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I see around here, people are playing around with diffrent types of things to put on the RCX output port. Like not orginal lights, motors, bells and so on. Some even puts several motors on one port. How much current can you drain from one RCX port? (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Some questions that relate to an idea I am thinking about
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(...) (URL) down to see pics of the latest 'bot. It's basically taken right out of Exploration Mars, with the RCX mounted vertically, so the IR can receive signals from anywhere on the floor. (23 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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I think what you want is a 4-wheel-steering car; or better yet, a tricycle - one motor for drive, one motor for steer. If you don't want to paint your ceiling, stand the RCX up with the IR port to the sky and you're set. 4WS wouldn't be as easy and (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Independant drive to the two treads in the set will work, power one forward and the other backward and you'll spin on the spot - depending on carpet properties! (...) Paint your ceiling white, point the IR tower upwards and bounce the signal (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Have you seen this? Spiral Robot Drive
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"Eric Sophie" <mylegomaster@cs.com> wrote in message news:H2oLA5.8Bn@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) (...) Eric, Thanks for posting this. Just Awesome! -- Bob Fay (URL) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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I need some ideas on how to pull this off. I want to make a robot that can go forwards, backwards as well as stear left and right (perferably in as tight a turning circle as lego will let you go, being able to "rotate" on the spot would be perfect) (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Have you seen this? Spiral Robot Drive
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Spiral Robot Drive: (URL) Page: (URL) this is really impressive: (URL) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Thunderbots' Website Updated!
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Hi all, The Thunderbots' Website has been updated! With Robocup Junior Results! Also you can join Club Thunderbot! Click this link! (URL) Au (23 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX bell like sound
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did you try Guido Truffelli's BMS, (URL) Mientki (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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"Michel Magnan" <m_magnan@cablerocket.com> wrote in message news:H2n7G8.Azo@lugnet.com... (...) heard (...) I tried that too. You'll NEVER hear it in a show. NEVER. Your best bet is to use the last motor port for a small bell. You can either use a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Link for Vision Command installation on XP
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Hello all, I was holding off on posting this information because part of my solution includes the distribution of some of VC's files that cannot be installed or moved directly from the CD under WinXP. However, someone had already discovered the page (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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I'm just looking for something a little less vulneralble to failing under accidental stress (i.e. - binding of parts), and at the same time use that same feature to be able to support much more weight as could regular chain links (not conveyor (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Assuming you actually mean chain and not track links then I have two idea's. You could double up the chain, using two side by side. Or Theoretically if you used larger gears the chain would (apart from being slightly longer) move faster, (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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Hello, Is there a way to make the RCX make the sound of ringing bell, such as heard at a level train crossing? If you could point me in the right direction, that would be appreciated. Thanks Michel Magnan (23 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Lego Studios
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I can buy a Lego & Steven Spielberg Studios for 50 USD. Are the pieces included in the VC set important? Can I get the VC software on the net? Best Regards, Jonathan Ahora podés usar Yahoo! Messenger desde tu celular. Aprendé cómo hacerlo en Yahoo! (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | VPBRICK
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Hello! I have some questions: - (in the RCX side) How i can configure a message Event in NQC, I don't know the second parameter? SetEvent(My_Event,??..._Message); - (in the PC side to get the messages from the RCX), anybody have a sample code to use (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Replacement RCX Cost?
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You can get an apparently 1.0 w/ adapter port RCX from S@H. It's currently unavailable, but it wasn't a month or two ago. Perhaps it will come back again. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Voltage Sensor
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(...) Wow, thanks Horst. Your last email had 'weekend project' written all over it. Everything was quite straight forward (including the equations) and extremely well presented. I'll keep you posted on how it goes, and if I get stuck, no doubt you (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Voltage Sensor
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(...) Hello Nathan, At this stage I am wanting to include this sensor as part of a larger suite of components - Voltage regulator and Trickle charger. Ultimately I want to etch all of these circuits onto a single board and tuck it away in a lego (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Replacement RCX Cost?
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(...) I just ordered one 9709 from this store for $69.95 + $8.95 shipping. John Hansen (23 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Voltage Sensor
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(...) Thanks Peter, Yes, it was brought to my attention that the useful portion of a 12V battery is at the top end of the voltage range. I don't think I thought about it to be honest - I guess the learning curve just keeps pointing up at this stage. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I presume you're using a 12V lead-acid or NiCd battery. As the battery discharges, the output voltage drops, slowly at first but then faster when it gets close to being empty. By the time it reaches, say, 10V, it's time to recharge it. So when (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Handy Board for sale
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Hi, forgive me if you already saw this note on the Handy Board Yahoo group. I have a Handy Board that is over two years old I'd like to sell. It has been stored in a project box so it is still in great condition. I just recharged it and downloaded (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Voltage Sensor
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Tom, it is possible to also buy ready made voltage sensors for the RCX, see (URL) have used a most of the sensors from this company for data-logging purposes, but have not yet used the voltage sensor. If you would like more info, I can probably try (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Replacement RCX Cost?
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Rob's suggestion of calling the LEGO Outlets is the best bet. The Dawsonville, Georgia store has a bunch of the 9709, which is the 1.0 RCX (external jack version) brick only. Last time I picked some up they were around $60. jt (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Replacement RCX Cost?
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(...) Well, an entire gazillion piece set *including* an RCX costs at most ~$200 from normal (ie non "educational") sources. (...) power socket? Probably the school will want that kind in preference to the 1.5 or 2.0 versions. I guess it depends on (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Replacement RCX Cost?
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(...) Assuming all you need is the brick and not the entire RIS, there are new v1.5 and v2.0 RCX bricks on BrickLink at: (URL) less than $90. You may also want to try the various LEGO stores listed in the side bar of: (URL) the 9709 v1.0 RCX which (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Replacement RCX Cost?
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Our school has to replace two RCX's that 'walked' last year. Any better price around than $199 at Pitsco?? Thanks! (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Voltage Sensor
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Hello again, if you have difficulties making sense out of my previous posting, try viewing it with a fixed-width font. Otherwise all fomulas will ook scrambled. In the Web interface, "view raw message" is likely to work for that purpose, but of (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Voltage Sensor
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Hello Tom, (...) Yes. You need a low impedance output driving 0..5V into the RCX, thus overriding its internal pullup. (...) Actually, I should have written "resolution" instead of "accuracy". The 10..15V range spans 5V with 256 steps, giving you a (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Evansville LEGO Robotics Competition
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For Immediate Release! Ivy Tech State College and the Evansville chapter 73 of The Society of Manufacturing Engineers announce the Student Robotics Challenge IV titled 'The Eliminator'. This event is similar to our last competition with (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.loc.us.in.eva)
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| | Re: Picking up CDs.
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I worked on a similar project about a year ago. I needed to put a small mark on the inside the a CD ring at a certain spot (or pretty near). I had to do this to 4000 CD's. I don't have access to the odd air cylinders, so I had to make do with other (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Voltage Sensor
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Caution: the your external supply has one side connected to RCX ground, which is itself connected to sensor input connector right side. Whichever circuit you choose, you will have to make sure that sensor connector will not be reversed (the (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Can anyone Remote Control RCX ?
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(...) There are multiple ways in BricxCC to remotely control the RCX. You can use the Brick Joystick (which is pretty cool) to control motor outputs via a joystick or other game controller. You can use the Direct Control dialog to control outputs (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Voltage Sensor
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(...) Thanks Dean, I had some thought in monitoring the battery level directly through RCX. But potentially I wanted to monitor multiple battery sources so I thought I might as well as develop an external sensor. Another thought was that the same (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Voltage Sensor
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(...) It's amazing when you get a different perspective on a problem! While not really applicable for this application the idea is indeed very elegant and saves on a precious input port. I have a spare regulator which I will modify to test this out. (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How to setup gcc and make in cygwin
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I had a go at those instructions then gave up after 3 weeks of trying to get them to work. "Ed Manlove" <emanlove@ieee.org> wrote in message news:H2JupE.J4w@lugnet.com... (...) most (...) no (...) for (...) my (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Can anyone Remote Control RCX ?
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brickx is the deal. you'll need to make sure that your brick has firmware... there is an easy test in the acutal mindstorms trouble shooter to determine if you do. otherwise brickx is more than capable of taking care of buisness. -tk "Douglas (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Can anyone Remote Control RCX ?
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There are many. Brixcc, which is primarily and NQC GUI front-end, has a remote control dialog. Take a look at Lego Mindstorms Internals (URL) for a jump-start on all the (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego CAD
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Yes. I would start at www.ldraw.org. Also check out www.lugnet.com/cad (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Running Vision Command on XP
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I am replying to my own message here -- I followed some links on the Lego 'club' forum pages and found an excellent, step-by-step instruction set. It is fundamentally the same as Ted's, but with some changes (a bit easier). Thanks to the writer of (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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| | Re: XP compatibility with Brick
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firm0309.lgo (if you have 1.0 or 1.5) or firm0328.lgo (if you have 2.0) (...) (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Questions about the first version of the control center console
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(...) I think it would be more prudent to connect a 9V DC supply. Unlike the RCX, whose external power jack is marked to receive 9-12 V~, that is raw AC. (...) Sure thing. Guess I have not been too diligent in updating this site. (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Lego CAD
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Does anyone know where I can download Lego CAD for my PC?? I'd also like to thank people for responding to my other posts thank you. Doug (23 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX simulator ?
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(...) The best way to learn a processor is to write a simulator/compiler or whatsoever for it. (...) Yes that's one of the standard works it seems to be doing the right (...) That's good, I'm not so far yet.. (in fact, I'm (...) Could be good way (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How to setup gcc and make in cygwin
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Actually there is a set of updated instructions for Windows with the most recent being for brickOS. brickOS is the continued development effort foe legOS. AT the request of The LEGO Group the name has changed. So the most recent information can be (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Voltage Sensor
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Hello, (...) This idea, while in itself interesting, will not work when the 12V battery gets regulated down to 9V. This is because these 9V will barely vary across the regulator's permitted input range. If of course the regulator is specifically (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: RCX simulator ?
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(...) I'm writing a H8/3292 emulator, with a view to interfacing it with an RCX simulator, to create an RCX emulator of sorts. I'm writing it in C (which I only started learning pretty recently) and it's slow going because I never quite know how to (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX simulator ?
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(...) Yes, to give you even a better idea, I made a page with some of the ideas (and pictures ofcourse), see (URL) Mientki (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: RCX <-> PC communication
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(...) Kaspar, There is a bug with serial towers with RCXPort in lejos 2.0. This causes the problem you are seeing. There is a fixed version in (URL) fixes RCXPort, but I haven't put the fix in the LNP versions yet. I only have a USB Tower, and (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: Can anyone Remote Control RCX ?
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bricxcc has a remote control in it. (URL) Sappet" <desappet@attbi.com> wrote in message news:H2Jnpz.GuK@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Can anyone Remote Control RCX ?
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If anyone knows of a program or of a source code in any language that can remotly control the RCX via keyboard, mouse, or other ways please reply. Thank you. Doug (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: XP compatibility with Brick
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VC will run under XP. Unfortunately XP prevents the VC install program from working. -----Original Message----- From: Bram Nauta [mailto:bram.nauta@home.nl] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 2:08 PM To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com Subject: Re: XP (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: scout control
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"travis" <phree@attbi.com> wrote in message news:H2IFMM.KGu@lugnet.com... (...) Light Scout? You mean the blue one that comes in the RDS kit? It's easy. Get NQC and switch it's target to SCOUT (-scout) and program away. All 400 bytes user memory. (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Voltage Sensor
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Are you powering the RCX from this battery? If so you can use the RCX it'self to monitor the battery. task main() { while (true) { SetUserDisplay(BatteryLevel(), 3); } } I use this to detect if my 1.0 RCX is plugged in or on batterys. Hope that (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Pass by reference
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Ralph, The second parameter to the task is a pointer to an array of pointers. Those pointers (under DOS and other OSes) normally point to parameters on the command line (string data). However, there is no reason to not use them for other data types. (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: How to setup gcc and make in cygwin
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Follow these instuctions word for word: (URL) 0.2.6 in place of 0.2.4 wherever it crops up and you'll have no problems. (Well, it worked for me using Win98 so hopefully it'll work for you) "Redline" <trust@global.net.au> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Pass by reference
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More specifically, how can you pass by reference to a thread?? I thought a thread could only take chracter arguments in an array? Thanks "Ralph Clark" <ralph.clark@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:H2HwuD.L6L@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: RCX simulator ?
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Hi all! (...) We don't need to simulate all of the mechanics because we've got the real thing. What about remote controlling the complete robot with the brain inside your PC? In the case of simulation we could degrade the RCX to a stupid IO device. (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | How to setup gcc and make in cygwin
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Hi all, I've been trying to get LegOS working on my Win XP machine using the cygwin emulator but I cannot execute "Makefile"; hence I downloaded "make" from the fs foundation but I am new to this, so have no idea how to install make --- generally I (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: XP compatibility with Brick
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I have heard a rumor through the Lego MindStorms Forums that TLG is working on a patch for VC which should be out sometime this fall/winter. I forget the date, but it was close to the date for the Studios patch. It sounds to me like the same one. (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Running Vision Command on XP
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Hello! I have just bought the VC set, and was attempting to follow the instructions provided by Ted back in January to install VC on my WinXP Professional system. I got stuck at step 3. When I run the QuickCam Setup program from the VC CD, I get the (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.vc)
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| | Re: XP compatibility with Brick
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Dean, (...) It just occured to me that you might mean that I need to have the firmware installed on the RCX. It already is. I have another computer with running Win98 with RIS 2.0, VC, etc already installed that I have been using for some time with (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX <-> PC communication, more details
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Hi Kaspar, Thanx for the information. In the Lejos-discussion mailing list (Sept 13), Lawrie Griffiths wrote: "A timeout of 100 milliseconds or more should ensure that it reads all the bytes in one message." Looks like it confirms what you (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | RE: XP compatibility with Brick
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I recently found the following message regarding LEGO MovieMaker that was posted on a newsgroup (sorry, I didn't keep track of which one). I think the MovieMaker set has the same camera (or very close to it - see (URL) as VC. If they are going to (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: XP compatibility with Brick
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This weekend, I set up a Windows XP Professional system (clean installation) and set up RIS 2.0 and Vision Command. RIS 2.0 didn't give me any trouble installing. The compatibility feature wouldn't work for Vision Command. - Rob -----Original (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: XP compatibility with Brick
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Dean, (...) After looking at the BricxCC web page I now realize that the version I have is compatible with XP. (...) What is the name of the file? Thanks. Laura (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: XP compatibility with Brick
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John, (...) I am just taking a look at the RIS 2.0 disk right now. To install the USB tower drivers do I use the file called ReinstallUsbTower.exe? Thanks. Laura (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX <-> PC communication, more details
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(...) Great, I just had too much time at hand, so I could already test the hypothesis above. Great, to be able to post a followup to my own message within half an hour... Ok, here it comes: The PC __IS__ swamping the RCX when using the LNP protocol. (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: XP compatibility with Brick
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(...) [more snippage] (...) I have also had no problems whatsoever running BricxCC under XP without resorting to any compatability settings. Just run the install program and you should be good to go. (...) [more snippage] (...) A long time ago RcxCC (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RCX <-> PC communication, more details
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Thanks for the three of you (Francois, Roger and Lawrence) who have answered to my questions. I was asked to state some more details, which I'll do here: I am working under linux (SuSE 7.3) and since the linux version of java does not yet support (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Voltage Sensor
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Hello fellow Mindstomers, I am seeking some direction in the development of a Voltage Sensor I wish to use with my RCX. I have solar cell connected to a 12Volt (1.3A) sealed lead acid battery via a small trickle charger PCB (bought as a kit). The (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Thunderbots Mailing List!!
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Hi everyone, If your interested in: Robocup Junior Homebrewed Sensors Finding out more about the Australia Rescue Champion Team Or just plain robotics!! e-mail your e-mail address to carsonau@excite.com Regards Carson Au Thunderbots (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | scout control
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anyone know where i can find some info on sending the light scout custom commands? -tk (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX simulator ?
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(...) Yes. The idea being that you can run RCX programs in that virtual RCX on you PC - presumably with the idea of being able to wring out the bugs before putting the program onto the real RCX. Quite how motor outputs are visualised and by what (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX simulator ?
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just what is an RCX simulator? is it a virtual brick that resides on your computer? -tk (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: XP compatibility with Brick
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(...) I am running BrickCC under XP. I didn't use any of the compatability settings and am having no problems. (...) All you need is the firmware file. You can copy it from the CD, or download the RIS SDK off the web. (...) (23 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: windows 2k
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using the trouble shooter supplied with the lego mindstorm kit, i determined that i didn't have firmware, and that was preventing me from getting action with rcx command center. once i downloaded the firmware, it worked like a charm. thanks for all (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: windows 2k
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and then it crashed and now it doesn't agian... arghhh.. -tk "travis" <phree@attbi.com> wrote in message news:H2Hv33.G4F@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Pass by reference
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Hi. Do we have pass by reference in the current version of legOS? If we don't, I'd be very grateful if anyone could give me a simple example of how to do the same thing in C using pointers and whatever. (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) I cann't disagree with you, ... but I live in an surrounding where even 99% is using this M$-OS. And I'm just too simple to get Linux working ;-( I'm not a software programmer, and learning one computer language was difficult enough for me. (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) As someone who uses an operating system that has 80% of the OpenSource developers, I think I can explain how you can get this software to work even on a system with hopelessly inadequate OpenSource support. :-) ...If you use the (free!) Cygwin (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi again, You're right. I opened the console and the 2 cables were (rather coarsely) connected to the cables that go to the battery leads. I guess that means I can't connect the transformer without further modifications? BTW, I saw your version of (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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You should only have 1gig pagefile if you have have about 680 megs of ram(and that's very much!) The rule for page-files under win2k is 1.5 * your RAM size. -Bas (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You should be able to compile and run the files on a Windows computer. Even though Micrsoft would like to kill Java, Sun keeps shipping Windows tools and runtime environments for Windows. I wrote the simulator in Java specifically so it (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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after like the millionth time installing... it worked. -tk "travis" <phree@attbi.com> wrote in message news:H2F2G5.I54@lugnet.com... (...) 2000. (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Dave wrote it in Java, so youll need the Java Runtime Envrionment. You can find it at (URL) installing that, you need to unzip everything in the zip file from Dave to one folder. After that, I'm not sure how to proceed. (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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hi Dave, (...) I see your simulator every half year, searching the web for one. But maybe I'm very stupid, everytime I download the sources (all there is) and then I don't know what to do with them (my computer doesn't know either). Because I've a (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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I would like to install the Brick Command Center/NQC on a system running XP. I have figured out how to install other programs that were orginally created for previous version of Windows by using the compatibilty feature of XP (basically you insert (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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ok here is what i have been up to. i am running windows 2k sp3. I have a brand new 1.5 set. i hooked up the infra red unit to serial port 2. First I uninstalled my current version of quicktime. then i installed the full install from the cd. (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hopefully you aren't using that large of a page file to compensate for lack of physical RAM. If that's the case, then your page file is probably corrupted. Change your page file to 400MB and see if that fixes your problem. -----Original Message----- (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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hmm... it installs just fine but it doesn't seem to run. it hangs on a screen that says loading. when i kill the process probe.exe there is an error alert behind it that says quicktime needs at least 3mb of virtual memory to operate.... i don't get (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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I got Brick Command Center running on Win2k, and everything works fine. Maybe if you describe the problem a bit closer(what was the error-message?) I(or someone else here) could help you out. -bas (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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this is frustrating.... i got my hands on this software called brick command center that seems to see my brick. but when i try to upload to it, i get a error. the remote feature doesn't seem to work. I dont' know. someone running windows 2k and (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) ehm.. Just install it like it says in the manual (that's what worked for me:-)) -Bas (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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Dave Baum wrote: > I hoped other (...) That's clearly the next step - the question is - does anyone want it badly enough to do it? Personally, I'd rather just run my programs on the real RCX. It seems to me that RCX programs are generally simple (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I stopped working on it because there wasn't much demand. I never intended to write a full-blown simulation environment. I hoped other people would write appropriate front ends (GUIs that might let you interact with the RCX's sensors, or (...) (23 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You are making the serious mistake of equating number of characters in the file with number of keystrokes taken to create it. The project I'm doing at work is up to about 60Mb of source code. Does that mean I've typed 60 million keystrokes in (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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what the heck do i have to do to make my 1.5 software work on windows 2000. -tk (23 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) A few hours + a few evenings = 2 hours + 2 * 4 hours = 10 hours. Total code size (including documentation) = 74,000 characters. That's an average keystrokes/minute of (74,000 / (10*60))= 123 keystrokes/minute. I think that's very fast, ..... (...) (23 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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