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this sdk 2 is the firmware??? -- Paula Berger E-mail: pberger@terra.com.br paula@inf.pucrs.br ICQ#: 71133278 "It's the end of something simple, and the beginning of everything else" -- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Seifert" (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) Firmaware is a kind of ?operating system? needed to be downloaded to RCX to allow it process programs. Physically it is file firmxxxx.lgo (where xxxx is a number ) located somewhere in directory tree created by RIS installation process. If you (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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If you decide to use LegOS you won't be needing nor will you have the chance to use NQC because a RCX with LegOS loaded won't understand nor respond to any standard firmware commands. Check (if you didn't already) the side links at: (URL) From: (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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so if i decide to use LegOS I don't need NQC, right? as I understood, de LegOS itself it's complete to be used alone.... (...) programs on RCX. (...) LEGO (...) could call (...) LEGO (...) standard LEGO (...) for (...) run some (...) don't (...) -- (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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LegOS is an operation system ( a firmware replacement in itself) It's like a mini UNIX system, that will run true C compiled programs on RCX. NQC on the other hand, all it does is translate a NQC program into LEGO pCode that will be *interpreted* by (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hi everybody, I'm starting to use Lego products and I'm having problems to undrestand a few things. For example, I want to use NQC and I don't understand why the LegOS needs a C cross-compiler... or by having LegOS I don't need NQC? -- Paula Berger (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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I'm not 100% sure, but when I used Spirit.OCX (VC, VB, Delphi, etc...) for some research, I was under the impression that it supported 3 types of interface: "Radio" (CyberMaster), "InfraRed" (RCX, Scout) and I think it was "Cable" or "Direct" or (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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People, What is this "firmware" that is supposed to be loaded into the RCX? Is there anywhere I can download it?? Thanks, -- Paula Berger E-mail: pberger@terra.com.br paula@inf.pucrs.br ICQ#: 71133278 (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) Static DOES matter; it declares the method as being a "class" method, rather than a normal instance method. I believe there is no implicit 'this' parameter and therefore it can be treated like a normal function. Of course, it can't be linked (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) No, static doesn't matter but it is possible the calling conventions of C and C++ might be different (I don't know of a platform where that is the case for a an extern function), so you might need to specify C linkage, as in: extern "C" int (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Haven't done any C++ for a while, but IIRC you just need to declare runWrapper as static, ie: private: static int runWrapper(...) ; HTH ROSCO (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Advantage: Less memory used (each thread needs a block of memory in the kernel, I'm at work & can't remember the struct name off hand). In the case under discussion, this doesn't make much difference, but in a large project, memory use can (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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John, Where is the source for makelx ?? I am having this same problem. Thanks JohnG (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: LNP Routing daemon with tcp/ip for RCX/legOS, Cybermaster/NQC
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Sources for the LNPoI Router are available now. You find it at (URL) . Bye (23 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) I recall that legOS's priority model is pretty rigid. If a thread with a higher priority never yields, threads with lower priority will never get any time. When I write legOS programs, I generally just have everything run at PRIO_NORMAL. That (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Digging through tm.c gave me the impression, that main will indeed get no time slice. So I wrote another test program: ---...--- #include <conio.h> #include <unistd.h> pid_t worker; int work_task(int argc, char *argv[]); int main() { int i; i (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) ability to terminate but to run in an endless loop. But This is not true of an embedded system though which will have to run 'forever'. (...) priority of NORMAL+4. So, the (...) any time slice at all. NO time slice or just a very small chunk (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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It seems like NQC 2.4 has been stuck in beta test for a very long time...I wanted to wait for Mac OS 9 and Linux USB support, but at the moment Lego hasn't released their Mac OS 9 driver and the Linux situation is probably best addressed right now (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) Of course you are right. I think it is a bad programming style not to give your program the ability to terminate but to run in an endless loop. But what is the penalty for this bad style? I've done some investigations and here are the results: (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Deleting Programs
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I am using legOS to program a robot for a uni project because the other stuff is aparently too simple but i cant delete the current programs off the RCX to download the new firmware. Is there any other way of doing this without just leaving the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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