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RE: Win2K and IR Tower - WinME too?
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 7 May 2001 18:58:01 GMT
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Sherwin wrote:
> Have been experiencing this too. I tried changing batteries but
> it didn't
> work. Is there a fix somewhere so that W2K won't leave the IR
> tower's light
> on?
Hmmm, this might get pretty nasty if Win2K is breaking our IR towers.
Here's what TLG says about Win2K - it's not supported...
<http://mindstorms.lego.com/help/tech_faq_ris10.html#1b>
However WinME _is_ supported..
<http://mindstorms.lego.com/help/tech_faq_ris10.html#1c>
Are there any WinME users out there and what is the situation with
your IR towers. Does the green light always stay on?
Cheers,
Ralph Hempel
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Win2K and IR Tower - WinME too?
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| WinME and Win2k are completely different code-trees. WinME is [the last?] fix/update of Windows 98, while Win2k is a rewrite of WinNT. And NT has not been a problem for me, so this was introduced in the NT-to-2k rewrite -- maybe. So this *shouldn't* (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Win2K and IR Tower - WinME too?
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| (...) [snip] (...) I have W2K and WinME on my PC at home. Neither of these operating systems drive the green LED on my IR tower continually. At work I have W2K and there, too, it does not continually drive the LED. John Hansen (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Win2K and IR Tower - WinME too?
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| For what it's worth, my desktop W2K machine(generic PII 400)seems to behave just fine. I've tried a couple of different flavors of RcxCC, and the Lego Scout Tool, and they all communicate and then time out (turn off led). Jeff (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Win2K and IR Tower
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| Have been experiencing this too. I tried changing batteries but it didn't work. Is there a fix somewhere so that W2K won't leave the IR tower's light on? Ralph, kindly inform us if you were successful in replacing the LED. Thanks, Sherwin (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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