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Re: Power Functions infra-red RC protocol released!
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lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Sat, 2 Feb 2008 21:44:07 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John Hansen wrote:
In lugnet.general, Philippe Hurbain wrote:

The LEGO company just released a document detailing the complete protocol
used by Power Functions RC receiver.

In collaboration with Jason Railton I have modified/extended the NBC and NXC API
functions for the HiTechnic iRLink device in support of the newly documented
Power Function modes as well as the R/C Train IR protocol.  I uploaded a new
test_release zip to the BricxCC page with NBC and BricxCC executable updates
with these new API functions included in the compiler and BricxCC syntax
highlighter/code completion support for NBC and NXC programs.  These updates
will be in the next beta release of NBC/NXC and the next official BricxCC
release.


<snip>

Nicely done John!

Is there a tentative timeframe when NQC for the RCX will be updated to support
IR to the LEGO powerfunctions?

Dave K



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  Re: Power Functions infra-red RC protocol released!
 
(...) I doubt that's possible - a bytecode program just can't run fast enough to do the timing for the IR commands, on either brick. The NXT can only manage it because it sends them over a slow comms link to a HiTechnic IRLink sensor, then that (...) (17 years ago, 3-Feb-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: Power Functions infra-red RC protocol released!
 
(...) In collaboration with Jason Railton I have modified/extended the NBC and NXC API functions for the HiTechnic iRLink device in support of the newly documented Power Function modes as well as the R/C Train IR protocol. I uploaded a new (...) (17 years ago, 1-Feb-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics) ! 

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