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Re: Palmpilot and RCX
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 19 Jan 2001 16:10:30 GMT
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Tim Hatch <vbq@myrealbox.com^AntiSpam^>
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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 tower
range, ability to use BrickRemote, LRemote. Disadvantages: you've got to
lug the tower around with you.
2.) Train OmniRemote to emit the same signals the Lego Remote. Like I
mentioned, this has a low range. Advantages: you don't have to carry the IR
tower. Disadvantages: low range, you've got to find someone with a remote
(or buy one yourself, which somewhat defeats the purpose of having your Palm
act as a remote...), and the fact that I haven't gotten OmniRemote to send
commands correctly yet.
I, personally, have a Handspring Visor (wish I got the bigger model) which
doesn't have a built-in serial port like the Palm III, for example. All I
can do is use option 2 (unless I buy a half-serial cable, but they don;t
always work).
If you want any more info, just tell me.
Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: Sebastian Scherer <basti@cs.cmu.edu>
To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 2:29 PM
Subject: Palmpilot and RCX
> 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 Scherer
>
>
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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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| | Palmpilot and RCX
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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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