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I'm working on a little nav idea that my robot can find my 'base' which is sweping a bright red led 'laser' over the area. I have to admit that I ventured into the Xacto and crazy glue area by using a 'laser' pointer and glueing four tiny mirrors (...) (18 years ago, 9-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Problem solved! I was worried installing the new driver v1.02 (linked earlier in this thread, because my firmware version said 1.03. But John Hansen confirmed that they are 2 different things, so I installed the update and voila! It might be a (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Well I have a retail set, and decided to try downloading the firmware via USB from the LEGO software, and you guessed it, I got clicking. So I pressed the reset button as they suggest, and tried downloading it again, the progress bars all (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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I am helping John by taking on the task of coming up with some micros for NQC template. If anyone wants to join the effort or already has some that you would like to share with other uses of NQC, e-mail me at lsrgroup@etcmail.com. Thanks Lamar (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Scorpion Plans
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(...) The graphic files (if you installed in the "standard" location) are located at: C:\Program Files\LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT\engine\EditorVIs\Academy Content\activities\a...1\bi\*.jpg (plus ..\02\bi\*.jpg, ..\03\bi\*.jpg, and ..\04\bi\*.jpg) You could (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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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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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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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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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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(...) 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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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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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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(...) Okay, thanks for the information Tony! - David (18 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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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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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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(...) 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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