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Re: Why NQC over Robolab?
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Sat, 11 Dec 2004 04:42:17 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, John Hansen wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Thomas Johnson wrote:
> > Robolab uses the Scout as an intermediary.  Essentially, you program the Scout
> > to program the microScout. Using the Scout, scripts or direct commands are sent
> > to the MicroScout.  Robolab supports the Code Pilot in the same fashion.
> > Although this method may seem somewhat convoluted, it works quite well.
> > 
> > I would guess that it is possible to do nearly the same thing in NQC?
> 
> I'm having a hard time grasping the concept for some reason.  In Robolab do you
> say "I want to write a program for the MicroScout" or do you simply have a
> component that can be placed into a script written for the Scout which says
> "send a VLL command to the MicroScout" or "send a VLL command to the Code
> Pilot"?
> 
> If the latter then NQC already supports the MicroScout and the Code Pilot for
> both the Scout and the Spybot targets (and via custom NQC headers files the
> RCX).

It is the latter.

> 
> Does Robolab support the Spybot?  If not, why not?

I've never messed w/a spybot so I can't give a definitive answer but if the
spybot is controlled via VLL, then it should be supported.

Tom



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  Re: Why NQC over Robolab?
 
(...) Then I would like to announce that NQC supports the MicroScout and CodePilot bricks. It has had this support for several years. (...) The Spybot is a fully programmable lego brick like the RCX and Scout. Like the Scout its firmware is in ROM. (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-04, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: Why NQC over Robolab?
 
(...) I'm having a hard time grasping the concept for some reason. In Robolab do you say "I want to write a program for the MicroScout" or do you simply have a component that can be placed into a script written for the Scout which says "send a VLL (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.robotics)

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