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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 20:13:09 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Greg Ericksen writes:
> 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
Hi Greg,
I'm not sure if the RCX IR Tower is the same than the Scout Tower, but I
guess it's so.
You can't use the printer port (LPT) for the tower. You have to use a serial
port (COM1, COM2, ..).
If you're not sure if you've got the right cable have a look at Kekoa
Proudfoots web site. There you'll find how to build (test) your cable.
You'll find the page here :
http://graphics.stanford.edu/~kekoa/rcx/#Hardware
Rainer
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