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re: troubleshooting IR interface
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Sat, 25 Dec 1999 18:50:57 GMT
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Michael Bain <poppa@wetleatherSPAMCAKE.com>
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> > > > > "J" == J Alan Eldridge <alane@wozzle.geeksrus.net> writes:
J> I added a third serial port to my Linux system, verified it worked
J> by testing my ppp link over it, and then went to use Kekoa's
J> software to try to talk to it and get 'IR tower not
J> responding'. Tried three different batteries; tower seems dead. Are
J> there any lights or anything on it that indicate that it is even
J> comatose, as opposed to just plain dead?
The light inside of the tower will light up.
I had a similar problem. I couldn't figure out how to fix it, so I
double checked the hardware in W98. When I came back to linux it
worked fine. Maybe it was confused because I use the same serial port
for a camera and palm pilot.
(You did set the environmental variable or added the command line
parameter to point to the new port?)
--
Michael Bain
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