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Re: Control a microScout
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 28 Jun 2002 07:00:44 GMT
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Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmailSPAMCAKE.net>
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jujorie wrote:
> How can I use a MicroScout as a third motor on my RCX, I own a RIS 1.5 and a
> DDK or Can I control the MicroScout from the IR Tower?
Well, the RIS 2.0 tower can drive the microscout - but not the RIS 1.5 tower.
The microscout uses something called 'VLL' (Visible Light Link) - which is
kinda like the IR commands that you send to your RCX - but they are sent in
the visible wavelengths of light rather than in the infra-red.
So, the RCX can't talk to it directly - although the 'Scout' controller
that comes in the RDS set can. The IR tower that comes with RIS 1.5 is *only*
InfraRed - but the newer USB-port tower that comes with RIS 2.0 has a visible
light output as well as the IR LED.
I guess you could *maybe* kludge together a link by doing something like flashing
the LED on a light sensor attached to the RCX - but there isn't any direct
software support for that AFAIK.
Actually, even when you have all that, the Microscout makes a pretty
useless motor. Since all you can do is transmit the same commands as
it's ordinary front panel controls, you can only tell it to start running
for a while - then it'll just stop all by itself without you telling it
to. Then there is all that beeping and squawking - which drives me nuts.
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| Greetings from Venezuela!!! How can I use a MicroScout as a third motor on my RCX, I own a RIS 1.5 and a DDK or Can I control the MicroScout from the IR Tower? Thanks!! Juan (22 years ago, 27-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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