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Re: IR Tower problems
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Sun, 21 Jan 2001 20:05:23 GMT
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Greg Ericksen wrote:
> I recently purchased an IR tower to use with my Scout. It did not come
> with a cable, but the tower was only 6$(www.eblok.com), so I found a cable
> that could plug into the back of it. The other end of the cable fit into the
> printer plug on the back of my computer.
> I do not know if this will work, because when using Scouttool from the
> SDK, it says that the ghost cannot be initialized. I was wondering if there
> is anyway that I could find out if my computer recognizes the IR tower.
> If anyone knows how to test this, please reply.
> Thank You,
> Greg Ericksen
Eep!!!
Not PRINTER port but the SERIAL port. You'll damage your Port and maybe the IR
tower as well!
Try it in the SERIAL port and it will work much better.
Dean
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