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Greetings from Germany, here I saw only the metal case version of Cybermaster. But this case isn't a good one. The metal is very thin aluminium tin. After a short time the case has a lot of dents. I have also another questions... Do anybody know (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | Re: Types of Cybermaster
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"Falk" == Falk Stricker <falk.stricker@gmx.de> writes: Falk> Do anybody know where I can get software with a front end to Falk> program the cybermaster Well, nqc would work. ((URL) is a gui based front end for that, too, for windows machines, RCX (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | Re: Types of Cybermaster
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Falk Stricker wrote in message ... (...) a (...) Also see this for both info and software: (URL) Brok -------- Visit LEGO ON MY MIND: (URL) Submit your own link: (URL) section: (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | Re: Increasing the range of the radio signal
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(...) No there are no walls between cybermaster and basic station. The largest distance is about 3 to 4 meters. Is this distance the maximum? Best regards Falk (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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"Falk" == Falk Stricker <falk.stricker@gmx.de> writes: Falk> No there are no walls between cybermaster and basic station. The Falk> largest distance is about 3 to 4 meters. Is this distance the Falk> maximum? Hmm, I think I've used it at greater (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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(...) Yes, the cybermaster uses the 27Mhz band. I have checked all the solutions you tell me but it's no use. I think the problem isn't the PC to cybermaster direction but the direction from cybermaster to PC. Do you use batteries or accumulators in (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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"Falk" == Falk Stricker <falk.stricker@gmx.de> writes: Falk> Yes, the cybermaster uses the 27Mhz band. I have checked all the Falk> solutions you tell me but it's no use. I think the problem isn't Falk> the PC to cybermaster direction but the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | Re: Increasing the range of the radio signal
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(...) I'm using accumulators (you called rechargable batteries) because a lot of toys are using mignon batteries and so I have about 20 rechargable batteries and a processor charger for loading these in a short time... The problem of this (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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"Falk" == Falk Stricker <falk.stricker@gmx.de> writes: (...) Falk> because a lot of toys are using mignon batteries Mignon batteries? Falk> and so I have about 20 rechargable batteries and a processor Falk> charger for loading these in a short (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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Johannes Keukelaar skrev i meddelandet ... (...) We did some tests when the kit was new (almost a year ago now!), and we had communications working from first to second floor (old house, no cement or iron in the walls, just a brick chimney in the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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(...) of the CM. On using the rechargable batteries the control shows a low battery status also on just refreshed batteries... So the action radius was about a maximum of 3...4 meters an d the connection was interrupted seveal times. My measurements (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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(...) Mignon batteries are batteries of size R6 like used in CM. (...) You are right the nominal voltage of this recharable batteries is 1.2V but I tested the voltage of a just refreshed batterie under load and then the real voltage was about 1.25 (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | Re: Increasing the range of the radio signal
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I would second the recommendation for trying different locations for the tower. At one point I had so many problems with "dead spots" with my exploring rover (that needs to communicate with the map making/route finding software running on the PC), (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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(...) I would suspect that antenna placement, and possibly considering a different antenna design, would make a huge difference. Look in some radio books for things like Yagi designs. Give you much more range, but also make the antenna very (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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