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Re: RCX-IR Tower Communication
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Fri, 7 Jan 2000 19:28:17 GMT
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Did you download the spirit.ocx documentation? You can control almost
everything with spirit commands. You can pol variable, send messages,
... I think that spirot.poll(source,number) will give the content of a
variable, for instance. Or you could use the datalog, there are 3
commands in spirit.ocx :
.setdatalog(size)
.datalognext(source,number)
.uploaddatalog(from,size)
maybe the latest is the most usefull. Again, I strongly recommend that
you download the spirit.ocx technical reference available at the
mindstorms site.
Good luck !
Phil
Mauro Vianna a écrit :
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> I'd like to implement a Visual Basic program able to communicate with the
> RCX. RCX has commands to send and receive messages, but I don't no a way to
> send and receive it from a computer program. This way RCX could have an
> autonomous program and ask help for a computer for more complex tasks (ex:
> using a mapping database for route decision).
> I don't want to download a new program neither control the RCX directly due
> to limitations of dwonloaded programs and line of vision.
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> It seens Spirit.ocx doesnt have this functionality, except for downlodable
> commands. I know I can send a message with NQC inline parameter, but I'd
> prefer to do it inside my program. Besides I must be able to read messages
> sent by RCX too. Could it be as simple as writing or sending bytes to the
> serial port connected to the IR tower? I didn't try it yet.
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> Another question: Does someone know a way to use notebooks IR ports instead
> of the Lego IR tower to communicate with RCX? I don't think it's possible,
> but it would be good.
>
> Mauro Vianna
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| I downloaded that already. I confess I didn't explore all possibilities yet but sending messages to the RCX seens to be one of the limitations. I'm aware of the commands you mentioned but I'm not sure if they will work if the RCX moves out of range (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I'd like to implement a Visual Basic program able to communicate with the RCX. RCX has commands to send and receive messages, but I don't no a way to send and receive it from a computer program. This way RCX could have an autonomous program and ask (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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