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Help! I think I nuked my IR transmitter!
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 1 Jan 2001 15:34:40 GMT
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Hello All, I'm new to all this so please forgive me if I breach any format
or protocal. I'm having some trouble with downloading my Mindstrorms 1.0
RCX. Every time I try a message says IR trans. not working. I tried all the
suggestions it gave and when I checked the battery in was in backwards! I
couldn't believe it, I must of been half asleep when I put it in. Could
this haven fried the transmitter and or the computer port?
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: Help! I think I nuked my IR transmitter!
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| "John Phillips" <buckwheatphillips@msn.com> wrote in message news:G6Hpxs.1uH@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) John, I think you're OK. The 9V terminals inside of the IR Tower are different sizes - one small hole, and one large one (in the plastic (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Help! I think I nuked my IR transmitter!
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| Usually these circuits are protected against reversed polarity. Does the green light work after the battery was properly installed. Have you succeeded in installing the firmware? Try different settings on the tower switch. Short range and Long (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Help! I think I nuked my IR transmitter!
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| (...) When you reboot your computer, does the green light on the tower light up? If not, make sure you have your Serial ports turned on in Windows and the Bios. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Help! I think I nuked my IR transmitter!
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| I've put my battery in the IR Tower the wrong way, and it didn't seem to hurt anything. I know it took me a great deal of fiddling in the Control Panel before I got the serial port working correctly on my computer. To be honest, I really don't (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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