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Re: Help with my IR tower
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Tue, 10 Nov 1998 15:54:48 GMT
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Josh Stein <stein@aps.anl.#stopspam#gov>
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I've also just recently noticed very inconsistent operation with the IR tower
and win95. My latest theory is that I've recently added the USR/3com PalmPilot
software to my home PC which I know periodically polls the serial port (I've got
the IR tower and the Palmpilot cradle connected to COM1 thru a switchbox). I
plan on removing this software and seeing if that helps.
Do any of you other guys having trouble with the IR tower have the PalmPilot or
any other software that may mess with the serial ports?
<Josh>
Tom Pierce wrote:
> Jeff -- I've hit the same issue with my tower. It starts off working fine,
> but after around 5 or so minutes, it stops responding (and the old 'IR
> Transmitter needs batteries or is in direct sunlight' message comes up). I
> spent a couple of hours repeatedly trying to download the LEGO firmware to
> the RCX -- it'd get about 75% done, then crap out (and only start working
> again after a full system reboot).
>
> This is on Win95. It's not the IR Tower itself, as I've used three different
> towers (with fresh batteries) and gotten the same result. It only started
> happening a couple of days ago, but has been consistantly irritable since.
> No system changes have occured. I haven't had the time to really look into
> what could be causing the problem.
>
> Any info you find on this, please share, & I'll do the same.
>
> By the way -- anyone else have trouble using RCX IR messages in NQC? I've
> been unsuccessful in getting SendMessage() to work. Thanks all.
>
> Tom Pierce
> Manager of Web Services
> Citrix Systems, Inc.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeffrey Battisti [SMTP:jeff@cs.rit.edu]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 1998 9:16 am
> > To: Lego-Robotics
> > Subject: RE: Help with my IR tower
> >
> > Thanks for the info Allen. Now, here is the strange thing. The green
> > light
> > comes on, so I don't believe it's a PC -> tower problem, but when I took
> > the
> > tower/RCX home last night it everything worked, which implies that the
> > tower -> RCX is OK.
> >
> > Once again, thanks for the help,
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Allen Martin [mailto:arm@rendition.com]
> > Sent: Monday, November 09, 1998 10:41 PM
> > To: jeff@cs.rit.edu; Lego-Robotics
> > Subject: RE: Help with my IR tower
> >
> > > SO... any one got any suggestions before I try to flag down
> > > tech support at
> > > LEGO?
> >
> > Well, the first thing to check is if the green LED inside the tower is
> > lighting up when it tries to talk to the RCX. If it is, you know its
> > a tower->RCX problem, if not, it's a PC->tower problem.
> >
> > -Allen
> >
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Help with my IR tower
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| (...) On my PC, I have to disable the Palm Pilot Hot Sync Task Bar item, otherwise it is impossible to talk to the IR tower. Fortunately, it's easy to do. Just click on the Hot Sync icon on the task bar and pick exit. Then the IR tower communication (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Help with my IR tower
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| Josh Stein wrote in message <36485C57.FB7CA91D@a...nl.gov>... (...) I don't have a Mindstorms, but I DO have problems accessing the serial port of my PCs when they are or have been running my Pilot Sync Manager. You can disable the item by clicking (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Help with my IR tower
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| Josh Stein wrote in message <36485C57.FB7CA91D@a...nl.gov>... (...) tower (...) PalmPilot (...) (I've got (...) I (...) PalmPilot or (...) Yah. The HotSync software will interfere with just about anything that uses a serial port, as will the WinCE (...) (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Help with my IR tower
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| Jeff -- I've hit the same issue with my tower. It starts off working fine, but after around 5 or so minutes, it stops responding (and the old 'IR Transmitter needs batteries or is in direct sunlight' message comes up). I spent a couple of hours (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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