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Re: RIS Upgrade Kit
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 18 Sep 2004 23:49:55 GMT
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Thanks al for your input.
Guess for the time being I’ll just have to use my old HP desktop when I use my
RCXs.
-AHui
A&M LWorks
In lugnet.robotics, Sandy Johnson wrote:
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In lugnet.robotics, Timmy Brolin wrote:
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Or you could just buy a USB-to-serial adapter at your local computer
store. They are fairly inexpensive.
-Timmy Brolin
Orion Pobursky wrote:
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In lugnet.robotics, Ahui Herrera wrote:
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In lugnet.robotics, Orion Pobursky wrote:
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In lugnet.robotics, Ahui Herrera wrote:
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I have the RCX 1.5 kit but with my new PC I do not have a serial port.
Does LEGO just sell the USB version of the IR tower? If so what item #
is it. Also is 1.5 the latest firmware or 2.0? Thanks, AHui
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2.0 is the latest and:
http://www.legoeducationstore.com/finditem.cfm?itemid=1001
-Orion
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Thanks, but what about the software upgrade? I remember that I was able to
purchase an upgrade kit from 1.0 to 1.5 from LEGO a while back. Is there
such a thing from 1.5 to 2.0?
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It’s set 3805 but it seems that LEGO isn’t selling it anymore:
http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?p=3805
A quick Bricklink search yeilded:
http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?invXrefID=18143&invType=F
-Orion
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Don’t use a USB to serial converter. It won’t work with the IR tower. You’ll
need to get the USB tower (ebay is where I got mine) and then you’ll need
RIS 2.0.
I have a notebook with no serial port, and I tried a USB to serial converter
with no luck at all. I also tried a PCMCIA serial card, which did not work
reliably - occasionally short packets would be received.
I’m sure others here can explain why. (Timing and so on...)
(BTW, if I’m wrong and anyone has made a USB to serial adaptor work, then I’d
love to know...)
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| (...) Don't use a USB to serial converter. It won't work with the IR tower. You'll need to get the USB tower (ebay is where I got mine) and then you'll need RIS 2.0. I have a notebook with no serial port, and I tried a USB to serial converter with (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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