Robotics : 2883


Robotics / 2883

		How to find out if the motors are running using Spirit.OCX —Rob Giannini
		Does anyone know if it's possible to find out if the Mindstorms motors are active ? -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)

				Re: How to find out if the motors are running using Spirit.OCX —Chris Stanley
				it sure is! from a visual basic perspective, use: RCX.Poll(3, n) given your spirit is named RCX and "n" is the motor you want to check (0-2). the byte that is returned is packed as follows (from the spirit.ocx sdk): Bit 7: ON/OFF 1/0 Bit 6: (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)