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(...) In the process of adding support for quad-speed download to nqc I noticed a bug in the firmware download code that caused problems with short downloads. This may (or may not) account for your problem. Either way, the bug will be fixed next (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Play tunes with legOS: "Wir sind die Roboter"
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Cool. There is something quite appropriate about using a lego to play Kraftwerk :) -Luis (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous ###...### (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Play tunes with legOS: "Wir sind die Roboter"
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well, yesterday i promised to post some header file that makes it easy to program the sound timer for playing tunes in a memory saving way - here it is. ( see below, file notedefs.h ) the numbering scheme is N_<key>[m]_<number_of_octave> N_A_0 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Educators: Vote for RCX and ROBOLAB over iBook!
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Go to (URL) click on the voting page. Robolab is up against School master, Site Central, and Virtual Language Lab, while the hardware is up against the iBook. You can only vote if you are an education professional and are familar with these (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: PC <> RCX Communication?
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(...) The op-code for sending a message is $F7 "set message". Unfortunately somehow it is left out of spirit.ocx, so you have to go down to the serial protocol in order to use it. See (URL) for the details. If you want to stick to spirit.ocx, you (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | linux->solaris porting info
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To whom it may concern: (I think this means Carsten :) This was the response I got from our resident Solaris/Linux god, conveniently named Karsten. He believes this one-line fix should have similar behavior. I can't test it (haven't been able to get (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: problem downloading srec file to RCX
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Yes, I encountered the same thing with nqc. However, the download works fine with firmdl.exe. Jonathan (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | HOWTO back up
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Sorry about the brief outage. The HOWTO is back up (though still not up to date.) Luis ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous ###...### (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: LegOS 2.2 on solaris
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Carsten- I asked a local solaris guru, and he wrote me what could be a helpful note on solaris aio. I've filed it (apparently) in the wrong folder, but I'll try to post it tomorrow. He seems to believe that it wouldn't be all that hard to make the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Play tones with legOS !
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I can't think of any possible reason why I would ever use this, but it is still cool... it's great to come back and see that people (other than Markus) have been working on stuff. My two cents on all of that tomorrow- -Luis (...) ###...### Profanity (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Play tones with legOS !
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Because dsound_play currently doesn't work for me, and because i wanted to make some noise under legOS with little memory and CPU footprint, i wrote a little function that plays arbitrary tones without using interrupts. I allows to play any (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Using Cybermaster with NQC in MPW on macintosh.
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I haven't used CyberMaster myself, but I know someone was able to get it working with a Mac. CyberMaster expects DTR to be asserted and RTS to be cleared. I'm not sure if "asserted" means +9 or -9. I know data lines (TXD, RXD) are inverted, but I (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Using Cybermaster with NQC in MPW on macintosh.
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Hi all, I am having problems talking to my cybermaster from MPW on the mac. Heres my set up Mac B&W g3 with gport card providing the serial port. mac modem cable (mini 8 pin to DB-25) connected to serial port DB-25 from modem cable connected to (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Even more networking stuff
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OK, So I finally got LNP to do something :) I have a very simple program on one rcx which sends out something to another rcx which the second rcx gets in. Its a good first step :) However being the difficult people we are we would like to be able to (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: PC <> RCX Communication?
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Philippe jadin <philippe.jadin@skynet.be> wrote in message news:FLvD0J.106@lugnet.com... (...) written (...) can (...) features (...) That sounds exactly like what I have done here, although I have mounted the 'gantry' on a large base. At the moment (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Contact's in the RCX and Servo's
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Does any one know a URL/ptr to a wiring diagrom to connect a normal digital servo ? I found several picture's on the web of the mechanical assmebly, but no wiring details ? Secondly, I found the contact's in the corner's of the circuit board, which (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | MarsRobot Updated
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I took some time this Saturday to update my website ((URL) with two new projects. I took the mini-synchro chassis (with modifications) from (URL) and added a 360 degree halo bumper. I also purchased a 8448 Street Sensation and with a little (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: PC <> RCX Communication?
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(...) If you just listen to the 'message'es you send out from the RCX, you see them coming in. On unix just do something like cat /dev/cuaa0 It also works with most IRda ports, such as thouse found on the iMac and most laptops. Though I found the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: PC <> RCX Communication?
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Have a look at my page : (URL) buit a scanner with bidirectionnal control. Client (RCX) software written with NQC, 'server' (master=pc) soft written in borland delphi 3.0. But you can do the same with VB. It does quite exactly wath you want. This (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | PC <> RCX Communication?
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Quick question: is there a way for the rcx to send data to the PC (and possibly vice versa)? I have a scanner base built, and ideally I would like a way to communicate with the RCX, with the PC controlling the movement of the scanner. I could (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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