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Re: Please help (Follow up to my earlier post)
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 28 Nov 2003 18:31:48 GMT
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> I have a Toshiba Laptop with a USB 2.0 and I bought a USB Tower at • Bricklink
> because my Laptop doesn't have a serial output (I think that they do not • make
> laptops with it anymore). At my first try my computer didn't lock up, but • I
> couldn't use the fast firmware download and BrickCC and NQC couldn't • transmit
> some programs to my RCX (It could transmit some tiny programs, but it gave • an
> error when I tried to transmit the 9_rotation.nqc example program from • brickCC).
> I solved the problem going to the LEGO USB Tower at the control panel,
> swithing to the Advanced Tab and setting the Read Timeout (1st Byte) to • 300
> msec.
> Now, everything seems to work fine. I just would like to understand why • this
> change fixes my problem?
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> Hope that this helps,
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> Ildefonso.
I'd be interested in seing if your laptop was a p series (P15, P25, etc).
There is another person on the lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab who has had the
same problems as myself. I own a P15, and she owns a P25. I finally
installed Windows 2000 Pro and have had no other issues. Now everything
including the USB tower works flawlessly.
Rob
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| (...) My laptop is a Satellite 2455 series. Maybe laptops of this serie don't crash but produces the strange behaviour that I had with the USB Tower. I'd like to know if someone else had the same problems that I had. Anyway, it's good to know that (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Please help (Follow up to my earlier post)
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| (...) Hi Rob, I have a Toshiba Laptop with a USB 2.0 and I bought a USB Tower at Bricklink because my Laptop doesn't have a serial output (I think that they do not make laptops with it anymore). At my first try my computer didn't lock up, but I (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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