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Subject: 
Re: R: RCX output
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 17:47:38 GMT
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Chris Osborn <fozztexx@fozztexxSTOPSPAMMERS.com>
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On Nov. 11 99, 09:42 PST, "Mario Ferrari" <mario.ferrari@edis.it>
wrote:

For this reason you might want to control the train *indirectly*,
using the RCX and a motor to drive a switch connected to an external
supply.

Or just plug the train controller's AC adapter into the RCX and
drive the train directly from the RCX.

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  Re: RCX output and Trains
 
(...) I just bought my first LEGO train earlier this week, and actually tried this experiment. You can run a train directly off of an RCX motor output. Just connect the track's power connector to an RCX motor output instead of to the train speed (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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  R: RCX output
 
Michael Gasperi <gasperi@alynk.com> wrote in message FL1C2p.40K@lugnet.com... (...) output. (...) supply. For this reason you might want to control the train *indirectly*, using the RCX and a motor to drive a switch connected to an external supply. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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