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Re: IR Tower and USB-Serial adapter
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 3 Jul 2002 14:31:52 GMT
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Unfortunatelly I can't buy that at Brazil. I want to buy a RIS 2.0 when
possible but if I buy it here it would cost over US$300!
I prefer to buy the whole set than individual pieces. It is more cost
effective.
Meanwhile I'm using my desktop computer. But since I usually don't run the
robot in the same place the desktop is, using the notebook would allow me to
correct programs faster...
By the way, does the USB tower needs a 9V battery?
If it could use the USB port as supply it could be on all the time. That
would be useful for applications where the RCX needs to talk with a PC all
the time.
tks,
Mauro Vianna
"Rob Hendrix" <rmhendrix@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Gyn7sp.I33@lugnet.com...
> I solved that problem before I encountered it altogether. I just bought • the
> usb IR tower from Lego Dacta www.pldstore.com
> and the RIS 2.0 upgrade kit from Lego S@H.
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> cost me about $40 US, but that USB/Serial adapter was twice that when I • went
> looking for one...
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> -Rob
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> "Mauro Vianna" <mauro_vianna@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:GyMwyr.8s8@lugnet.com...
> > Hi, all
> >
> > I have a problem trying to connect a serial IR tower to my notebook. The
> > notebook has no serial port, so I'm using an USB-serial adapter. • Although
> > this adapter worked for another device, it seens it is not working • properly
> > with the IR tower.
> > The funny part is that the IR tower green LED is on as if it was • working.
> > but I can't detect the Brick using Brickcc. :(
> >
> > Did anybody faced (and solved) this problem?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mauro Vianna
> >
> >
>
>
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 | | Re: IR Tower and USB-Serial adapter
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| The USB tower gets its power from the USB port. It has no battery, AND it stay "alive" all the time (unlike the old serial tower that timed out to save battery life). The only problems I've read about in the sdk package about using the USB tower on (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: IR Tower and USB-Serial adapter
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| Mauro, PCMCIA serial port cards are available (just search the net for them). Here is one such card that has two serial ports: (URL) those cards aren't too cheap but old 14.4/28.8kbps PCMCIA modems are, perhaps making your own will suffice: (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: IR Tower and USB-Serial adapter
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| I solved that problem before I encountered it altogether. I just bought the usb IR tower from Lego Dacta www.pldstore.com and the RIS 2.0 upgrade kit from Lego S@H. cost me about $40 US, but that USB/Serial adapter was twice that when I went looking (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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