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Subject: 
Re: PC <> RCX Communication?
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lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc
Date: 
Sat, 27 Nov 1999 20:05:54 GMT
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On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Kornel Lambert wrote:

> Quick question: is there a way for the rcx to send data to the PC (and
> possibly vice versa)?

If you just listen to the 'message'es you send out from the RCX, you
see them coming in. On unix just do something like

cat /dev/cuaa0

It also works with most IRda ports, such as thouse found on the iMac and
most laptops. Though I found the lego port more sensitive and more
reliable.

If you look into, for example, the NQC or mac-nqc code, check the section
which does the sensor readout back to the PC.

Dw



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  PC <> RCX Communication?
 
Quick question: is there a way for the rcx to send data to the PC (and possibly vice versa)? I have a scanner base built, and ideally I would like a way to communicate with the RCX, with the PC controlling the movement of the scanner. I could (...) (27 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)

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