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Re: Palmpilot and RCX
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 19 Jan 2001 20:10:43 GMT
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Martin wrote:
> Tim Hatch wrote:
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> > 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.
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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. 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.
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.
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> (A friend of mine is the OmniRemote developer/EE.)
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> > 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).
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> 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.
Can you post some URL's on this info?
Thanks
Dean
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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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| (...) 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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