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Hello Tobias, (...) Why do you think there's only 1 byte that can be sent? If your data buffer is longer, bytes are sent one-by-one serially in a packet... (...) look into lnp.c and you will see that both lnp_integrity_xxx and lnp_addressing_xxx are (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Actually that's what I was intending but I couldn't remember the words at my keyboard. To make debugging easier I will use parallel words that can be merged in later. I was going to use the following debugging strategy: Put the isr init in a (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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The HOWTO and other legOS archives will be available (until I get it to sourceforge) at (URL) for the people who wrote and volunteered to serve it- the archives now total something like ~100 meg (several different copies of compilers are in there) (...) (24 years ago, 15-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hi! When using lnp_integrity_write(&data, length), what is the length argument used for? The data can only be one byte long if I understand it correctly. Can I use the length argument to send an additional byte of information? Is there anyway I can (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: serial port interrupts
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(...) Sounds good Steve, see notes below for some pointers... (...) Absolutely. All we have to do is enable the interrupts on the receiver throw the chars into a buffer. I'd keep the standard FORTH words that already exist so less system source (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Ralph, I'm getting tired of losing characters going to the RCX on the serial port because forth is busy. It is making my work more complex than it needs to be. If you are not going to do serial port interrupts I will take a shot at it if you give me (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: It's time to release some patches for LegOS 0.2.4
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"Harald Mährer" <hmaehrer@debis.com> wrote in message news:391bcf0d.129529...net.com... (...) (URL) - on my NT i have more than one (logical) drive to keep system, (...) I have cygnwin in my NT partion and legOS in another one. No problem at all. I (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: Factor upload script for user extensions
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(...) Ummm, great idea. How about an item that turns into a pulldown list of 1-liners? I've got the X close or AltF4 shell closing capture thing, and I've also got XMODEM working. If I can get enough time, a public beta is in order... Cheers, Ralph (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Factor upload script for user extensions
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Ralph, I suggest that you factor a proceedure out of the tcl uploadScript that sends a string to the RCX. This could then be used for additional menu or tcl commands that send Forth code to the RCX. Here is a potential implementation used to power (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: HOWTO going down
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One other thing- this will of course mean that the various other files accessible at arthurdent.dorm.duke.edu will be unavailable. I will try to move as many of these as possible to legOS.sourceforge.net before I lose my ethernet connection, but I'm (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics)
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| | HOWTO going down
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I'm taking down the HOWTO for the next couple of weeks while I move out of my dorm and back home for the summer. When it comes back up (two weeks, three at the most) it'll be up to date (0.2.4!) and on legOS.sourceforge.net (probably /HOWTO/). Just (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics)
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did anyone try to use the rcx as a controller for camcorders either using LA NC (Control-S) or Ir ? (24 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Glen Paling Wrote: (...) Snipped code samples... Glen, These are really a good example of how the community can help itself. How does everyone feel about a code repository? How should it be implemented? Where should it live? I'm reluctant to have (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: It's time to release some patches for LegOS 0.2.4
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(...) Hi all. So far, i've got the 0.2.3.1 Version running on my laptop (W95) but not on my desktop (WIN NT). Questions remaining - where do i find the 0.2.4 version? I followed the ftp link on the cvs server to find 0.2.3 but where's 0.2.4? - on my (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Standard extension suggestions
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I think that's a great idea. I find example code the easiest way for me to learn. The pbForth can be little intimidating at first, (you can't even turn off the power with the on-off button). Earlier last fall Sergey Udovenko posted some code handle (...) (24 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Found and reported a minor bug in sound generation using either Robolab 2.0 or 2.1. The bug does not happen with ROM 0309 but happens on 0326. If using two PLAY ANY NOTES in a row, a third very low tone is emitted. If a WAIT FOR is placed between (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: New firmware and ROBOLAB
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We ran many different Robolab programs including datalogging programs on six RCXes and they all worked properly with firm0326. (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: No Scout Support in RCXcc
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(...) I was actually answering my own posted question on the matter. I had several emails asking for me to tell them what I find out. I figured everyone would want to know. I do not feel I was being negative about the matter and don't appreciate (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: No Scout Support in RCXcc
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(...) Does RXCcc actually set the -T flag or use the default. If default then you can set the target with the environment variable. If you get really desperate you can hack nqc to ignore the -T flag and do what you want instead. I suggest more (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | No Scout Support in RCXcc
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I've talked to the creator of RCXcc about Scout support. This is what he had to say; Mark Overmars wrote: "This is not planned for the near future." There you have it. Sadly, from what I can gather, all we need RCXcc to do is use the -SCOUT tag (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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