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I asked the wrong question earlier. I *do* want to use a windows machine. I *do not* want to use the Legos RCX windows software. So, is there any windows shareware that will allow me to download the firmware file? Thanks, billq (...) (26 years ago, 16-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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lego-robotics@crynwr.com wrote in message <852566BE.002B8A23.0...am.com>... (...) It's a feature of Mind Control. Copy the firmware file on your cd-rom into the Mind Control directory before doing this. LEGO on my mind Mindstorms/Mind Control (...) (26 years ago, 16-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Oop, that means I answered the wrong question earlier. To answer your new question, you need to find some documentation on using the OCX, then you need to write up a program that downloads the firmware using that. I don't know of any (...) (26 years ago, 16-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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Anyone knows how to control the IRdA port directly in Win95/98? With direct control, we can control/receive RCX and other IR devices directly without using the tower. (26 years ago, 17-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Part of the trick is that the RCX doesn't use irda at all... (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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In message <slrn754ka8.5r2.matt...a.bu.edu>, Matthew Miller <lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com> writes (...) What then? give us a clue. (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Check here: (URL) all nicely described. (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Well, I read all that and I'm still none the wiser, has anyone talked to an RCX using a Windows PC's IrDA ? Matt (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Short answer -- the IR protocol used by the RCX is more akin to that used in TV remotes than it is to the IrDA standard. If you could talk to your IR port directly, you could probably do that. But mostly, the low-level functionality is hidden (...) (26 years ago, 19-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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In article <slrn75745o.9uh.matt...a.bu.edu>, Matthew Miller <lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com> writes (...) He he - how about using a digital watch then - the ones that can 'learn' TV operation. Now having said that flippantly, now 'we' are able to write (...) (26 years ago, 19-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Yes, learning remotes have been trained to send the IR messages. No problem. (26 years ago, 19-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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