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Re: NQC "No reply from RCX" Help Please
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 20 May 2002 12:24:00 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Dave Baum writes:
> In article <GwE5w8.B9t@lugnet.com>, "Jeff McClain" <jmcclain@spro.net>
> wrote:
> > Well, I'm having a similar problem, but in my case, NQC and bricxcc just
> > don't even ever see the brick. I have firmware installed, and the Lego RIS
> > 2.0 software works and communicates perfectly with the brick (little green
> > light on the USB tower and everything...can download basic programs, etc).
> > Problem is, Bricxcc says it can't see the brick and NQC says there was an
> > error "could not open serial port". The little green light never goes on in
> > the tower.
<snip>
> What version of NQC are you using?
>
> As for WinXP, I don't think NQC itself should have any trouble, and if
> the RIS software is working, then I'd assume the Lego USB driver is also
> ok.
The most likely thing I can think of is some program is running that is
holding open the USB Tower port. I think Jeff told me via e-mail that he is
using the latest release of BricxCC/NQC. A less likely alternative would be
a misconfiguration/improper install of the USB Tower drivers that would
somehow not cause the RIS software to similarly fail. But that seems far
fetched.
John Hansen
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| (...) I'm about to go ahead and wipe the laptop hard drive and just reinstall WinXP and see if I can get everything working from a clean install. I've done a LOT of things on this lap top and had quite a few USB devices installed... -Jeff McClain (24 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NQC "No reply from RCX" Help Please
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| (...) My first guess on this problem is that the firmware is no longer loaded on the RCX. Check the LCD display - if it doesn't show 5 digits (e.g. "00.00 1") then the firmware isn't installed. If you can locate the firmware file (typically called (...) (24 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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