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Re: Even more remote controls
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 5 Apr 1999 13:45:49 GMT
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rajackson@qnx=avoidspam=.com
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Previously, you (Franz-Michael S. Mellbin) wrote:
> At an earlier point and time some people thought it would be possible to use a
> standard remote control with the RCX. I have a nice stack of remotes from B&O,
> SONY, Phillips, Creative Labs, Panasonic, Aiwa, Mitsubishi etc. and I have
> bombarded the RCX with seemingly no useful results (almost no responses).
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> I have also asked some of the "pioneers" for follow-ups to their projects but
> without result.
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> Before I try to get a Lego remote sent out here (the so-called Lego "World"
> Shop does not cover China!) I would like to know if anyone ever found a working
> non-Lego remote control solution?
You probably won't find a preprogrammed remote that works with the RCX. Most of these
use a 11 or 14 bit command (this for some remotes can vary between 1 and 64 bits)
where as the rcx uses 8 bits with start and stop bits just as on a PC serial port.
Also to add to this most remotes use bi-phase or pulse width modulation where as
the RCX uses DASK (Digital Amplitude Shift Keying).
I would hazard a guess that the contoller in the Lego remote is a micro-controller
that transmits canned messages which are the same as those transmitted by the tower.
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> Thank you for any advice.
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> Franz-Michael S. Mellbin
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> ---
> fmm@fischer-mellbin.com
> http://www.fischer-mellbin.com/
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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