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(...) Chris, if you start it in 'Programmer' mode and double-click (say) 'Inventor 4' you will open a new file complete with the 'Begin' and 'End' icons. If you pull down the 'Help' menu and click on 'Show Context Help' a screen will open that (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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Hi everybody, a need some explanation about NQC. What I have to do is this: I have Lego Dacta's Control Lab (#9701) and I want to program it using NQC. I know now that I need to buy the RCX in order to do that, but is there anything else? What is (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Dear NG, i try to develop a LNP routing daemon (LNPoI - Lego Network Protocol over Internet)and i think this peace of software can be also usefull to other people using legOS, RCX and Cybermasters (!). For now it´s only available as a binarie file (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hi, I created the following light searching program: #define speed 2 #define inaccuracy 2 int lightstrength, max, min; task main() { SetSensor(SENSOR_2,S...OR_LIGHT); start searchforlight_a; } task searchforlight_a() { lightstrength = (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) that's a good point, especially for larger programs ! Stef Mientki (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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I have just got Robolab 2.5 and forgot to order user guides with it. Is it just me, or is it not entirely intuitive? I cannot yet find a way of starting a new project without first opening an existing one - am I missing something? (I have bought it (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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Hi again, I'm now totally stuck with this problem. I've spent all day at it, stepping through the code line by line with key presses. I've marked the point that the code appears to hang in left_control_task (). Someone please help, please. Thanks (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Sorry about the mixup. I thought I'd tried capturing non-compiler errors with a redirect and it hadn't worked. But trying it just now it definitely does work. BricxCC is already capturing the compiler errors via the -E option. I am trying to (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Hi John, I just got a new computer and tested your program on a AMD 1.333GHz Athon (Thunderbird). It works just great! I thank you for the adjustments/adds in your program as I requested. There is just one question left. Since I use to Delphi, I (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) Error messages go to one of two places. Errors from the compiler default to stderr but can be redirected with the -E option (-Efoo would sent them to a file named "foo"). Other errors (problem communicating with the RCX, illegal command line, (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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As far as I know, any functionality that uses the webcam will not work in version 2.5. As a temporary solution, you could use an external program to capture a webcam image, and then use the image loading VI in RoboLab to work with it. I haven't (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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Hi, I'm struggling to get threads working (in a simple motor speed matching program), the code just keeps hanging up. I've isolated the problem to when I restart the threads after killing them if a bumper is hit in the bumper_task() function. The (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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I made a speciaal Loco, it is 8-wide and controll by on board RCX with two geared motors, it will stop when back and IR sensor (made by John Barnes) detect train car, magnet will couple loco and train car, it also has a auto decoupler function, (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Some remarks / questions about Brixcc
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(...) I'll make this an option on the Watch window in the next release. Another user had requested that the Watch window only Poll when it was active. (...) This turned out to be a bug in the TFakeSpirit.SetSensorMode function. It will be fixed in (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Assembly Language Programming on the RCX
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(...) When the RCX 2.0 firmware came out, LEGO released an updated SDK ((URL) to take advantage of all the new stuff. One of the new features they provided was a new language called LEGO Assembler (LASM). This is as close to the hardware as you can (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I'm interested in programming the RCX in assembly. I'm trying to get total control over the hardware in the manner I'm most familliar with. Everyting I've seen so far seems to use higher level languages (Java/variants of C/etc.) Does anyone know of (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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some other remarks (version 3.3.3.2) 1. when loading a large program, Brixcc gives an error message "Program execution timed out, try ..", although the downloading still continues and will finish correctly. 2. when downloading an even larger program (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Some remarks / questions about Brixcc
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hi John, some remarks / question about Brixcc (I used versions 3.3.2.13 and 3.3.3.2) 1. "Watching the Brick" only polls when the window has focus. I use it often in combination with the direct control and then I have to be continously aware if the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | TechTV features Mindstorms robot
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All -- I was on TechTV demonstrating my Mindstorms-based Rubik's Cube solving robot last Novemeber. I just found out that there's streaming video of the event on the web. So, if you want to see CubeSolver in action, go to (URL) click the red "Video (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Measuring robot turn angle
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Wanted to thank everybody for replies. I ended up attaching an 80-tooth gear to the rear axle (wheels are on the front set) after extending the axle. The rotation sensor is mounted on the chassis outside with an 8-tooth gear meshing to the other (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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