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Re: Touch sensor problems
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Sun, 5 Oct 2003 21:36:46 GMT
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Mark H. Near <markn@scoca-AVOIDSPAMk12.org>
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My first recourse would be to contact LEGO for a replacement part.
Mark Near
On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Camp0s wrote:
> Hy to all !
>
> I've a Ris 1.5 since 2000 and everything was going good. Until today.
> I was assembling a lego pneumatic switch with a touch sensor to detect the
> center position on the switch, but the sensor seems to have lost
> sensibility. When i touch it the maximun value i get is more or less 78 (as
> reading on the RCX with sensor_type_touch and sensor_mode_percent using
> NQC).
> With this low value it can't switch to "1" loosing it's functionality.
>
> So, I opened it and i found that it works with a small piece of rubber which
> once pressed against 2 small metallic plates it makes the contact. But
> somewhere this rubber lost part of it's conductivity.
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> The question is, what can i do (before buying a new sensor) ?
>
> Thanks to everyone.
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> --------------------------------------------------------------------
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> and this we should do freely and generously.
> Benjamin
> Franklin
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>
Mark
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| This is good advice. I've had a motor and a couple of 8448 "hydraulics" that have failed and LEGO has cheerfully replaced them. --Russ -----Original Message----- From: Mark H. Near [mailto:markn@SCOCA-K12.ORG] Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 4:37 PM (...) (21 years ago, 6-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Touch sensor problems
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| ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark H. Near" <markn@SCOCA-K12.ORG> To: "Lego" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 6:36 PM Subject: Re: Touch sensor problems (...) the (...) (as (...) which (...) --- Outgoing mail is (...) (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hy to all ! I've a Ris 1.5 since 2000 and everything was going good. Until today. I was assembling a lego pneumatic switch with a touch sensor to detect the center position on the switch, but the sensor seems to have lost sensibility. When i touch (...) (21 years ago, 5-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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