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(...) Great idea :) (...) Does it mean you need 1) output for driving (main) motors 2) output for steering motor 3) 3 more free outputs? Also the RCX unit on the buggy is not "Lego friendly", meaning it is (...) Not. It's pure RC driven base - two (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) This sounds identical to the situation described by Rob Hendrix in (URL) Anderson from LEGO suggested via email that the USB port may not be giving the tower sufficient current. Perhaps you could try a powered hub? John Hansen (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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"Nathan Colyer" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:3.0.5.32.200311....edu.au... (...) Yes. That seems to be problematic for more people than just myself. My laptop IS a Toshiba. Its looking like Toshiba laptop's with USB 2.0 are one (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Rob, Sorry, no luck from the Robolab RCX list - the user there has been unable to overcome their USB tower problems. You wouldn't happen to be using a Toshiba would you? Their problem was only occuring on a Toshiba laptop - worked fine on other (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi, Nathan, I truly suspect that the issue is the Toshiba hardware of this particular laptop model. I have 3 Dell desktops, 3 laptops. They all have built in usb ports, either 2.0 or 1.0. They all work fine, with the identical setup up, even with (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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(...) According to Robolab documentation (Tufts) you can use the generic container to add more containers by modifying each generic container with a number string starting with number 3 continuing to 28. (0, 1, 2 are the basic colors - red, yellow, (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Did you consider using my all-in-one pre-built installers? (URL) work well with XP & W2K (and presumably Win2003). There are problems with earlier OS versions. I've had several people tell me that using these pre-built installers was much (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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hmmmm.... Now I have a different problem - the next step in the process: $ make strip strip fontdesign.exe strip: fontdesign.exe: No such file or directory make: *** [strip] Error 1 Is there a missing step to create fontdesign.exe? (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Thanks. This solved the initial problem which revealed a second... genlds.c has two printf() statements that have multi-line string args. I appended '\' to the end of all these and everything compiled fine. Now to test things. -Wes (...) <snipped (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Maybe Spectrum in Canada will ship to the UK? (URL) hurt to ask... Dave K (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Philippe Hurbain" <philohome@free.fr> wrote in message news:HoJLsv.wDM@lugnet.com... (...) host (...) Yep, I have every Windows update (except that MSN Messenger one). I am going to purchase a usb hub today and see if that will cure my problem. (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Please help (XP,RIS 2.0 problem) - some thoughts
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(...) Horrors! :-) (...) <snippage> (...) If, as Michael Anderson from LEGO suggested in a private email, it has anything to do with the tower not getting enough current then a powered hub might be the solution. If Bill's hub is powered he might try (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Rob, Did you try to apply the latest XP service pack (and/or made an extensive Windows update)? The first XP release didn't work very well on some USB2 host controllers... Philo (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) There are (most of the time) at least one local seller on the market. They might be a tad hard to find tough since they sell to schools. (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Bill Blackmer" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:B0017063875@SAT...pon.net... (...) of (...) older (...) not (...) wireless (...) level. (...) Now there's a good thought. Thanks Bill! So to my next question for all you guys. Do any (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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You need a computer and either a serial or USB IR tower to download the firmware into the RCX unit before it will respond to the remote control. If all you want to do is drive the motor outputs, you don't need any programming. Also, it doesn't have (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Please help (XP,RIS 2.0 problem) - some thoughts
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Hello Rob, I couple of thoughts. I have a laptop that runs XP, 1.1 USB ports, RIS 2.0, and Robolab 2.53 and everything works fine. I do not use Bricxcc. I have a bigger desktop that runs XP, 2.0 USB ports, RIS 2.0 and Robolab 2.53 and everything is (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) say (...) The what? Also, I would try using NQC directly to see if it behaves any (...) Sorry John, I never got the hang of NQC. Maybe you could show me how to accomplish this feat? It sounds like a software problem (...) I assume its either a (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Scott Davis" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:Sea2-DAV23zHWcQ...ail.com... (...) Yes I ran it. I ran it multiple times. Still having the problem now even after installing the usb drivers from SDK 2.5 and the computer is still (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Anyone here interested in manufacturing your own NiMh AA cell? Over lunch I reviewed a web trail starting from my own home page: (URL) NMH-110 I think those www.madengineer.com/...s/nimh.htm instructions say you can try for below US$2 per battery. I (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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