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Re: Palmpilot and RCX
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 19 Jan 2001 19:03:30 GMT
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Martin <martin@(antispam)mediax.com>
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martin@mediax.^stopspam^com
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Tim Hatch wrote:
> 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.
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. Also, for the old school Palm Pilot
or Palm Pro you can get a little widget which snaps into the serial port
on the bottom which has high-power IR emission, which will work with
omniremote.
(A friend of mine is the OmniRemote developer/EE.)
> 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).
Consider the omniremote module. I find it feasible that Charlie will
give you a discount on the module if you've already paid for the
software, but I can't speak for him.
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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