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Re: IR tower near/far swtich on Mac G3
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 17 Aug 1999 02:25:04 GMT
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In article <FGKtJw.Lso@lugnet.com>, "John R. Galloway, Jr."
<jrg@dbengines.com> wrote:
> The NQC doc says the swtich must be in near mode (the
> small triangle), but with my Mac (beige G3 tower, MacOS
> 8.6) neither NQC 1.3 nor ROBOLAB 1.5.1 has been able to
> communiate with the RCX unless the switch is in FAR
> mode (the large triangle). In far mode both apps
> chitchat with the RCX just fine. What is going on here?
> Is the NQC doc backwards? is the large icon really
> near mode?
The warning in the NQC doc is more historical than anything else. When
NQC was first being tested I got some reports of problems in far mode that
went away in near mode (LED was being overdriven in far mode). However,
as the user base expanded, I got a similar number of complaints in near
mode.
Eventually improved retry algorithms seemed to remedy most of the
problems, although there is still an occasional problem here or there. My
advice nowdays is to try both and use whichever gives you the best
results.
Dave Baum
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reply to: dbaum at enteract dot com
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| The NQC doc says the swtich must be in near mode (the small triangle), but with my Mac (beige G3 tower, MacOS 8.6) neither NQC 1.3 nor ROBOLAB 1.5.1 has been able to communiate with the RCX unless the switch is in FAR mode (the large triangle). In (...) (25 years ago, 16-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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