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Re: Keeping tower on for sporadic broadcasts from RCX
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:46:56 GMT
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Chris 'Xenon' Hanson wrote:
> Easy enough for the RCX, but how do I get the IR tower to stay alive
> and receiving all the time so the PC gets the broadcast packets whenever
> they come it? Can it be done by holding DTR or RTS or some serial line
> high, or does the tower always shut off after a timeout after sending data?
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> Do I need to send dummy keepalive bytes to the IR tower to make it remain
> in a powered on in order to receive?
You could use one of the solutions of John Barnes,
1. modifiying your IR-tower (adding 1 diode)
2. building your own IR-tower
you can find both on my site
http://baserv.uci.kun.nl/~smientki/Lego_Knex/Lego_electronica/IR_tower/IR_tower.htm#Keeping
IR-tower
Stef Mientki
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