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RE: Which Palm?
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Tue, 21 Nov 2000 17:25:06 GMT
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John Barnes <(barnes@sensors.)AntiSpam(com)>
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Something doesn't make sense to me here .....
IF someone sells a piece of software which allows the Palm to
learn and speak "arbitrary remotese", then there has to be low level
software control over the port.
Doesn't that mean that who ever knows how to write that code could
also write routines to transmit and receive RCXese?
So are we waiting around for someone out there in lugnet land who's a
Palm expert to craft something suitable?
As soon as someone publishes the URL of the IRda routines, I am going
out to buy one of the little beasties. But until it can talk to my RCX, it can
wait on the store shelf.
JB
> The short answer is it doesn't really matter.....'cause none of the Palm or
> Handspring units really work directly with the RCX. If there is a Holy
> Grail to this robotics/Palm group, it would be the successful programming
> of the Palm IrDA port to speak fluent Lego Mindstorms. Out of the box,
> they are completely incompatible. Now, let me qualify that....
>
> You can use any Palm/Handspring/Whatever as a learning remote by getting a
> copy of Omni Remote from Pacific Neo-Tek http://www.pacificneotek.com/
> All this does however is mimic the commands that can come from the
> Mindstorms remote control unit, and you'd need a remote to teach it. That
> was the dead link you mentioned from the Lugnet Palm page. Mr. Eddings had
> drawn a screen for the Omni Remote software, and programmed the buttons.
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> If you can program the Palm (and the SDK is available for free from Palm)
> then you could attach the infra red tower to the serial port of your Palm
> device, and use it that way. That's what Mike Kory did in his programs
> http://www.advancenet.net/~kory/pilot/
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> Now after all that, if you still wanted to get a Palm type device, I'd
> recommend the Handspring Visor. Less expensive, cool colors, and the
> Springboard expansion port. Mine's blue ;>)
>
> Jeff
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> Jeffrey Hazen
> North Mill Technology
> jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott A [SMTP:eh105jb@mx1.pair.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 7:28 AM
> To: lugnet.robotics.palm@lugnet.com; lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com
> Subject: Which Palm?
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> Is there a list of Palms which I can use with my RCX etc? I am thinking of
> getting used one just to use with my RCX - but I don't want to by the
> "wrong" one.
>
> I'm grateful for any help given... as always.
>
> Scott A
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Which Palm?
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| (...) I thought the same thing - but I do not understand the technology in any way, shape or form. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Which Palm?
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| (...) Not really. The guy who does OmniRemote is a friend of mine (I had the springboard module before they were on the market, nyah nyah) :) and it was extremely non-trivial for him to support the IR, and it continues to be non-trivial to support (...) (24 years ago, 21-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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