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Re: NXC: turning on the light
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:38:28 GMT
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iTOtto <torsten.otto@mac.STOPSPAMcom>
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Thanks a bunch for the reply! The education set has the lamp, so my students
would like to use it now...
I'll keep you 'posted' about the results...
Regards,
Torsten Otto
John Hansen-4 wrote:
>
> In lugnet.robotics, iTOtto <torsten.otto@mac.com> wrote:
> > Howdy,
> >
> > maybe I'm overlooking something very simple, but I can't find a way to
> > use
> > the lamp that comes with the NXT when programming it in NXC.
> >
> > Is this plainly not supported?
> >
> > Regards,
> > iTOtto
>
> My guess is you can turn it on using one of the powered sensor types such
> as
> SENSOR_TYPE_LIGHT_ACTIVE or SENSOR_TYPE_LOWSPEED_9V. I don't have a lamp
> to
> test this with or any of the cables that are required to connect a lamp to
> a
> sensor port. The retail set doesn't include any of these cables or the
> lamp
> itself.
>
> Let me know if this works or not.
>
> John Hansen
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>
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: NXC: turning on the light
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| (...) The lamp is relatively power hungry, so you should connect it to a motor port for best result. OnFwd ("ports", "pwr"); will light it, with brightness controlled by the pwr parameter. Off ("ports"); will turn it off. I have not tested, but most (...) (17 years ago, 15-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: NXC: turning on the light
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| We successfully tried the following: task light() { OnFwd(OUT_A, 100); } It works like a motor =) OnRev works as well. We haven't yet tried the other idea. (17 years ago, 15-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: NXC: turning on the light
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| (...) Philo wasn't able to post here but via email he pointed out that it is best to use the lamp on an output port rather than a sensor port. Here's what he had to say: Since the lamp is a rather power hungry device, it is best to drive it with an (...) (17 years ago, 15-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXC: turning on the light
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| (...) My guess is you can turn it on using one of the powered sensor types such as SENSOR_TYPE_LIGHT_ACTIVE or SENSOR_TYPE_LOWSPEED_9V. I don't have a lamp to test this with or any of the cables that are required to connect a lamp to a sensor port. (...) (17 years ago, 14-Apr-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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