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Re: Integrating RCX with Control Lab
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 11 Jan 1999 22:00:43 GMT
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berwin@tuftsSPAMCAKE.edu
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LEGO Engineer
(for the Control Lab Serial Interface Box [Interface B if you are
British])
download it at:
http://ldaps.ivv.nasa.gov/LEGOEngineer/ (5MB)
LEGO Engineer is "open" -- so you can see the LabVIEW code that was
written to create it, and modify it too.
someone else has the protocol stuff on their site I think... I just
can't find it right now.
-Ben
Jeff Elliott wrote:
> Hi ho,
>
> Well, I'm having a lot of fun with Spirit.ocx and the RCX.
> However, I'm also the proud owner of a 9v Lego Dacta Control
> Lab. That's the 8-sensor, 8-output serial-port Lego control
> system that preceded the RCX.
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> I'd really like use the Control Lab in conjunction with the
> RCX, but sadly the software that came with it is highly
> unstable on a PC faster than about 386 speed. Does anyone have
> any info on alternative software platforms for the Control Lab,
> or even on the communication protocol it uses?
>
> I'm not afraid to write my own drivers for it, but I'd hate to
> duplicate the effort if someone else has done so already.
>
> Just imagine - a fixed base station with 8 sensors and 8 motors,
> and an RCX with 3 sensors and motors, coupled with a digital
> camera. Much mischief...
>
> Jeff
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| Hi ho, Well, I'm having a lot of fun with Spirit.ocx and the RCX. However, I'm also the proud owner of a 9v Lego Dacta Control Lab. That's the 8-sensor, 8-output serial-port Lego control system that preceded the RCX. I'd really like use the Control (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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