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Elimating the need for the IR tower
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Newsgroups:
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Wed, 10 Jan 2001 00:21:18 GMT
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Original-From:
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Clint Heyer <c.heyer@#IHateSpam#dstc.edu.au>
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Hi,
I was wondering if anyone has ever worked out a way of communicating
direct with the RCX (via serial), rather than using the IR tower. The way I
am using the RCX, it is sort of strapped to a notebook computer, so having
to use the IR tower just adds extra unwanted bulk to the package.
cheers,
.clint
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Elimating the need for the IR tower
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| (...) I don't think so. Common wisdom was that it is impossible, until recently. Then someone mentioned that a common spec for PCs (PC97) requires IR chips to support a mode called Consumer Electronics IR (CEIR) that could talk to an RCX. See for (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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