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Re: A Generic Idea
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 4 Jan 2003 17:54:48 GMT
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Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.netNOSPAM>
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Andy Gombos wrote:
> I don't know about other places, but here cell phone service is expensive to
> use as a robot communication method.
Text messaging is cheap in most countries...and if your phone can send email
(mine can) then you can get the message directly into your PC.
> Perhaps a "personal radio" (They have a range of about 2 miles) would be
> better, and data could be transmitted through tones.
Modem tones? I guess so - but you'd need to build some electronics to
do that - and it might just be simpler to build a data interface into the
radio.
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| (...) email (...) I didn't really think about text messaging - pressing buttons multiple times to enter code words could get tricky. (...) I was thinking more along the lines of using the RCX's builtin beep codes - though I just realized that (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I don't know about other places, but here cell phone service is expensive to use as a robot communication method. Perhaps a "personal radio" (They have a range of about 2 miles) would be better, and data could be transmitted through tones. ----- (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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