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Re: Communicating with IR tower
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 10 Dec 1998 19:38:29 GMT
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Chris Osborn <fozztexx@#antispam#fozztexx.com>
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Unfortunately, to do it without polling from the computer periodically
would be difficult, simply because the IR tower turns itself off
after inactivity.
However, if you happen to have one of those Mindpath remotes, the
ones that come with the IR receiver that is pre-IrDA, you can use
that receiver as a Mindstorms receiver. I'm thinking about hooking
mine up to the second serial port on my MkLinux box, and letting
it just listen for RCX messages.
I'll still have to have the IR tower connected too, the Mindpath
receiver is only a receiver.
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Chris Osborn FozzTexx Enterprises
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707 253 3063 - Fax Napa, CA 94559
<fozztexx@fozztexx.com> <http://www.fozztexx.com/>
On Dec. 10 98, 02:52 PST, "Andy Shaw" <lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com>
wrote:
> You can simple use the SetVar and Poll commands in immediate mode
> via the OCX to read and set variables in the brick.
John Fronckowiak wrote in message
<4.1.19981209164708.02fa7f10@buffnet.net>...
> > Has anyone developed any applications that allow the RCX to
> > communicate back to your PC via the IR tower, analogous to the
> > way two RCXs can communicate with each other. This would be useful
> > to allow the robot to return to the IR tower for "new instructions".
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Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Communicating with IR tower
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| Hi John, I've been doing this for a while with the Cybermaster. You can simple use the SetVar and Poll commands in immediate mode via the OCX to read and set variables in the brick. Add a bit of handshaking and you have a communications mechanism (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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