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Hi, Does anyone know the name of the RCX2 firmware file that came with Robolab 2.5? There are two files called firmware.txt and firmware325.txt. Both are dated Y2K. Is one of these the RCX2 firmware? I'm moving from Robolab to NQC, and I want to be (...) (23 years ago, 8-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Name of Robolab RCX2 Firmware file?
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Hi Brian, the name of this file is "firm0328.lgo". If you don't find it on your computer, download the Lego SDK (...) (23 years ago, 8-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Name of Robolab RCX2 Firmware file?
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(...) Those sound like they might be firmware files. NQC expects the firmware to be in S-record format. Do all the lines begin with an upper case S and then have lots of hex digits? If so, they are probably firmware files. I'm not sure why there are (...) (23 years ago, 8-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Name of Robolab RCX2 Firmware file?
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Hi, you can see the firmware version of the file just b_e_f_o_r_e you load it into the RCX. This would spend a lot of time because every firmware download needs more than 4 minutes with normal download speed. In the newer versions the firmware (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Name of Robolab RCX2 Firmware file?
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HI, Thanks for the responses. The first line of the file ROBOLAB:Engine:VI.LI...maware.txt is: S00F00006669726D3033...2E6C676F05 The first line of the file ROBOLAB:Engine:VI.LI...are325.txt is: S00F00006669726D3033...2E6C676F08 The last line of both (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Name of Robolab RCX2 Firmware file?
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(...) NQC is picky about line endings for firmware files. On a Mac, it assumes Mac line ending, on Windows, it expects DOS endings, Unix for Unix. There are a few cross-platform combinations that work ok, but not all work. If you have BBEdit Lite, (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Name of Robolab RCX2 Firmware file?
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Thanks again Dave. As it turns out, nqc on Mac OS X expects a firmware file with UNIX line endings. BBEdit Lite 6.1 for OS X did the job just fine. After saving with UNIX line endings, nqc was able to download the firmware. B. (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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