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(...) David, I was not sure how you tried to build the cross compiler but I know that Apple provides several gnu tools that work under Darwin. Darwin from my understanding is the underlying code for the Mac OS X (See FAQ at (URL) So one might be (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Hammer Help
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What problems are you having? (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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Oops, Sorry if I accidentally gave anyone false hope, I ment to say: I have not found any cross compiler packages for LegOS or the Hitachi H8 that are buildable under OS X (but would love to find one). Anyone know of any? (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Spybotics Comms
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(...) I haven't tried it, so no definite answer, but see (URL) Jürgen Stuber <stuber@loria.fr> (URL) åa ä e ö å i öa ä e å. (23 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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Hello All, I'm looking for some mechanical design help. I am attempting to build a hammer device for my RCX Tank Base Two, kind of a 'Robot Warriors' thing. I'm looking for ideas on how to do this, so far I have failed at my own attemps. The way I (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego® Technic Motor (43362) internals
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Nice page, I enjoyed your site too. e www.mylegomaster.com (23 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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I was asked to write an article about me for the Lego Mindstorms Monthly Web Site. (Unoffical Fan Web-Site) Check it out. :) (URL) Legomaster Sophie Thank you. (23 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Spybotics Comms
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(...) Sorry, think I have mixed some things up. People from the Lego hotline told me the ir-interface of the RIS 2.0 RCX has been changed and communication to a spybot is not possible. Are these changes only because of the usb-tower and do they have (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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I got two simple questions: 1. Anyone tried to compile legOS & LNPD Deamon under QNX. 2. Anyone tried to comunicate with LNPD from other computer, tcp/ip? (i mean exactly: QNX <-> linux (LNPD here) ) pleasy send me any adresses or information Tomasz (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Lego® Technic Motor (43362) internals
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I received two new 9V mini-motors from S@H, that was of the new variety described by Mark Riley ((URL) lead me to remove back cover, but it was wired to the rest of the motor. So I put it back in place... no luck, the motor didn't turn any more :c( (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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Thanks for posting the link. I've been looking for something like this, but didn't know this particular thing existed. Now I just have to wait 2hrs 25min while it downloads! God I love sipping the internet through a straw... Matthias Jetleb (23 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Spybotics Comms
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(...) You already have an RCX 2.0. Aside from printing "RCX 2.0" on the plastic, the RCX in RIS 2.0 is identical to the one included in RIS 1.5. Since you have downloaded the 2.0 firmware, you should be all set. Dave (23 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) Hi Mark, am I right, all you have described above only works with a RCX2.0-hardware cause of the changed IR-interface? Is there any chance to communicate between Spybot and RCX1.5 (with 2.0 firmware)? If there is no, I will have to buy a (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Firmware download troubles
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(...) Look at Edit/Preferences. On the General tab is a checkbox labeled "Use fast mode when downloading firmware" You can uncheck that option to use normal speed firmware downloads via BricxCC. John Hansen (URL) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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The low buzz tone is an error generated by the ROM firmware for failure condition detected as part of the "unlock firmware" opcode. There are two causes of this. [1] ROM software calculates a checksum value of the downloaded firmware and this (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) ... (...) Dick and others, Thanks - this helped. What I did to solve this was run the NCQ command-line download at "normal" speed. This worked the first time. Interestingly, I am not sure that the Bricx (v3.3) download was running quad speed (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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A likely explanation for your downloading problem is the following. Standard Lego software uses 2400 baud data rate and a protocol that sends "double" bytes. The "double" byte is that each data byte is followed by its complement. Alternative (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: want to get inentors kit but...
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(...) If you want to use the 'official' Lego software, then I'm not sure what Windoze OS's are supported - but certainly Linux isn't. However, many (most even?) serious users end up using a 3rd party software package called 'Not Quite C' (NQC) which (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Installation Help!
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Max, Aha! I did that and it got a lot further this time, but still failed. I'll have to wade through the log file to try and pinpoint where it went wrong as I don't want to post the whole 180k. Thanks for your help! Andy -----Original Message----- (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Firmware download troubles
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Matt, I discovered that the IR LED's and detector on my serial tower was located higher than I expected and pointed upward somewhat. I was able to get better transfers when the tower was leaning forward (pointing downward so to speak). Otherwise, I (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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