOS. It is probably also a good idea to have all 3rd party sensors (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Deleting Programs
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(...) I created a user space program which does some of this. I call it "inspector" as it mostly inspects the values of sensors. It also shows the current battery reading and how long the RCX has been on. The UI is pretty simple to use. It also (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Final RFC on next legOS release (would have been legOS 0.2.6)
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(...) Since there has to be a name change, perhaps keep the numbering for continuity? Unless you think we should go direct to 0.3.0 :-) Max. (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | lugnet: list admin question
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hi everyone, sorry to bother you all with a list admin question: does anyone know how to get hold of a human list administrator? i searched at the lugnet website and could find none. i sent email to the website feedback address and have received no (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Shrimp Rover
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(...) Hi! I'm really glad you noticed it. Your shrimps' gave me the inspiration. Without you mine would have never existed. Thanks a lot. -Brian (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Deleting Programs
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And another option would be: 3.5) View/Set RCX ID for lnp. <snip> (...) <snip> - Joe (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Proposals, Bug Fixes, etc and tracking them with SourceForge
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(...) Stephen, My SourceForge id is emanlove. And a few comments ... - Although you say the idea of a distribution shape is minor, it might be useful to start off using this so that we can be consistant from the beginning. And it sounds like a good (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: LEGO RCX and I2C
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Hi Ralf, Did you have a change to test the i2c-rcx link. I am very curious what the results are. I made an I2C link directly to the LPT port and tried to read some kind of a bar coded lego train. It worked in principle, but I had some problems with (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Mini Board
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Firts of all, excuse me to post this over this Newsgroup, but I Couldn't find any active group for the miniboard. That said, I bought a miniboard(already assemble),download all of the technical and program from the ftp site, but every time I tried (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Studless Design was Re: Shrimp Rover
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Does anyone know if there is a website that deals with the topic of "studless design"? I too struggle with building robots of this type. Regards Rob Weeks (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Deleting Programs
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Per message: (URL) there be a way to delete programs via the RCX buttons? Or perhaps just a dll -delete option? I have concidered adding a simple menu (using the view button or something in program.c perhaps) Could provide these functions: 1) View (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: is it possible to use a polarity switch with a RCX input?
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(...) Actually, you want it to be unpowered instead of powered; giving the sensor power will just waste your batteries heating up the resistors. Setting it up as SENSOR_TYPE_NONE and SENSOR_MODE_PERCENT (or SENSOR_MODE_RAW) under NQC would be much (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: is it possible to use a polarity switch with a RCX input?
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(...) Well the polarity switch can be made to work as a "switcher" that can be used to can input source or output source by wiring it like Hao-yang Wang did in this example: (URL) works great like this, I use it with my RailRacers ((URL) control (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: is it possible to use a polarity switch with a RCX input?
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(...) But... be aware that the 'polarity switch' has only two connectors (for two sets of wires). It's not a '3-way' where you can try to select one of two inputs by moving the lever. The action is forward-off-reverse with one power source connected (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Another LegOS Feature - Combo Sensor
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With the latest surge of interest in updating LegOS, I’d like to offer an idea that I think would be nice to add. A few months ago, someone posted some sensor code that allowed a light sensor and a rotation sensor to be connected to the same port. (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RFC: smaller task scheduler
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I have been working on some changes to the task scheduler (and therefore execi, kill, killall) and have reduced the size/complexity a bit. I think it is ready for use (although I am going to continue to test it). Here is a bit of info. about it: (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Proposals, Bug Fixes, etc and tracking them with SourceForge
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"Stephen M Moraco" <stephen_moraco@agilent.com> wrote in message news:GtIG2u.7Gy@lugnet.com... (...) I believe the firmdl application could load the .srec, look for a tag and replace the tag with the user selected RCX ID. Then transmit as it always (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: is it possible to use a polarity switch with a RCX input?
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(...) Use a resistor to make one of the states of the switch read less than a full short. Setup as a light sensor. 0 means off 50~ means one state and 100 means another. This is the basis for alot of the touch sensor multipliers. I am sure if you (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Rubber belts modelling
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I just uploaded a Rubber Belt Generator utility, that creates DAT files for rubber belts taut between two pulleys. The rubber belt generated can have a square section or a round one, using cylinder primitive. This utility is available from (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Robolab with non-LEGO cameras
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Hi Robolab 2.5 specialists, Does anyone know how to configure the Robolab 2.5 multimedia settings to work with one of the following web-cameras: Omnivision 511 (FCC H52PT-6007) or Aiptek (Model AVS100A Art. 12047) Claude Baumann (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Shrimp Rover
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"Brian Sadowski" <twodijits@hotmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio news:GtG13J.K42@lugnet.com... (...) competent in designing studless robots and I have much to learn from your Shrimp. Thanks for sharing it. Mario (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Proposals, Bug Fixes, etc and tracking them with SourceForge
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(...) Thanks for reading it. (...) I'll need time to play with this. It seems to me this is not the first time this has been mentioned in this news group. Has anybody thought of using the downloader as a means for setting the RCX id? Seems to me it (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Final RFC on next legOS release (would have been legOS 0.2.6)
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We are now actively deciding what the next release of legOS will be. (yes there will be a name change and, likely, the numbering will change but -for now- let's call it legOS 0.2.6) I've put together a more formal description of what we know today. (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | NQC 2.4 r3 released
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This is just a bugfix from 2.4 r2. You can download from the usual place... (URL) Baum (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Deleting Programs
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post please "Nick Tarleton" <jp_prongs@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GsooKt.Ix4@lugnet.com... (...) out (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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