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(...) I'm on-and-off experimenting with my Vision Command camera (...) So, as I read it, there is no support for this particular chip yet, right? And won't be for the foreseeable future? Luis (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.vc)
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| | Re: Vision Command/Movie Maker
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Josh Hunter <optijosh@cs.com> wrote in message news:G3uHoK.5EE@lugnet.com... (...) theres (...) I'm pretty sure they are the same. You might try contacting LEGO, but I'll bet they will tell you that you can't live without the set parts that come (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Compass update
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(...) navigation: (...) directional (...) compass; (...) even (...) Nice Idea but what is with the f****** cable ?? Rainer (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hi, I'm planning of doing this with a light sensor. I'm going to attach a disk with information (stripes of different colors) to the compass, and the light sensor will read the information. I´ll post a message here when I have it ready. Best (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hey. I was wondering if the two pc cameras lego sells are the same model. they look like it and i want to be able to edit movies n stuff with my VC but i dont want to shell out 200 bucks for a whole new set. you think theres a way to get my hands on (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You are right, the QuickCam Express and the Lego camera have identical vendor IDs (0x046d), but the Product IDs are different (0x0840 for the qce and 0x0850 for the Lego camera). The software can easily check for the right camera ;-) (...) I'm (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.vc)
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Hello, Here's a challenge for those of you with Lego cameras and want compass navigation: Point the camera at a compass and process the visual information into directional input. It's a bit more crude, but you can get away with almost any old (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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I have been working away at the compass problem for a while. (I suppose it's only a problem if the kinds of things you're using an RCX for involve knowing which way you're pointing ...) I have built a number of compasses based on both Dinsmore and (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: X-10 camera interface
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hi, i've got the same camera, no luck getting vision command to detect it i think lego's not dumb, it's only looking out for its own logitec legocam Eugene Loke -----Original Message----- From: patel [mailto:macx@satyam.net.in] Sent: Friday, 10 (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) This is standard for USB devices, there are codes and strings for vendor and device, and a code for the device class. (...) Not if the LEGO Software looks for the LEGO id. Jürgen "waiting for a free open source equivalent for Linux" (25 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Who told you that VC and NQC doesn't work together ?? look at my post from Sep 26 at (URL)So did I miss a posting, or are we all still waiting for a breakthrough ... Think so !! ;-) Rainer (25 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Isn't the driver responsible for the appearance in the system settings ?!? I'll try to install a logitech driver later. Then we'll see. Rainer P.S.: Hey ! Is nobody out there with a logitech quickcam who can check this out ???? ;-) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: CyberMaster online
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Ok, here's the full code up to now. I'm afraid there are no comments yet and please bear in mind that it has been programmed on a Linux machine. If you want to use it, change the pointer to your python interpreter and the name of your serial port (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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S@h sells it 25? Do they have anymore? Also, where can I get the weekly S@H specials? Jason (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That's odd. My Mars set didn't have any packaging in it all all. Everything was just thrown in the box and shipped... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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If I were Lego and I was looking to avoid people pirating my software, I'd tie it to my own hardware! An awful lot of people have USB webcams. And the Lego software is quite clever, even if in its current form it cannot be used in conjunction with (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Vision Command + other cameras
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Mars Explorer seems quite happy to use any camera windows has, it is even happy to find and use my Pinnacle video capture card. Vision Command on the other hand, was NOT happy. I had the Logitek QuickCam Pro USB up and running on my system quite (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I have a feeling Lego put in a "Ident Chip" that tells what it is. That's why it comes up as a Lego Camera in the USB settings. It may fall back to Logitec mode but I don't know if it works the other way around. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I didn't try it yet (because i have none) but the Logitech Quickcam could (should) work with the VC software because the other way it works. meaning the lego camera works fine with the logitech SDK. Has anybody tries this ???????? I'm very< (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I tried. The quality was so bad I gave up. And no, no other camera can use the VC software... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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