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On Tue, 29 May 2001, Matthew Miller wrote:
> > > Not really -- the tower uses its own proprietary communcations format.
> > This isn't true at all. The tower converts an RS-232 serial transmission
> > directly into IR and vice-versa. It is a pretty standard protocol.
>
> Ooops, sorry. I didn't really mean proprietary -- I meant "not normal for
> remote controls".
nod, but that made me think if we can use the IrComm package, and use a
laptop's ir port to communicate with the rcx - didn't get a chance to try
it yet - did anyone?
Dan
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| (...) The only IrCOMM I know of is part of the IrDA standard. It provides something that looks just like a typical serial port to the application, but underneath is layered on top of IrLAP (packet based link level prototocol for IrDA). This means (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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