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Sigh. Doesn't look like there is any chance that this would work for *nix, except maybe with severe Wine hackery. Has anyone else (with any of the other alternative OSs) tackled the problem of the new towers? I suppose I can try plying one of my (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LegOS forced to use another name?
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Having registered legOS.sourceforge.net (on Markus's word that TLG had given him permission to use the name), having run the last release of legOS, and having not heard anything from TLG myself, I can say that there are no plans in this corner of (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: New patch for remote and message
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Zhengrong: If you can get a login on sourceforge, and you can send me a patch to review quickly for style and content, I can give you write access to legOS CVS to add your code to the main CVS tree. Thanks for all the effort you've made; sorry I've (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: legOS - Which site?
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(...) legOS.sourceforge.net is the canonical site for legOS and has been for more than a year. I've asked Markus to take down his site (since he does not keep up with the newer documentation or file releases) but he has not responded to my emails on (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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They can't possibly do that. According to many published accounts, TLC explicitly says that their product is not to be referred to as "legos" but rather as "LEGO brand building bricks". Therefore, TLC has given up rights to the use of the word (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RE: LegOS forced to use another name?
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Ross crawford points to: (...) I can see their point too. As long as it's only about the name then I can't see anyone getting too upset. It's just a name, after all. But if it's about the replacement firmware, then I have more to worry about. So do (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: RCX 3.0 and legOS 1.2.4
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(...) Hmmmm. Sounds intrigueing. Call me a pessimist, but I'd be surprised if they released a 3.0 so soon after 2.0. And the comment about LegOS is stranger, given the article I just posted, and the fact that most of the developers are right here, (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | LegOS forced to use another name?
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Article here: (URL) TLC may be talking to Marcus Noga about his use of "LegOS" for the open-source operating system for the Mindstorms RCX (see last page). I can see their point. Personally, I think "NogOS" has a bit of a ring to it 8?) What does (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch) !
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| | Re: Difference in motorspeed when activating lightsensor!
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(...) The higher the power level the harder the stop. But the power level before stop() is not used, it always uses power level 7, and you can set it lower only afterwords. (I think that ought to change.) Jürgen (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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Hello, (...) Ok, I feel like an idiot now; I cannot reproduce the result! I did it this morning, but altered the program afterwards! But when I try now, nothing happens! As I recall it, it was the same program with the light sensor actived all the (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: Difference in motorspeed when activating lightsensor!
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(...) Hi! (...) Do you just add the sensor, or do you also change the program? Can you post the program(s)? (...) No! (...) I'd rather see what causes this behaviour first, before making some kludge to stop it. Jürgen PS: I'm also playing with the (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Difference in motorspeed when activating lightsensor!
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Hi there, I've just been playing around with a vehicle with a motor for each of the two main wheels. If I don't load the RCX with anything else than these two motors and set their respective speeds to 0 and 7, it drives in a nice circle with a small (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: About SetSerialComm(SERIAL_COMM_DEFAULT);
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You know, I modified legOS to make message commnucation between legOS and NQC, I found new formware can send raw data so that I think if I can make LNP communication between legOS and NQC. Zhengrong (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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hi Zhengrong, Sorry, I didn't understand (or read) your message well, I thought you were looking for communicating with a PC. Well as far as my knowledge reaches, I agree with Dave, the RCX can't receive raw data (except for program downloading, (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Mindstorms 2.0 in Germany
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Hi, I 've seen the new Mindstorms 2.0 at Toys'R'us in Neuss (near Cologne and Duesseldorf). It comes with the new usb ir tower for 489 DM. They also sell the old package 1.5 with the old serial ir tower (no usb!) for 449 DM. I don't know if the (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi Stef, I read your page, but I can't find what I need, I want to know how to communicate between RCXs with raw data (without header 55,ff,00), I don't care to communicate between Rcx and PC. You can read Dave's message, it seems he is also sure (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: About SetSerialComm(SERIAL_COMM_DEFAULT);
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I haven't done a lot of testing with SendSerial(), so I can't say for certain what combinations are possible, etc. If you use SetSerialPacket(SERI...CKET_RCX), any bytes you send get built as a packet (with the 55 ff 00 header, data followed by (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: About SetSerialComm(SERIAL_COMM_DEFAULT);
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hi Zhengrong, probably Dave answered your question, but I didn't see his answer in this newsgroup. I'v done some tests with different serial protocols and different baudrates, see (URL) it's of some use to you. (...) best regards, Stef Mientki (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: RCX 3.0 and legOS 1.2.4
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Would be great it it's true .... and I hope not only legOS will be updated ... all the other tools should get a new release, too Ralf (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: About SetSerialComm(SERIAL_COMM_DEFAULT);
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My new question is how to receive this packet data sent by SendSerialData()? Zhengrong (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Anyone know how to build a stall sensor?
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Paul, If you put a small lamp in serie with the motor , you can monitor the current drawn by thr motor through a lightsensor. The more current the more the light, there is only one thing you have less motorpower. Gretings, Rik "Paul Andrews" (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | About SetSerialComm(SERIAL_COMM_DEFAULT);
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Hi, Dave In your NQC Guide, there is a text about this function "The default is to send data at 2400 baud using a 50% duty cycle on a 38kHz carrier.", how about other settings, for example, parity and stop bit, is it odd parity without stop bit? (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Code-only Line-tracking competition
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You can enter the WORKSHOP 3D LEGO RCX Challenge - a robot competition to be held in Seattle on October 6th - even if you don't want to travel here. There will be a "code only" line-tracking event that anyone can enter. Build a "standard robot" at (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RCX 3.0 and legOS 1.2.4
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LEGO company will release RCX 3.0 at the end of next year, it will have 6 input port and 6 output port, 20x200 dots LCD, CPU is H8/3294 with 32K ROM and 64K RAM, it has a power socket as RCX 1.0, and with a built-in speaker, you can play wav or mid (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | New patch for remote and message
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I made a new patch for remote control and standard firmware message communication, I defined three config constants in config.h: 1. CONF_REMOTE_CTRL: Remote control services, comment it if you don't use remote control. 2. CONF_MESSAGE: Standard (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Anyone know how to build a stall sensor?
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(...) Yes. I just got a rotation sensor. Trouble is that the motors could stop for a variety of reasons (like the robot isn't moving). That isn't the real reason though (I could always handle that in software). The real reason is that ever since I (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Yes. I found on article on using the battery voltage to determine the same thing, i.e. more current, less volts. To do it you need replacement firmware. I use leJOS (a Java VM), I'm one if the developers, so I could go in that way. I'm going (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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So you're in to Java and the RCX? If you're in to it deep then you might be interested in the Real Time Specification for Java (RTSJ) at: (URL) - Paul (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | JStamp
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So I don't know if this is heresy on a Lego web site but if you're interested in Java and RCX you'll probably find this interesting too: (URL) I have no affiliation with this company, I am a contributer to leJOS. But I do like robotics and I do like (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: Anyone know how to build a stall sensor?
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(...) Hi Paul, I was interested in doing the very same thing a while ago. It sure would save on sensors if the motors had their own feedback! I know (as you are probably aware also) that the current can be monitored using the cybermaster. I saw how (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Anyone know how to build a stall sensor?
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I assume you have already discarded the simple approach of using a rotation sensor and detecting that it has stopped rotating. (This gives you an odometer for free!) Or if you don't have a rotation sensor, you can use the half width six hole pulley (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Anyone know how to build a stall sensor?
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(...) No. I didn't know it existed. Of itself it is interesting, but I actually want to use stalls as a means of collision detection. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: legOS - Which site?
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(...) Version 2.5 from Sourceforge is the latest. (...) Installed it the other day using these instructions without any problems: (URL) only thing that varies from memory, was setting the environment variables. (...) Not sure, but I don't think so. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | legOS - Which site?
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Hi, I'm still new to legOS, and the RIS come to that, and while looking for info on legOS came across both of these : (URL) seem to have different versions. Noga.de seems to have more up-to-date newsposts despite having an older version of legOS. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Anyone know how to build a stall sensor?
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(...) I suppose you've already considered using the white 24 tooth clutch (looks like a gear)to limit the torque and prevent motor stalls... Jerry (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Anyone know how to build a stall sensor?
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Hi, I'd like to be able to monitor the current being drawn by a motor using the RCX (not the CyberMaster :-( ), so that I can detect stalls and possibly spins. I can't believe that this is particularly hard but I can't find any references to one on (...) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: rotation sensor question
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Hi Jurgen, (...) Ok, then I will anihilate my answer/question... :o) (...) Ok, then I can save some time there... Thanks! (...) It's working perfectly, thank you! It's been up and running flawless since 1.0.0beta3, for all I know... Regards, Martin (...) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Communication API between RCX and a PC
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Hi there, Have you seen this project: (URL) an API for communication between your PC and RCX using InputStream's and OutputStream's. Regards, Martin E. Nielsen (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: Why compiler can't find header file program.h?
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I found the reason, there are two config.h, one is for kernel in boot directory, one is for dll in dll-src, they have different definition. Zhengrong (...) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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I add lines as below into lnp.c #ifdef CONF_PROGRAM #include <sys/program.h> #endif But I got error message when compile it. lnp.c:36: sys/program.h: No such file or directory In some lnp.c file, there are #ifdef CONF_VIS #include <dlcd.h> #include (...) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: rotation sensor question
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Hej Martin, (...) probably nobody will ever know. A lot has changed in the last month. (...) That's not necessary, it is already done in showNumber (but not in setNumber). (...) So it's working for you, I hope? Jürgen (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Instructions for LegOS USB support
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A friend of mine recently bought the 2.0 RCX and sent me the following information regarding getting USB and LegOS to play nice. He did this on a Win2K system. I have the old 1.0 RCX so please don't ask me how to make this work. Here is his e-mail (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: rotation sensor question
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Hi there, (...) What happened? nothing appeared in the LCD? This looks 99% like the example I did yesterday - except that I put in a "LCD.refresh()" after the #showNumber call. I run 1.0.2 RC4 under Linux... // Martin (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: RCX IR protocol
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Hi, Juergen has done a small mistake in his example. (...) Better it should be ~f7=~11110111=00001000=08. If you want to get a little bit of math you may add every number to its complement and you will always get ff for the result. If we take (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCX IR protocol
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(...) Take a look at (URL) (...) 55 ff 00 (...) complement, i.e. invert every bit separately. So for example ~f7=~11110111=00001000=10. (...) Good luck and show it to us when you are done Jürgen (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: tweaking around dlcd_show( )
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(...) Due to an error of my news-reader I missed some answers to your original post. Probably mine is a little late. bye Bernardo e-mail: dibbe@freestation.it (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: tweaking around dlcd_show( )
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Thank you Bernardo. As I explained during the discussion with Martin, I decided to use rather arrays of functions. So now I've got my own functions like void Lcd4BotL(){ dlcd_show(LCD_4_BOTL); } and the use of the array with an index is now fully (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: RCX IR protocol
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On the page (URL) look under the description of his send command and you'll see he sends a query "10" (hex) and gets a response "ef". This value, 0xEF, is the logical not (modulus 0xFF) of the query value 0x10. The tilde means "not". Dennis (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) The macros LCD_?_* expand to two integers, separated by a comma; dlc_show() is a macro that expects one argument but uses it as an argument to macros expecting two arguments. I don't know exactly how this works, but it's to do with the order (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | RCX IR protocol
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Hi all, I was looking at the IR protocol described at (URL) and i dont quite understand. In paricular: What is the packet header? what does the ~ mean? (eg "RCX reply opcode is always ~query opcode") I am asking because i am writing an application (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | My seggiestion about remote control patach
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I think remote control can be divided two parts: 1. defatk mode, if you user doesn't provide remote handler, the default hanlder will be called, key M1-M3 send standard message 1-3, A1-C1/A2-C2 increase/decrease 1 outport port a-c, P1-P5 run program (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: legos application downlod protocol
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legOS has two download programs, firmdl3.exe for kernel, and dll.exe for user program, you can check source files /legOS/util/firmdl/rcx_comm.c and /legOS/util/dll-src/loader.c. You can find LNP in file /legOS/kernel/lnp.c and lnp-logical.c. Br (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Bug in leJOS 1.0.2.RC6, fixed in 1.0.2.RC8
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(...) Ahem. Similar bug in RC8 too. I'm fairly confident that RC9 has fixed them all. Apologies once again :-( Paul (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | legos application downlod protocol
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Hi, I'm a developer for leJOS (a Java VM on the RCX) and I am interested in how legos applications are transfered from the PC to the RCX (basically because the leJOS mechanism seems to be fairly flakey and I'd rather not try to implement an entire (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Bug in leJOS 1.0.2.RC6, fixed in 1.0.2.RC8
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If you downloaded leJOS 1.0.2.RC6 you should download and install 1.0.2.RC8 instead as there is a bug in RC6 that causes the RCX to ignore sensors and buttons for several minutes. Apologies for the inconvenience - Paul Andrews. (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: Non Robot uses of the RCX
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Hello, Sounds like it was an interesting project. Could you tell me what grade was your daughter in and did she use the standard RCX/Lego Software or something else? thanks (23 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: ANN: Article on dead-reckoning with a Mindstorms robot
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(...) Jerry, Thanks. I'm glad you liked the article. When I wrote it, I was hoping that other robotics enthusiasts would be able to adapt some of my techniques to their own dead-reckoning problems. It's good to see folks taking an interest in the (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Non Robot uses of the RCX
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My daughter's science fair project last year used an RCX and 3 light sensors to time a LEGO sled sliding down a metal ramp with a LEGO light on the opposite side of the ramp from each light sensor, she had a primitive break-beam sensor. She used the (...) (23 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | monitoring touch sensor
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Greetings I have recently been learning to program in NQC and have run into a problem. I would like to monitor a touch sensor (with a Scout) so that if the sensor is pressed once and held down a motor runs forward. If the touch sensor is pressed (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | dll: error deleting program
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I've got legos version 0.2.5 and I get an error when I try to use the dll program. I've just installed the kernel and that seemed to go ok. Here's the output from dll: # ./dll --tty=/dev/ttyS1 -v -e ../code/helloworld.lx opening tty... KeepAlive (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: ANN: Article on dead-reckoning with a Mindstorms robot
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(...) Gary, I enjoyed reading about the project. I liked the article with all of the links to interesting backup material. The results are ...impressive! I have two questions: The subject model does not have a long fore & aft axis. Staying in the (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Article on dead-reckoning with a Mindstorms robot
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(...) Thanks for the kind words. The Connecticut Robotics Society (CRS) dead-reckoning contest has no special rules limiting the parts or technology used for the robot, except that it not rely on any kind of external navigation aids (such as (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Remote control patch
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I think you should modify that patch as (URL) it can't work correctly! Zhengrong (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Article on dead-reckoning with a Mindstorms robot
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Loved your article, reminds me of the great stuff the Boulette Robotics club does. I was curious why you used differential steering instead of an adder/subtractor or synchro drive, were there some rule limitations on parts you could use? "G.W. (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | ANN: Article on dead-reckoning with a Mindstorms robot
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I thought that those of you who are interested in using the Lego rotation sensors for dead-reckoning and navigation might find the following useful. This month's issue of the Seattle Robotics Society's "Encoder" includes an article I wrote about my (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Help!! no serial port in new laptop pc!!!...!!!
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In theory - this could work. The Linux IR project folks have had success with using laptop IR ports as remote control devices, but the range is short, and the viewing angle rather limited too.. I've toyed with this myself, and written some code (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Drive a motor using the sensor port - safe?
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Should be OK, the light sensor mode works by measuring the resistance of an external LDR (light-dependant resistor), so it is designed to cope with the equivalent short-circuit of a stalled motor.. the only problem might be the back-emf generated if (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: New release of leJOS for Windows
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(...) think so? Zhengrong (...) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | NQC can send/receive starnard firmware message to/from legOS
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Check this message (URL) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | RCX2 Firmware?
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How do I get the "RCX2" firmware into my RCX? I have a RIS 1.5, and would like to program to the RCX2 API as defined in the RcxCC IDE's documentation. Thanks... (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: NQC SendMessage to legOS successful!
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Congratulations! (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: NQC SendMessage to legOS successful!
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Well, legOS send message to NQC is also successful! lnp_message_write(msg); is used in legOS. Zhengrong (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | NQC SendMessage to legOS successful!
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I hacked legOS and make NQC sending standard firmware message to legOS, you an see the test legOS and NQC program as below, NQC program send a random message and display it, legOS program receives that message and display it. But I can't implement (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: LEGO remote and LNP (legOS 0.2.4)
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(...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: LEGO remote and LNP (legOS 0.2.4)
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I also combined the README, remote.c and remote.h in this patch, now a demo remote.lx can be downloaded to RCX, you can press any buttons of remote control, the "M1 on" will be displayed when pressed Message 1 on remote control, the "M1 off" will be (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Thank you very much! I also found this problem at the moment, and I tested, it is ok! Zhengrong (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: LEGO remote and LNP (legOS 0.2.4)
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(...) Are you using windows? Then try the attached patch. It is completely untested, as I have no windows to try on. Jochen --- legOS/util/dll-src/rcxtty.c Tue Aug 28 10:41:09 2001 +++ legOS/util/dll-src/rcxtty.c Tue Aug 28 10:42:13 2001 @@ -123,7 (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) The answer (No!*) can be found here: (URL) RIS 1.0 and 1.5 there are links in french. -Rob Doucette. DoucetteNet LEGO® on Brickbay (URL) W2K and NT are not supported by the RIS software. There are alternatives such as NQC which can be used. (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: LEGO remote and LNP (legOS 0.2.4)
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Hi I found after used the remote control patch in legOS.sourceforge.net, the dll doesn't work, could you send me your patch? ZHengrong (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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I get the same error with 'makelx' as you describe. I'm running redhat 7.1 with the RPM's liked in the HOWTO. I would welcome any information leading to the resolution of this problem. Just to satisfy my curiosity, I may try to build the tools from (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Using Lego RIS software with NT4
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Hi everybody I hope that i'm not the 24th to ask the question ! A french guy ask me if its possible to use standard Lego Mindstorms with NT4. (i use win98, and it works fine). Can someone help me to answer his question ? Thanks Damien PS : he found (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Remote control patch
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Hi, Ross I tried the remote control patch in legOS 0.2.5, the compiling is ok and download kernel is also ok, but when I download demo program, never be successful, after tried to delete 4 times, dll stoped, it is no any problems before use remote (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | remote patch in legOS.sourceforge.net only for 0.2.5
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I found that remote patch is only for 0.2.5, not for 0.2.4, this is why I got error messages as below when compile demos. (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Compile error when make demos
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After I ptached remote contrl patch, the kernel and utilities are compiled without problem, but when I tried to make demos, I got message as below, what happened? h8300-hms-ld: address 0xb03e of helloworld.ds1 section .text is not within region ram (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: tweaking around dlcd_show( )
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(...) LCD_4_BOTL (...) I agree it's a bit bodgy. The one advantage is you only need to pass a single #define when calling it directly (OK not a huge advantage, but if you look at the values in the #defines, you'll see why it was done that way). But (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Since writing this, I have set up a LegOs build environment, so had a play with it. It doesn't seem very useful the way it is written. See my bit about it below. (...) I had a bit of a go doing this as well, and since I didn't know what the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Nope - bit_set(0xef46,0x4) will work, but not dlcd_show(0xef46,0x4), as it needs only 1 parameter. (...) Choosing the types of the struct elements is the problem - these are passed to the h8's bset instruction. First, I tried void* & char, but (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Love the new Music capability with the new firmware!
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(...) Use NQC for that. Wonderful 2.0 support. Dean -- Dean Husby LUGNET Member #320 TFM's LEGO Workshop - www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm The Vancouver LEGO Club - www.akasa.bc.ca/vlc/ (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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The subject pretty much says it all. You'll need cygwin, and then it works. There is now LNP support for EmuLegOS on windows now due to the differences in the WinLNP API and the RCX LNP API. mark (23 years ago, 26-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: RCX 2.0 Arrays
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(...) Fixing that has been on the to-do list for a long time. But it just isn't a high priority since there are easy workarounds. Right now adding USB support is top priority. Dave Baum (23 years ago, 26-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) Ooops! I obviously wasn't looking at it properly last night (only browsing through the zip file). As 'dlcd_show' is defined as a macro that takes one parameter, but uses it twice to each of BIT_OF and BYTE_OF, which in turn both take 2 (...) (23 years ago, 26-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Manual? Manual! We don't need no stinking manual. Thanks, ("I guess I should read it", he says sheepishly) (23 years ago, 26-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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The NQC manual says... "Neither arrays nor their elements can be used with the increment (++) or decrement (--) operators." I guess it's not quite C :-) "Frank Caggiano" <caggiano@crystal-objects.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 25-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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NQC complains with he same error message if i do an arrray[x]++; That is I use a variable for the index rather than a constant. (23 years ago, 25-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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I wanted to increment the value contained in an array. I did array[0]++; NQC complained: ERROR expression is not a legal target for assignment. The carrot under array[0]++ pointed to the index value, that is the 0. It seems NQC thought I was trying (...) (23 years ago, 25-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Communicatin between NQC and legOS
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Hi Zhengrong, sorry, but no, I don't know a solution for this problem, and discarded this approach. If someone get it working, i would be intereted as well. Rainer (...) (23 years ago, 25-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RIS2.0/legOS/linux and win98
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(...) There are some japanese guys that did USB support for NQC under windows, it's rather simple (essentially open a device with a particular name). Under Linux it is just not clear how easy it is until somebody tries. (...) Here (France & Germany) (...) (23 years ago, 25-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Thanks Martin, I tried this too but it doesn't work : progress.c:27: macro `dlcd_show' used with too many (2) args progress.c:27: macro `BIT_OF' used with just one arg progress.c:27: macro `BYTE_OF' used with just one arg The hint seems to fit two (...) (23 years ago, 25-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Who can write a send_msg() and get_msg() in legOS for us?
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I found there were three commands as below and a demo program tm-and-ir.c for standard IR communication before legOS 0.1.7, but now they exist no longer in legOS 0.2.4, I think these commands are very useful, can you reuse them, Luis? size_t (...) (23 years ago, 25-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Who can write a send_msg() and get_msg() in legOS for us?
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Can you write a pair of function to support standard firmware IR communiation between RCX and RCX or Remote control? They are send_msg() and get_msg(), it is easy to communicate between NQC and legOS, so we can use NQC if the program is very simple (...) (23 years ago, 25-Aug-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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