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Hi! Does anybody see a possibility to use the Palmpilots IR-Port with the RCX. I know that it is a IrDA-Port, but is it possible that the RCX understands IrDA or either way the Palm sends some RCX style commands? Any suggestions? Thanx! Sebastian (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Palmpilot and RCX
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i have it at home, but i do have someone else's port of nqc to the palm, and the direct controller, i guess you can use the palm as a remote. actually it may be for windows ce, but i'll check all the same. m. "Sebastian Scherer" (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Palmpilot and RCX
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It is possible, but the IR transceiver in most Palms is too weak to control the device from over ~2 feet away. Most people have success with using a Palm i neither of two ways: 1.) Use the serial port to connect to the IR tower. Advantages: full (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Palmpilot and RCX
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(...) This doesn't always have a low range; Palm V IR and Palm Pro w/2MB upgrade IR are both fairly strong. On other models, yes, the range sucks. Also, there is a omniremote module for the handspring visor which has a very high power IR LED on it. (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I'm looking at getting a Visor unit. But it depends on what it can do. Can it use NQC and upload firmware/programs etc? My other main use would be a remote that can send messages up to 255. (...) Can you post some URL's on this info? Thanks (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) No, at least not yet. Charlie has discussed with me the *possibility* of developing a library that other people could use to do IR communication via the omniremote hardware. This would allow porting NQC to the Palm in a meaningful way. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Palmpilot and RCX
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Maybe we could just convince someone (Charlie, perhaps) to come up with a Lego IR Tower Springboard module for the Visor?! -----Original Message----- From: Martin [mailto:martin@mediax.com] Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 2:11 PM To: Dean Husby Cc: (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Palmpilot and RCX
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(...) I've just read that version 1.2 of the program will have a programmers interface. Would this allow NQC to be ported to it and be useable for Downloading Firmware, Uploading programs and sending msg codes? With a Visor Platinum would I be (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes. That's basically the idea :) (...) You should mail Charlie (at the omniremote site, there should be an email link) and ask him that question :) (...) Yes. There is an antenna in the Handspring module for sending the X-10 RF messages. (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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