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| WHile i was plugging in the cable for the IR tower, i heard a snap and noticed that some pins on the plug got shoved halfway into the computer. How should i fix this. Also If i were to get a USB adapter for the plug, and plugged it into the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | Re: IR tower problems
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| (...) If you open up the computer, you should be able to push them back into place from the back of the connector. However, once they get displaced like that, it'll happen more and more often. In the end, you'll have to push the tower cable into the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) One technique that is forgotten in the days iof surface mount is to use a sacrificial connector. Back in the olden days, when we updated a BIOS by changing the actual chip (no FLASH then) we would often put the chip in a second socket, or put (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) [snip] My attempt failed when adding an extension cable 2 meters in length. The computer reported a failure to communicate with the IR tower. The total length of the two joined cables apparently exceeds the maximum length for IR Tower (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) There must be something terribly wrong if you couldn't get it to go over a couple of meters. RS-232's maximum cable length depends on the baud rate - at 9600, it's good for about 500 meters IIRC. The tower comms is about 1200? 2400? You (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| In lugnet.robotics, sjbaker1@airmail.net writes: [snip] (...) [snip] Strange. My attempts still fail with extension cables, but still work with 2.2 meter Lego cable only. Failed twice at total 4.2m when trying to add 2m extension cables. Test #1 (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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