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Subject: 
RE: RCX not in range or not switched on?
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Mon, 3 Apr 2000 18:12:56 GMT
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Tilman Sporkert <tilman@activeswSAYNOTOSPAM.com>
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I think it's time to replace the 9V battery in the tower. I had exactly the same
symptons recently, and replacing the battery fixed it.

> > > For about a week now the RIS 1.5 software I have
> > > installed on my Win95 machine hasn't been working.
> > > Every time I download the firmware using the RIS software,
> > > communication with the RCX is not possible -- the
> > > RCX does not respond. I get messages to the effect
> > > that the "RCX is not in range or not switched on" or
> > > "IR communication failure."
> > Do you see a green light lighting up when you try to communicate throught
> > the official software?  It should, otherwise, something's wrong.
> 
> Yes, that works as usual. I even see the little
> wedge icon in the LCD, which means the RCX
> is receiving messages, but I guess it's not
> responding.
> 
> --Jose



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(...) Yes, that works as usual. I even see the little wedge icon in the LCD, which means the RCX is receiving messages, but I guess it's not responding. --Jose (26 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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