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Re: ir tower -> consumer electronics
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 28 Apr 2000 15:37:13 GMT
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WUBWUB@spamlessWILDLINK.COM
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luzian scherrer <luzian@scherrer.ch> wrote:
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> hello,
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> i thought about controlling my video-recorder with the mindstorms ir
> tower. has anyone else ever tried something like that?
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> my approach was to first read() from the tower while pressing the play
> button on the video's remote control; like those "learning" universal
> remote controls i thought. what confuses me is that i get slightly
> different results for each retry (the lowest bit changes).
...I was under the impression that the LEGO ir tower used a different theory of
transmission than the ir ports in PCs (or on the palm pilot) [something about packet
collection, but don't quote me!], so perhaps TV/VCR controllers use that same theory so
wont work with the IR tower?
...Have you tried the experiment with the mindstorms remote? If you see the same variation
with the mindstorms remote then maybe there is something quirky about the collection
routine?
...you can go back to ignoring me now...
wubwub
stephen f roberts
wamalug guy (http://wamalug.org)
wildlink.com
lugnet #160
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