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Same firmware (was: Remote dead, what to do?)
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 22 Jan 2001 20:02:08 GMT
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Ralf Krause <nospam.krause.ralf@web#AvoidSpam#.de>
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on 2001-01-18 04:56, Rob Doucette at rob.doucette@worldnet.att.net wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Miles Gentry writes:
> > Will the Remote Control directly control the RCX output ports A - C without
> > downloading firmware?
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> No, the Remote functionality requires (AFAIK) the RIS firmware. It won't
> work with the Robolab firmware which is different.
That 's definitely wrong.
Robolab uses the same firmware like RIS. But they use different names. In
RIS it is named "firm0309.lgo" and in Robolab they call it "firmware.txt".
In Robolab 2.0.1 you can find the file in your Robolab folder:
Robolab:VI.LIB:Rcx1:Text:firmware.txt
With their non public Robolab 2.5 beta they use "firm0328.lgo" and the path
is now a little bit different:
Robolab 73:Engine6:VI.LIB:Rcx1:Text:firmware.txt
(I 've written the Macintosh file system convention but I 'm sure that with
Windows you only must change the : with \ and you get the correct path to
the firmware file)
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> > Will it run the RCX built-in programs without downloading firmware?
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> ?? Programs won't run w/o firmware of some kind.
That 's okay but some of them use the _s_a_m_e_ firmware. So you have
_n_o_t_ to load an other firmware into the RCX if you change from RIS to
Robolab or to NQC. All those three programs use the original firmware which
come with the Mindstorms CD or with the Robolab CD.
The newest version you can get is the one that you will find on the Lego
server ... it 's firm0328.lgo ...
http://www.legomindstorms.com/sdk2/RCX2_SDK_BETA.zip
If you open the newer files firm0328.lgo or firmware.txt with a text editor
you can read the version number in the first line of the file.
0 3 2 8
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30333238
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S00F00006669726D303332382E6C676F05 <---- first line in file
S11380005E0082E4550254706DF06DF16DF26DF313
S11380106DF46DF56DF61B877901F1007903D700D6
0x30 is the ascii code number of 0
0x33 3
0x32 2
0x38 8
ps
pbFORTH and legOS do not use this firmware ... you have to load their own
firmware if you want to work with.
I hope this helps ....
Ralf
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| (...) No, the Remote functionality requires (AFAIK) the RIS firmware. It won't work with the Robolab firmware which is different. (...) ?? Programs won't run w/o firmware of some kind. (...) The Scout wasn't designed to be used with a remote (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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