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(...) Well... my messages were published about 10 hours after posting... :-( Philo (18 years ago, 16-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Philo wasn't able to post here but via email he pointed out that it is best to use the lamp on an output port rather than a sensor port. Here's what he had to say: Since the lamp is a rather power hungry device, it is best to drive it with an (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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We successfully tried the following: task light() { OnFwd(OUT_A, 100); } It works like a motor =) OnRev works as well. We haven't yet tried the other idea. (18 years ago, 15-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hi, Have you tried to connect the adapter cable in the output port and put the lamp on it? Use this program to test: task main() { OnFwd(OUT_A, 100); Wait(5000); Off(OUT_A); } This program assumes that you connected the cable in output A. (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Since the lamp is a rather power hungry device, it is best to drive it with an output port. Use OnFwd(port, pwr) to turn it on (with brightness controlled by pwr parameter), Off(port) to turn it off. Though I have not tested, it should also (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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