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Hi All, I've just completed an Assembly and Application Manual for a Logic Probe kit I'm developing. This tool can be used to test and analyze digital & microcontroller circuits, and the LEGO NXT. Check out the LEGO NXT application that illustrates (...) (17 years ago, 25-Jun-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Brickworld 2008 - Thanks to Everyone
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I am so sorry I missed it due to work schedule :( Maybe next year... sigh (17 years ago, 24-Jun-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickworld 2008 - Thanks to Everyone
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(...) Stacy and I second this. The whole Brickworld Team deserves a huge round of applause for all the hard work and long hours you put in to make this a spectacular event. Everything just seemed to run so smoothly and it seemed that every detail (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jun-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Brickworld 2008 - Thanks to Everyone
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(URL) A HUGE thank you to everyone that participated in Brickworld 2008. Once again, the event was a great success because of your efforts, your donations and your artistic & engineering talents. We never thought we could top the feel of Brickworld (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jun-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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| | Re: NXT Reset tool
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(...) ball point pen tube, I found a light saber. They seem to be the same gauge. So, I now have a very large minifig spear! (17 years ago, 19-Jun-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT Reset tool
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(...) True. But this works like it was designed for the purpose: (URL) Brian Davis (17 years ago, 18-Jun-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | NXT Reset tool
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This works. Pulled a regular ballpoint pen off it's casing and used the ink tube to reset an NXT. (17 years ago, 18-Jun-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT, Bluetooth & cell phones/PDAs
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(...) I'm still looking for a new phone/PDA which can communicate with my NXT. Any suggestions? Sometimes the best information is what NOT to use... -MDT P.S. I'll be at BrickWorld. If you want to talk about it, or anything else, I'll be one of the (...) (17 years ago, 15-Jun-08, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | PC I2C Port
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For those that didn't know the DDC (Display Data Channel) on A PC Video Connector is actually an I2C BUS. so dont bother buying an adapter all you need is an old monitor cable! Read more here: (URL) (17 years ago, 13-Jun-08, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics.nxt.nxthacking)
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| | Re: LDraw model of Spybotics programmable brick
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(...) Philo, Congratulations! This is a fantastic part! LDraw sure has come a long way since its humble beginnings, and the ground breaking work by James. Kevin (17 years ago, 10-Jun-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.robotics.spybotics, FTX)
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| | Problem to send long messages from RCX to PC via com Hack
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Hi, Once again i am back about RCX and BT-Connection. Receiving messages from the PC via BT to the RCX is OK. But if I send messages from the RCX to the PC with 4800 Baud i get only 4 Bytes. So I go back to 2400 Baud, forget BT and make a serial (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jun-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | LEGO Attendees and Sponsored Events at Brickworld
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(URL) Once again this year, The LEGO Group will play a wonderful part in the Brickworld event. This year, we expect 15 LEGO attendees at the event. I have listed their role at LEGO as I understand it wherever possible (I am sorry I don't know (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jun-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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| | Re: LDraw model of Spybotics programmable brick
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(...) Hard to tell... I worked on it on and off during 15 days. I would say about 10 hours. Philo (17 years ago, 9-Jun-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: LDraw model of Spybotics programmable brick
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That is some seriously talented work! Can I ask how long it took you to create it? Scott (17 years ago, 9-Jun-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: LDraw model of Spybotics programmable brick
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(...) SNIP (...) Great to see that parts now on the PT. Thank you Philo! cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 8-Jun-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.robotics.spybotics, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw model of Spybotics programmable brick
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WOW Thanks! linmix 2008/6/8 Philippe Hurbain <philohome@free.fr>: (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jun-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | LDraw model of Spybotics programmable brick
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Linmix once said to me that he couldn't find a LDraw model of the (URL) Spybotics>... so I decided to cope with that beast. Here is the prevue: (2 URLs) The LDraw files are available from (URL) LDraw Parts Tracker>. Don't forget all the subfiles! (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jun-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.robotics.spybotics, FTX) !
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| | Re: Cybermaster on WinXP
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(...) If you get error 8065006D at start-up, that means you have an incompatible QuickTime environment. Cybermaster will only run with Quicktime 6.4 or lower. It;'s NOT compatible with version 7 onwards. Lego Technical Support have confirmed this to (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jun-08, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | Re: Cybermaster Win XP Fix
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As well as using Windows95 Compatibility Mode, you also have to ensure you're running QuickTime 6.4 or lower (or you get startup error 8065006D). Cybermaster is not compatible with the latest (version 7 and up as at May 2008) versions of Quicktime, (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jun-08, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | Re: Cybermaster on WinXP
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(...) I found changing the Registry settings unnecessary, but you DO need to run it in Windows95 Compatibility mode, as described elsewhere on this newsgroup. I have also found, and Lego Tech Support have confirmed, that Cybermaster will only run (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jun-08, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | RE: multiplex 2 touch sensors on a single RCX port
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Sorry, I don't mean the duration, not hysteresis. -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...ugnet.com] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Mabrey Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 6:11 PM To: lugnet.robotics.rcx....lugnet.com (...) (17 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | multiplex 2 touch sensors on a single RCX port
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I have these 2 touch sensors multiplexing on the same input port. Their raw values are 47 and 39. I tried to set up 2 separate events, one for the range of 45 to 50 and another one for 35 to 40. However, the one for the lower feedback often set off (...) (17 years ago, 2-Jun-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Remote control RCX by mobile phone
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Dear Zhengrong Zang I don't thing that this will be work because as far as i know mobile phone's using the irda protokoll like on the pc's to comunicate to mobilephones and other devices. The protokoll is the same: baud parity and stopbit but it (...) (17 years ago, 30-May-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCX Serial Hardware Hack
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Dear Claude (...) A: Thank you for finding the PDF. (...) A: I will check ( measure the Voltage on the IF LEDS) should be approx. 9V betweem LED and Transistor if everything is off. (...) A: Now i had success . It works. (...) I have allready done (...) (17 years ago, 29-May-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: RCX Serial Hardware Hack
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Dear Matthew (...) A: Now it works with 4800 baud via bluetoothconnection . There was a couple of Problems. 1) At first i tried with the USB Tower but i coult only swith to 4800 bauds but there is no possibilty to change parity. 2) With the serial (...) (17 years ago, 29-May-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Brickworld Class Registration OPEN
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(URL) Brickworld 2008 will feature four 3 hour classes on Thursday, June 19th. You can now sign up for classes at the Brickworld website. To register for a class: 1) You must be registered to attend Brickworld 2) Go to the Thursday, June 19, Program (...) (17 years ago, 28-May-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: RCX Serial Hardware Hack
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"Claude Baumann" <cbaumann@ci.educ.lu> wrote in message news:K1E031.y4@lugnet.com... (...) I was able to retrieve it from archive.org - (URL) . (17 years ago, 28-May-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Remote control RCX by mobile phone
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I try to make a appli that executed in mobile phone, it can control RCX. The mobile phone's SDK provides class RemoteControlData with some methods as below: setPulse(int leader_on, int leader_off, int trailer_on) leader_on: start bit High period (...) (17 years ago, 27-May-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCX Serial Hardware Hack
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(...) The carrier should be quiet in any case, because it disturbs the TX signal. (...) We tried this,but it didn't work. Why, because the transistor will drain some current, if the emitter has positive voltage and the base goes low. If the carrier (...) (17 years ago, 24-May-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: RCX Serial Hardware Hack
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Glad to hear it is working--thank you for the update. If I may ask, I have a few questions-- * So if I understand these posts correctly, 4800 baud now works with the IR connection and not just with the hardware hack? *A couple posts from Dick Swan (...) (17 years ago, 24-May-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Brickworld Class Registration Coming
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(URL) Brickworld 2008 will feature four 3 hour classes on Thursday, June 19th. The classes are: Studs Out Mosaics with PicktoBrick, Art & Architecture, Introduction to Mindstorms, and Introduction to Brick Filming Details about each class can be (...) (17 years ago, 22-May-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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| | Launch of NXT Book Repository
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Hi there, I recently put together a resource at (URL) that lists most of the published NXT books that I'm aware of. I call it the "Unofficial LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Book Repository." Please check it out--comments and suggestions welcome! Thanks, David (...) (17 years ago, 21-May-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LEGO Retail Store Offerings for Brickworld Attendees
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In lugnet.events.brickworld, Steve Hassenplug wrote: snip (...) As I understand it. The special pick-a-brick offering will be from 9 PM to 11 PM only for the in-store event. The roving discount is valid for the whole day. So, you wait until 9 PM if (...) (17 years ago, 20-May-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Bare Metal NXT
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Sivan Toledo has posted a new NXT project on his website. Check it out: (URL) Hansen (17 years ago, 20-May-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt) !
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| | Re: LEGO Retail Store Offerings for Brickworld Attendees
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(...) Do you have any idea what (beyond pick-a-brick) will be offered here, that will NOT be available with the "Roving Discount"? (why should we wait until 9pm?) (...) Damaged? You mean when I rip the box open, and dump the contents out, I'll be (...) (17 years ago, 20-May-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Success
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Hi I have implemented the stuff // and set the port6<7> pin LOW. Now the upper PNP transistor isn't conducting anymore. Now TX and RX works Here are the program #include <lnp.h> #include <conio.h> #include <string.h> #include <lnp-logical.h> (...) (17 years ago, 20-May-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RCX Serial Hardware Hack
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Hi As allready described in a other thread i have build a bluetoothconnection between pc and the RCX. There is one thing that the serial bluetooth is only available to tx/rx with a minimum from 4800 baud. At first i compiled brickos 0.9.0 with (...) (17 years ago, 20-May-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | LEGO Retail Store Offerings for Brickworld Attendees
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(URL) Brickworld is very excited to announce the following offerings from The LEGO Group for Brickworld 2008 attendees: In-Store Events: Friday June 20, 9 PM to 11 PM at Northbrook Court - event will include a special pick-a-brick offering Saturday (...) (17 years ago, 19-May-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !!
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| | Re: CAN you believe it... The next Robotics game.
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Just bumping this- Is this event still on the horizon, or have we scrubbed it completely? -Rob A> (...) (17 years ago, 16-May-08, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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| | Re: Point me in the right direction...
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(...) Thanks a million John and David! Both these choices seem to hit the nail on the head and give me something to get my teeth into. Much appreciated! God Bless, Nathan (17 years ago, 14-May-08, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Frustration with NXT-G 1.1
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This was about as cool as the year she gave me the 3,104-piece Lego Star Destroyer. (Especially since, when people see it in my cube, they usually remark, "My wife/girlfriend _won't_ let me get this.) Nichelle laughed at your remark. --Doug Wilcox (...) (17 years ago, 14-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Frustration with NXT-G 1.1
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Very good points, Brian. Because I'm accustomed to thinking in more "standard" programming structures, I have a tendency to try to make "the G" behave the same way it would as if I were working in Java, etc. It would be much more efficient to (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Frustration with NXT-G 1.1
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By the way, I was able to work around the main problem I was having (conditional loop termination didn't work) by building in a STOP block. I was able to going to have to recreate the nested if-then statements into one string of if-then blocks. It's (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Frustration with NXT-G 1.1
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(...) Please let your wife know that she has *really* cool tastes in anniversary gifts :). (...) I still like it quite a bit, but it seems among adults I'm a minority (or an aberration... I've been called worse). I agree that the bugs in the IDE in (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Frustration with NXT-G 1.1
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Given the frustrations I've had, I can't agree with the "10/10" ease of use rating that the BotMag comparison ( (URL) ) gave NXT-G. However, it does show that RobotC is, apparently, twice as easy to use as NXJ and NXC; that might be enough for me. (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Frustration with NXT-G 1.1
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(...) Thanks. That's why it's there. I can't tell you which one to use, but hopefully you've been able to mark a few off your list. (...) I've been using RobotC, because I'm doing stuff with Bluetooth that's simply not possible with the standard (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Frustration with NXT-G 1.1
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It would seem RobotC and NXJ are about equal for the kinds of things I'm trying to do. Like many developers, I find coding without a full-featured IDE to be a bit painful. (I know this means that I am trading convenience for deep language knowledge, (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Brickworld MINDSTORMS Competition event-- Triathlon
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I know... bad form & all replying to my own message, but I thought I'd let everyone know, the rules for both the Robot Triathlon and Trash Wars are up on the Brickworld website www.brickworld.us. You can find them under the Event Info tab under (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickworld)
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| | RE: Frustration with NXT-G 1.1
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There's a couple of descriptions of alternative programming environments on the web that you might want to look at. Check out the following: (URL) or (URL) wrote the second item which was published in Robot magazine. I'm one of the authors of (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Point me in the right direction...
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(...) I have not read it, but I've heard a lot of good things about it: "Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software" (available through amazon or barnes & noble, or I'm sure other places, too.) JohnG, GMLTC (a computer programmer by (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Using PF modes with mindsensors NRLink device
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I dont know the specifics but for a start try these: PF Protocol document: (URL) Posts here: (URL) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Frustration with NXT-G 1.1
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It's been a LONG time since I've posted. I was thrilled when my wife presented me with an NXT for our anniversary, and have really enjoyed its capabilities. We migrated our MindStorms@Work group to use the NXT, and dug into NXT-G (since we already (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Point me in the right direction...
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(...) Hi Nathan, You mentioned wanting to understand a computer's "inner workings," so you might check out the book "Inside the Machine": (URL) sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but you can read a sample at the website. Thanks, David (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Point me in the right direction...
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Hey all, This is a wee bit off topic, so apologies in advance. I'm a long time lego fan but a relative computer novice. So I thought I'd turn to my fellow hobbyist in regards to their specialty. I'm really seeking a 'book of everything' something (...) (17 years ago, 12-May-08, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Brickworld MINDSTORMS Competition event-- Triathlon
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After much delay (sorry) we've finalized the rules for the robot Triathlon event being held at Brickworld. The rules are quite long since it is essentially 3 contests in one, so I'm only going to highlight a few things here and ask you to download (...) (17 years ago, 12-May-08, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickworld)
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| | Re: Can one use LEGO Mindstorms on GNU/Linux operating systems?
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Hi Paul, (...) It depends on the language/environment you want to use. The NXT-G software that comes with it, only runs on Windows and OSX. But there are alternatives like nxc/nbc ((URL) is a C like language and it runs on Linux and FreeBSD (which (...) (17 years ago, 3-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | LEGO NXT Mechatronics Book Cover
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Hi All, I've posted an update on the book I'm writing titled, LEGO NXT Mechatronics. This book will get into how to create intelligent based machines and gadgets using the NXT as the core processor. Check out the cover of the book as well as some of (...) (17 years ago, 7-May-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Can one use LEGO Mindstorms on GNU/Linux operating systems?
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(...) It depends on your hardware. Are you running your OS on IA32/x86 hardware? If so, then you can use the NXT with your OS using some of my utilities. See this NXTASY thread for details about running NBC and NeXTTool under Ubuntu with built-in (...) (18 years ago, 5-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Can one use LEGO Mindstorms on GNU/Linux operating systems?
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(...) Hi Paul, I have been thinking about the same thing. It might be wrong, but I think it is not available now. Some have tried with a wine solution but ran into trouble with a dll. Here is a link: (URL) us posted if you figure something out. (...) (18 years ago, 3-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: brickos 090 problem no program download with CONF_LNP_FAST
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(...) I have found the thread, its in (URL) is a also a 2 thread in (URL) the usb tower dll. and a c program called joybricxsrc.zip I looked short in the header files LEGOUSBTowerioctl.h and there is a posibility to set the speed #define (...) (18 years ago, 3-May-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Can one use LEGO Mindstorms on GNU/Linux operating systems?
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Hello! I have LEGO Mindstorms NXT. Because I use mainly Debian GNU/Linux Etch as OS I'm wonder whether can I use LEGO Mindstorms NXT on this OS? Any advices will be appreciated! (18 years ago, 3-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Question about NXT Servomotors
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(...) Hi Iain, I hope this questions means your getting the lego bug (again) and we will start to see more of your great creations. In short, I can safely answer.... I think so; but im not 100% sure. Ive FWD this to the .robotics group where I'm (...) (18 years ago, 3-May-08, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: brickos 090 problem no program download with CONF_LNP_FAST
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.Sorry for the delay Now i am in italy , triest. so i just do a short look in the messages. Thanks for the answers. In meantime i recogmised too that there is no serial baud rate change in the dll for the usb. I think i have something at home what i (...) (18 years ago, 3-May-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Daniele Benedettellli's book
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"Creating Cool Mindstorms NXT Robots" by Daniele Benedettelli has come out with some delay. The author and editor's wise decision to take their time to do this book has purified the contents and enhanced its quality... which can be only described (...) (18 years ago, 3-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: brickos 090 problem no program download with CONF_LNP_FAST
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Somewhere in the bowels of the header files within the RCX SDK is a list of "IODEVICE control commands" which does include description of messages required to change baud rate on the USB tower. I am assuming you're not using the LEGO Windows DLL (...) (18 years ago, 30-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: brickos 090 problem no program download with CONF_LNP_FAST
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Hello Bernhard, (...) I just checked the source code. There is no speed setting for usb tower in the code. If you look into firmdl3 you also find that fast mode is disabled for USB, because it doesn't work. I think the USB tower sends at 2400 baud (...) (18 years ago, 30-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: brickos 090 problem no program download with CONF_LNP_FAST
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You should scan for some old posts by either John Barnes or Philo concerning the different "IR transceiver" chips used between RCX 1.0 and 2.0 and between serial vs USB towers. As I recall: Serial tower can only transmit 38 KHz carrier. It's IR (...) (18 years ago, 30-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: brickos 090 problem no program download with CONF_LNP_FAST
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(...) Now i have success ! !) i made to directorys brickos-0.9.0_orig with //#ifdef CONF_LNP_FAST in /boot/config.h and util/dll-src/config.h and brickos-0.9.0_pat48 with #ifdef CONF_LNP_FAST in /boot/config.h and util/dll-src/config.h 2) compile (...) (18 years ago, 30-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: brickos 090 problem no program download with CONF_LNP_FAST
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Hello Jochen At first i was astonished, that somebody is answering so fast, because in the last 2 years there is not much conversation here. (...) I am not completly shure about your question concerning standart HW. I use the USB Tower and the (...) (18 years ago, 30-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Voyager... GPS guided autonomous outdoor LEGO robot
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(...) Yes, the GPS communicated directly to the NXT via bluetooth. I can't remember who it was that figured out how to do this, after most of us thought it was impossible, but it does work. It's difficult to quantify the accuracy. I have it set that (...) (18 years ago, 29-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: brickos 090 problem no program download with CONF_LNP_FAST
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Hello Powolny, > > I build allready a bluetooth connection between the pc and the rcx . The > bluetooth module (BTM-222) supports the spp serial protocoll only for 4800 or > higher baudrates. But it is cheap in comparsion to other ones. Costs about (...) (18 years ago, 29-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Voyager... GPS guided autonomous outdoor LEGO robot
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"John Brost" <john.brost@gmail.com> wrote in message news:K0384x.Lzu@lugnet.com... (...) So does the GPS talk directly to the NXT? What's the accuracy? Great work and a nifty bot!! -Rob www.lifelites.com (18 years ago, 29-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) <snip> (...) That was fantastic! Spotlighted for sure! Dave K (18 years ago, 29-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I don't remember if I posted it, but here's the web page... (URL) After some gentle (...) Steve (18 years ago, 29-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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A while ago I watched as Steve Hassenplug started building and testing an outdoor GPS guided LEGO robot to compete in a RoboMagellan contest he called the Green Monster. It was great fun watching it drive outdoors. After some gentle prodding, I (...) (18 years ago, 29-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | brickos 090 problem no program download with CONF_LNP_FAST
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Hi I build allready a bluetooth connection between the pc and the rcx . The bluetooth module (BTM-222) supports the spp serial protocoll only for 4800 or higher baudrates. But it is cheap in comparsion to other ones. Costs about 14 Euros. Look here (...) (18 years ago, 29-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: robolabatceeo/college/tutorials Is not working
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(...) (URL) all the information that the missing link had and more. (18 years ago, 28-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, Tom Lohre wrote: The error from within RoboLab is “OLogitech QuickCam Web-WDM ; Problem (...) I solved the problem by migrating to LabView. I look forward to learning how to send programs to the RCX via LabView. (18 years ago, 28-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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Hi Group, I've just posted some project notes on a book I'm writing on Mechatronics. The LEGO NXT will serve as the computing device for reading I/O as well as processing. I'll be posting chapters as they become available on my blog (URL)as well. (...) (18 years ago, 28-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Camera Error
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(...) The error from within RoboLab is “OLogitech QuickCam Web-WDM ; Problem connecting Video Output to Video Renderer.” (18 years ago, 28-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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I am working on a program that uses RoboLab 2.9 with the camera. When I open the Vision Center I get an image but when I run my program I get no image just black then a speckled image. I tried running my program with Vision Center running and got (...) (18 years ago, 28-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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(URL) Brickworld is pleased to announce that Mr. Tormod Askildsen, Head of LEGO Community Development. We are very excited to have Tormod as our keynote speaker. The goals of the community development team and the goals of Brickworld are very much (...) (18 years ago, 24-Apr-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !!
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| | Neural Network for the NXT
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Two of my students created a Neural Network Manager for the NXT. You can receive sensor information from the NXT to a PC. The network is being trained on the PC and the software exports the trained network back to the NXT. There, the NXT can then (...) (18 years ago, 23-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | RE: GBC display in Fana'Briques, June 28-29 - call for participants
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Jean-Marc, Unfortunately, I won't be making it this year. It's great to see GBC still making waves in France! I plan on an update to the website soon. If there are some links on it that people want me to add, just drop me an email at (...) (18 years ago, 20-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: GBC display in Fana'Briques, June 28-29 - call for participants
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(...) Salut Jean-Marc, (...) Are you trying to turn this LEGO event into a gastronomical meeting! You're such a gourmet ;-) (...) I'll be there - And yes that's a central place in europe. Many people from belgium, germany, switzerland and the (...) (18 years ago, 19-Apr-08, to lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Excellent, I was of course counting on you. Actually, I didn't even consider you had a choice ;-) Jean-Marc (18 years ago, 19-Apr-08, to lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | NXT, Bluetooth & cell phones/PDAs
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Greetings, I need to buy a new PDA/cell phone. I want to get one that will be able to communicate with my NXTs via Bluetooth. Ideally, I'd like to be able to have the NXT send a "take picture" command to the device and have the device send commands (...) (18 years ago, 19-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: GBC display in Fana'Briques, June 28-29 - call for participants
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Hello Jean-Marc, I will be there :-) Greetings Maico Arts Netherlands Jean-Marc Nimal schreef: (...) (18 years ago, 18-Apr-08, to lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: GBC display in Fana'Briques, June 28-29 - call for participants
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(...) I should be there ... ;o) Philo (18 years ago, 17-Apr-08, to lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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Hello GBC enthousiasts and others, During the Fana'Briques event in Rosheim (France), we'll try to get use of the extra space we have for the GBC to make it as big as we can! Our ambitious aim is to reach 100 of modules,last year we had 29 but there (...) (18 years ago, 17-Apr-08, to lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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| | Re: NXC: turning on the light
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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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| | Re: NXC: turning on the light
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(...) The lamp is relatively power hungry, so you should connect it to a motor port for best result. OnFwd ("ports", "pwr"); will light it, with brightness controlled by the pwr parameter. Off ("ports"); will turn it off. I have not tested, but most (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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Thanks a bunch for the reply! The education set has the lamp, so my students would like to use it now... I'll keep you 'posted' about the results... Regards, Torsten Otto (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) My guess is you can turn it on using one of the powered sensor types such as SENSOR_TYPE_LIGHT_ACTIVE or SENSOR_TYPE_LOWSPEED_9V. I don't have a lamp to test this with or any of the cables that are required to connect a lamp to a sensor port. (...) (18 years ago, 14-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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Howdy, maybe I'm overlooking something very simple, but I can't find a way to use the lamp that comes with the NXT when programming it in NXC. Is this plainly not supported? Regards, iTOtto (18 years ago, 14-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Trains, DCC, and pbForth
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I realize this thread is kinda old but ...does anyone know if Chris Phillips ever made his TrainLab software available? I have tried a few times to contact Chris without any success. I have been looking into automating my train layouts and would (...) (18 years ago, 11-Apr-08, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, FTX)
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