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I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but the "My Portal" tab in the NXT software now actually has some content. The first is a link to the Classic Cuckoo Clock and SoundBot building instructions on the Mindstorms website, and there are some (...) (18 years ago, 16-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Re: Gnah I'm afraid I've discovered a new bug :(
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(...) My faith in the company is undisturbed. Quick call to the sales dept and a new NXT is in the mail. They kindly asked me to return the broken one, using their free of charge mailing service. Note that they didn't say: "Return the unit, let us (...) (18 years ago, 14-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Sony-Ericsson Z530i and other BT, Cam and Java phones
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As far as I've seen in the SDK's released by Sony-Ericsson Java programs do have full access to BT and camera. I don't think the phone has enough hardware to perform any image recognition more than very basic. But I chose that model since it has a (...) (18 years ago, 13-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Gnah I'm afraid I've discovered a new bug :(
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Replying to myself: I've been told by support to contact sales. Which is fair, not their fault that I contacted the wrong source. When it comes to Sony-Ericsson Z530i I'll create a new thread so we can discuss that. (...) (18 years ago, 13-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Flash Write Cycles
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(...) I am not 100% sure but I am pretty sure based on a number of discussions that I have been involved with during the MUP2/MDP. To the best of my knowledge a clicking brick (however it got into that state) is a brick running SAM-BA in flash with (...) (18 years ago, 13-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Gnah I'm afraid I've discovered a new bug :(
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(...) Yah well, that's GPS for you. Even high-budget GPS's don't work very well indoors, if at all. (18 years ago, 13-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Details of the Bluetooth messaging protocol?
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Can someone clarify the details of the Bluetooth messaging protocol? The documentation is quite confusing. (There is documentation for this in the Executable File Specificationn and in the Bluetooth develop kit document, as well as some in the NXT-G (...) (18 years ago, 13-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Flash Write Cycles
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(...) flash Are you sure of this John? It seems like the reset button would be for dire circumstances and would do something different than the firmware boot mode. The spec says this about SAMBA loading: "To enter SAM-BA Boot Recovery, the TST pin (...) (18 years ago, 13-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Video from a Camera Cellphone into the NXT
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In article <003701c6d6bc$fe18c6...kdesktop>, Dick Swan <dickswan@sbcglobal.net> writes (...) Okay. (...) I was lacking context, and I think you are looking for a simple answer that is not yet available. (...) Interesting, I have not met any of this (...) (18 years ago, 13-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | RE: Video from a Camera Cellphone into the NXT
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Topic was formerly named "Gnah I'm afraid I've discovered a new bug". I've put a more relevant subject on it. This is in response to a reply from Tony Naggs. This is a good answer but not to the question I wanted answered. The currently available (...) (18 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Gnah I'm afraid I've discovered a new bug :(
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In article <001501c6d613$4aece6...kdesktop>, Dick Swan <dickswan@sbcglobal.net> writes (...) There are quite a number of different software platforms, versions and variants for 'feature phones' and 'smart' phones. For Java a lot of APIs are (...) (18 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Flash Write Cycles
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(...) [...] (...) According to what I have read, putting the AT91SAM7S processor in system recovery mode (i.e., by resetting it via the hardware reset button or by programmatically putting it into firmware boot mode) loads SAM-BA into flash and when (...) (18 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | RE: Flash Write Cycles
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(...) I guess it depends on which way they fail? Do they fail in locked mode or in unlocked mode? If, as would be good design, they fail to permanently locked, I'd guess nobody is interested in trying. What nobody has mentioned yet is the (...) (18 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Flash Write Cycles
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(...) Whether you reset the brick or just run the download firmware routine in the LEGO Mindstorms NXT software or in RobotC or in NBC/BricxCC you've put the brick in SAMBA mode (clicking brick mode) and the lock bits have been cycled. But I have (...) (18 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | RE: Gnah I'm afraid I've discovered a new bug :(
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Anyone know if user applications (Java?) running on a camera phone have access to a recent frame buffer from the on-board camera? The objective of course is to perform image recognition on either the camera or the cellphone for the NXT to make (...) (18 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Gnah I'm afraid I've discovered a new bug :(
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(...) Upgraded, and changed to fresh batteries twice, I sure hope it isn't but is feels very much like a hardware failure to me :( On the other hand I can report that I managed to get a low budget GPS to talk to my NXT. The bad news is that it works (...) (18 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Gnah I'm afraid I've discovered a new bug :(
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(...) OK, that's just... weird. Are you using the straight-off-the-CD software, or have you upgraded with the "no clicking" patch? (18 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Gnah I'm afraid I've discovered a new bug :(
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My precious decided to die one night. When I tried to start it one morning it was totally dead, nothing could revive it. But since it was saturday and I had stuff to do I left it alone. Then several hours later it started to 'click' as described by (...) (18 years ago, 11-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT in London
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(...) Thanks, Tony, this information is great. I will check it out. Patrick (18 years ago, 11-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Bluetooth Commands via Perl
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Good luck. I did manage to get ruby-nxt working in windows, but I had to run it through cygwin to be able to compile the serial port module: (...) (18 years ago, 11-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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