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(...) I guess no one is using Perl to communicate with the NXT over Bluetooth. Or everyone is busy building bots. I found something that seems to work reliably on my HP Laptop running Windows 2000. It has a built-in CSR Bluetooth module that is 1.1 (...) (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Scorpion Plans
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Are the plans for the NXT Scorpion available online or anywhere in a printed or printable form? I'd much rather build it from paper plans than from my screen. Thanks, -Jon Gilchrist (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Bluetooth COM Ports
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Hi, I noticed there are a lot of COM ports that the Lego Software set up with my computer. (Control Panel, System, Hardware Tab, Device Manager, Ports (COM and LPT). I tried uninstalling all of these and then ran the Lego Software again, and it (...) (18 years ago, 4-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Bluetooth Commands via Perl
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Has anyone successfully been able to send BT commands to the NXT using Perl on Windows and get a response? I've been trying to send the Get Firmware command and have not gotten a successful response. Here is a short script: $data = (...) (18 years ago, 4-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: What to do in route to BF...
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(...) So you give interviews while driving through mountains? Talk about multi-tasking... (...) broken. Overall, it's a pretty nice article. I'd love to be a fly on the wall when folks like this open up a NXT. (18 years ago, 31-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | What to do in route to BF...
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Wanna know what I did on my way to BrickFest? (URL) (18 years ago, 31-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: NXT and Phone Compatibility
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In article <J4J9IK.H27@lugnet.com>, David J. Perdue <david@davidjperdue.com> wrote (...) I shall be writing some tools to run on phones and communicate over Bluetooth. I am in the middle of a writing project at the moment, so this may be a month or (...) (18 years ago, 27-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT and Phone Compatibility
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(...) Okay, thanks for the information Tony! - David (18 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT and Phone Compatibility
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In article <J4GvJt.oDA@lugnet.com>, David J. Perdue <david@davidjperdue.com> wrote (...) The phone must allow use of Bluetooth for devices beyond just hands free / headsets. The phone must support installable software of some form, (and the operator (...) (18 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | NXT and Phone Compatibility
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Does anyone know the technical requirements for a cell phone that will be communicating with an NXT? That information is not up yet on the MindStorms Bluetooth webpage. Will most phones with Bluetooth capability work with the NXT? Thanks, David (18 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT Robot Swarm at BrickFest -- featuring Bluetooth
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(...) I meant busy in the context of the other subthread in this thread, in which people proposed hacking a way around the master-slave restrictions. But still, that's good news, so we'll have to think of some stuff for the robots to do that will be (...) (18 years ago, 22-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Severe Case of Alkaline Battery Leakage
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(...) Too late for today, but I'll test with a multi-meter tomorrow. First, I'll have to ask the kids which NXT it was ... senior moments, y'know. I grew up with zinc-carbon batteries, which leaked as well but were/are relatively environmentally (...) (18 years ago, 22-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT Robot Swarm at BrickFest -- featuring Bluetooth
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(...) Jordan, Sorry to tell you this, but getting NXTs to talk to each other isn't going to take very long. Of course, figuring out what to say may take a bit. People should be able to bring almost any NXT robot, and we'll be able to get them to (...) (18 years ago, 22-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT Robot Swarm at BrickFest -- featuring Bluetooth
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(...) I can loan out an iBook with BT - and it has the NXT retail software. Joe Meno Event Coordinator (18 years ago, 22-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Re: NXT Robot Swarm at BrickFest -- featuring Bluetooth
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The NXT Robot Swarm has been scheduled for Saturday at 12:30 in Junior Ballroom 3. It seems the goal of this first event is to get some basic BT communication working, and if there's time, actually try a swarm-like experiment. If anything else, it (...) (18 years ago, 22-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Re: Severe Case of Alkaline Battery Leakage
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(...) This may also indicate a short. It may be prudent to take a multimeter across the battery terminals in the battery box on the NXT before putting any fresh batteries in. If that is the case, I would strongly recommend returning the brick. (...) (18 years ago, 22-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Severe Case of Alkaline Battery Leakage
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I've got Duracell Coppertops on 10 NXTs I use in class. I've just experienced a nasty case of battery leakage. Good thing it leaked on the cover rather than on the electronics. Good thing the student, an 11 year old, brought the leakage to my (...) (18 years ago, 22-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | NeXTTool fix & NBC update
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I have updated the zips for BrickTool and NeXTTool to fix a small problem with downloading .ric files to the NXT brick. I also uploaded a new beta for NBC which implements a pseudo wait opcode (which was dropped from the firmware at some point). If (...) (18 years ago, 21-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT avaliable in London
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(...) Went a bit mad, bought three - two as spares to sell when I get back. (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: NXT avaliable in London
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(...) Going to pick up a set tomorrow whilst I'm here in the US, I hadn't realised it wasn't out in the shops in the UK yet! (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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