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Subject: 
IR tower problem -working but still not
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Sat, 30 Sep 2000 10:50:43 GMT
Reply-To: 
tobias.moller@telia!nospam!.com
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I've seen this  subject here two years ago, and since I had the exact
same problem, I'll ask it here again (I got no solution by reading the
older posts.)

I've had th IR tower up and running for about six months, but now it
won't workk! Every time I try to download something, it says "The IR
tower may be recieving too much light or needs a fresh battery". So I've
changed battery, turned off all the lights, but it still won't work!

The green LED is on, as if the IR tower had contact with an RCX, but I
keep getting the same message over and over.

I can't download new microcode, if that's the problem, since the IR
tower doesn't work at all. I've even tried to use another IR tower and
cable, but still, no results.

What could be causing this?

Any help appreciated!
--Tobias



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: IR tower problem -working but still not
 
Tobias, The tower light will light even if the battery is dead or improperly connected. The battery compartment is not very well designed, and it can sometimes cause problems. Check the battery again. First, make sure it is fresh. I use the tongue (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
  RE: IR tower problem -working but still not
 
sounds to me like you have a bad serial port on your computer, have you had the computer apart since this problem started? Did you perhaps bump a cable or connection. Borrow a laptop and try your cable and tower on it, maybe your plug and play (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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