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Re: IR tower timeout question
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Thu, 2 Dec 1999 17:40:06 GMT
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Philippe Jadin <PHILIPPE.JADIN@SKYNET.antispamBE>
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My guess is that when the green light turns off in the tower, it is in
power saving mode... But I think you still can get messages from the
RCX.
Phil
michael yates a écrit :
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> Hi guys,
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> I am trying to build a java interface to legOS Lego Networking Protocol. Before
> everyone who doesn't have legOS 0.2.2 running closes this message the question
> doesn't really concern the final outcome :)
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> Good, now the question is that I read in a news post and some point that the IR
> tower will only be "awake" and ready to receive data if it has recently sent
> data. I don't mind this so much because what is the point of having an IR link
> if you are not going to use it in both directions BUT at the moment I am still
> in development stage and I was wondering if anyone could give me a bit more
> information on the timeout like what the value is (approximately). I also read
> that someone knows the pin to tie to groun (I think) to turn off the power save
> "I-am-not-going-to-receive-until-I-have-sent" mode.
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> Any info appreciated.
>
> thanks
> michael
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 | | Re: IR tower timeout question
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| Nope. It will not receive anything when the tower goes off. Michael- I've been real busy, but if you look in the firmdl (fastdl now?) code, you'll see that there is a "keepalive" function that tests for tower awareness somehow (don't remember the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | IR tower timeout question
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| Hi guys, I am trying to build a java interface to legOS Lego Networking Protocol. Before everyone who doesn't have legOS 0.2.2 running closes this message the question doesn't really concern the final outcome :) Good, now the question is that I read (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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