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RE: Palmpilot and RCX
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 20 Jan 2001 00:21:22 GMT
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Kevin J. Smith <smithk@pdxNOMORESPAM.edu>
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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: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
Subject: Re: Palmpilot and RCX
Dean Husby wrote:
> Martin wrote:
>
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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?
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.
> 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.)
> >
> > > 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.
>
> Can you post some URL's on this info?
The Company:
http://www.pacificneotek.com/
The Handspring Module:
http://www.pacificneotek.com/omnisb.htm
Keep in mind that the handspring module only sends; The IR on the side
of the unit still does the receiving. With a little solder work,
however, you could run the strong IR sending LED to some other location.
The Omniremote Handspring Module also does X-10 communications; If you
could get bidirectional communication going with a visor with the
omniremote module your legos could turn lights on and off and so on (in
an X-10 equipped environment.) It would be awfully cool to be able to
have the model turn the lights on in a room it entered in which they
were off, so it could navigate, and turn them off again when it leaves
the room (if they weren't already on when it entered.)
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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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