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(...) <snip> That would be disappointing! I discarded the RIS software very early on. Dick, can you clarify this issue? (22 years ago, 30-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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(...) I think RoboLab uses its own firmware, so patching FIRM0328.LGO won't help you unless you use the RIS programming environment. (Or NQC, but that apparently isn't allowed by FIRST?) (...) I've used FIRM0328.LGO with older (version 1.0) RCXes (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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(...) Should be legal, perhaps. But I was just suggesting that before sending him off to try to patch the firmware, he might want to make sure it was legal to do so. Although RIS and RoboLab may not use the same identical firmware, that doesn't (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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Hello Don, (...) firm0309.lgo is firmware from RIS 1.5, while firm0328.lgo comes from RIS 2.0. Maybe RIS 1.5 can't download 2.0 firmware, never tried that... (...) I suggest you download BricxCC from (URL) and use its download utility (located in (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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(...) Yes. I taught my Sony learning remote from the Lego remote and it works perfectly. (...) > remote be used to save additional commands? Yes - it can learn from the IR tower or from the RCX itself. (...) > Possibly a macro of sorts. (...) Yes - (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Yes it works! I was curious and have done this last week... The 'learning' remotes are capable of remembering the codes needed for your IR bricks. You can programm the RCX to sent a code (message) and let the remote learn this. Later on your RCX can (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Patched firmware to improve rotation sensor, was Re: Robolab, byte codes and assembler
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(...) I'm having trouble downloading the patched firmware. Robolab doesn't have a .lgo file anywhere in the program directory structure, so I don't have a filename to replace with the patched file. Downloading in Robolab seems to work, but I see no (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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(...) Wow, that's far more than I expected! And thanks for the detailed explanation. I may have to look at it tomorrow - my daughter's birthday is today. <snip> (22 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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(...) My arguments would be: 1. The firmware/sensor arrangement is _broken_. Fixing it should be legal. 2. The FIRST rules permit using different firmware implicitly, because they permit using RIS or Robolab, which requires different firmware. 3. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Patched firmware to improve rotation sensor, was Re: Robolab, byte codes and assembler
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Hello Dick, Looks great, but it doesn't seem to work well here: - counts up 2 by 2, but counts down correctly one by one - loses count, especially when counting up. My tests were done with a brand new, unmodified rotation sensor. I mounted a wheel (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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I'm very new to the whole robotics thing so forgive me if the answer to my question is obvious. Can a universal remote, the type that "learns" the function of other remotes, be used to "learn" the functions of the Lego remote? and.. If the IR tower (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Wow! This is a truly wonderful gift to the group. I know how hard it can be to patch raw binary like that. Many thanks for your efforts. I'm off to try it **now** ! ---...--- Steve Baker ---...--- HomeEmail: <sjbaker1@airmail.net> WorkEmail: (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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I found an Adobe PDF describing the 'AI Motor' part in English - there is some great detail there: (URL) that this unit is a motor with an integrated position sensor and a torque sensor with a daisy-chained serial bus to allow either a PC or their (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Wow! It seems to be exactly what I've been hoping to see for *years*. Motors and sensors daisy-chained together with some kind of serial protocol for addressing them. This system seems to allow you to have 31 sensors and motors connected (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Following up from my earlier post, I have completed a firmware patch for the rotation sensors. This post contains the patch with installation instructions followed by a technical description. A long post but hopefully more than made up by the value (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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(...) Ahh, Garbage Collection. <rant soapbox="on" eyes="glazed" dinosaur="true"> In my mind the worst thing that has happened to modern compiler languages is excessive reliance on Garbage Collection. This is analogous to leaving half-empty soda cans (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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Please help. I just recently got a Sharp GP2D12 ir distance ranger plus RCX interface device from mindsensors. It is pretty cool, however I am getting alot of flucuation in the readings and in turn I think that i am losing out on range. The maximum (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Hi Chris, Thanks for your reply. You're reply confirmed my suspicion about leaving the port object lying around. I think I'll try your first suggestion of 'deleting' the port object at the end of each routine. I hope you dont mind me asking (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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(...) All this talk of patching firmware to correct for problems in rotation sensor readings is very interesting, but I think you may be approaching the problem a bit too directly. First, if the competition rules specify the programming environments (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, Claude Baumann wrote: <snip> (...) The main need is to return to the starting point after completing various challenges. I think the challenges also involve objects at known positions compared to the starting point (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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