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Re: Looking for the Mindstorms software.
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Date: 
Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:05:29 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, tmassey@obscorp.com wrote:
I can't speak about bricxcc, but I was under the impression that NQC
required the Mindstorms software to be loaded, in order to use certain
Minstorm DLL's to communicate with the RCX via USB tower?  I know under
Linux it does not, but I thought at least under Windows it did.

Is this incorrect?

No it is not incorrect.  You do have to install the USB tower drivers in order
for NQC and BricxCC to use the USB tower to talk to the brick.  That is not the
case for the Serial tower.

You can get the tower drivers (along with the firmware) by downloading and
installing the MindStorms SDK 2.5:

http://mindstorms.lego.com/sdk2point5/LEGOMindstormsSDK25.zip

Alternatively, you could get the tower drivers from the link included in

http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=22119

Another source for USB tower drivers is via the Robolab for LabView page:

http://www.ceeo.tufts.edu/robolabatceeo/college/robolabforlabview/default.asp

This page has a link to tower drivers:

http://www.ceeo.tufts.edu/robolabatceeo/college/robolabforlabview/pcsupport/Tower164b.zip

John Hansen



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  Re: Looking for the Mindstorms software.
 
(...) When you say USB tower, do you mean the IR transmitter which you use to ransfer your program to the RCX? I have RIS v 1.5, will the drivers above work with that version as well? -Elf- (20 years ago, 10-Apr-05, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: Looking for the Mindstorms software.
 
news-gateway@lugnet.com wrote on 04/05/2005 02:56:37 PM: (...) it. Is (...) the (...) required the Mindstorms software to be loaded, in order to use certain Minstorm DLL's to communicate with the RCX via USB tower? I know under Linux it does not, (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-05, to lugnet.robotics)

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