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RE: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 19 Nov 1999 18:46:13 GMT
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CE supports the IR port in a number of "modes". Natively there is: "Raw IR",
IrCOMM and IrSock. Using IrCOMM or IrSock programs the port to conform the
the IrDA standard for communications. The difference being IrSock is through
the WinSock interface. Raw IR mode is supposed to allow the normal
application of a serial port through the IR hardware. I have tried this mode
and have not been very successful in getting the RCX to notice me. More
work/info is needed here.
There is also the possibility of implementing "Consumer IR" through the CE
IR port, however, you will need a special driver and some programming info
for that driver. Such a driver exists in SkyCommander
(http://web.singnet.com.sg/~ohmania/SkyCommander/SkyCommander.html), but the
vendor provides no API info on its use (cir2xx.dll). This may be the
solution -- don't know.
So far I've had no problems running the RCX IR tower from my CE device using
NQC (more on that later).
/ted
> ----------
> From: Jeffrey Hazen[SMTP:jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net]
> Reply To: Jeffrey Hazen
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 1:00 PM
> To: lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com
> Subject: RE: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
>
> Most (all?) CE devices come with both an IrDA port and a serial port
> typically used for PC synchronization. Why wouldn't you just attach to
> the
> existing serial port?
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> Jeff
> jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Shafer [SMTP:lego-robotics@crynwr.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 10:01 AM
> To: lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: Window CE Support for the Mindstorm Unit
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> At 02:32 PM 11/19/99 +0000, you wrote:
> > <snip>
> > COM components are processor specific, so no, spirit.ocx won't work.
> > I have the Jornada 680 - the H/PC version - and it's a fantastic machine • with
> > an excellent screen, but there are limitations. One of the most • frustrating
> > things is that the IR device is limited to IRda, so it can't be used to • talk
> > to the RCX (or the TV, stereo, etc. it's been tried). You could, in
> theory
> at
> > least, buy or build a consumer IR device for the CE and write to that, • but
> > it's not trivial.
>
> rajackson@qnx.com once suggested this solution:
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> "Since IRDA can operate as a simple serial device. It would be simple
> to build a IRDA to RS-232 converter (it will need a IR led and Photo
> diode and some level shifters). The you could plug the RCX tower into
> the converter and the CE device could then signal the tower using it's
> IRDA port."
>
> I wonder if anyone has tried this?
>
>
> Joel Shafer joel@connect.net
>
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| (...) Yes, this is perhaps possible - not my idea of fun though. (...) That's great news. Do you use a 9-9 convertor? Any problems configuring? And how the &#%$ do you get it to run NQC? Enquiring minds want to know. -g (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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