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Re: Elimating the need for the IR tower
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 10 Jan 2001 16:57:37 GMT
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lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Clint Heyer) writes:
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> 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.
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 example http://www.national.com/pf/PC/PC87109.html
Now it only remains to write software to set it up properly.
Anyone wants to write a Linux driver?
I looked but couldn't find anything to that end in 2.4.0 .
Jürgen
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Jürgen Stuber <stuber@loria.fr>
http://www.loria.fr/~stuber/
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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