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(...) Hmm,under the PneumADDic the code reads, on the last thumb at the bottom <IMG src="(URL) you forget to put the closing quotation marks. At least for my screwy browser, it displays everything after that as the image file name. -JHK (22 years ago, 29-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic, lugnet.publish)
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(...) I've gotten the bulk of my pneumatics (32 medium pistons, 8 small) from bricklink. :^) (...) I fixed Synchropillar's link, but I had no prolems with IE and PneumADDic. Thanks Kevin (...) (22 years ago, 29-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic, lugnet.publish)
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Wow! cool stuff. Dang, where did you get all those pneumatics! :) Just a few errors: the synchropiller page link dosn't work, and the images at the bottom of the original counting machine are wierd. -JHK (...) (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic, lugnet.publish)
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(...) ... (...) This is a bug in binutils versions 2.12.2, 2.13 and 2.13.1 . Get the latest binutils (2.13.2.1). Max. (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hi all, Its been a long time since I updated my web page, but I finally did it. I've moved all my images to brickshelf, and reorganized things a bit. I hope you enjoy it. Too bad there isn't a lugnet.technic.pneumatics. (URL) (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: BrickOS on Mac OS X
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Ed, thanks for the quick response. I wrote out a reply, deciding that I would scrap 2.95 and just go for 3.1, but then I got an email pointing out the problem I was having was a bug in binutils. So now with binutils-2.13.2.1, everything compiles (...) (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) cause I've try but it don't work !! But it work on a PC nanobapt (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Matt, I have been working with Michael Zapp on "porting" brickOS to the Mac OS X. We too had a fairly easy time with the binutils (ver 20020918). And both of us had issues with GCC although we have been working on Ver 3.1. I have not kept up with (...) (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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I'm trying to compile BrickOS on Mac OS X. I'm actually surprised at how well it's been going considering it looks like no one has tried it yet. I've compiled gnu binutils-2.13.1 hosted on darwin6.4, targeted at h8300. That seemed to work fine out (...) (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: IR port Communication
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(...) have you try to look at lnp.c and lnp-logical.c ? See the old version there are not the remote command it's easier It seems that lnp-logical.h use the S_RDR byte to understand what is send on the IR port look at this void rx_core(void) { (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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ERIKA is an RTOS(erika.sssup.it). The kernel of ERIKA does not support the the serial port communication through the IR port. I want to add that functionality to ERIKA. My final task will be to to develop an application the will allow communication (...) (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Gcc/BrickOS installation issues
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You did build binutils first didn't you? (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Communications (I'm a total newbie by the way)
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(...) A while ago I wrote some stuff in Delphi, you can find the example and sources here (URL) page may alos be of interest: (URL) Mientki (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Installing full BrickOS (in an easier way)
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Carson, Sorry I don't have these packaged together but here is some more hints. One hint when downloading cygwin modules is to change the package listing view. In the upper left hand "Select Packages" window is a button labeled "View". Click on it (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Installing full BrickOS (in an easier way)
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(...) What files do you mean? BrickOS itself comes in only one file: brickos-VERSION.tar.gz Do you mean binutils and gcc? Well, that's not many other files. Max. (22 years ago, 26-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Installing full BrickOS (in an easier way)
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I am trying to install the full version of BrickOS. However, there are many files to download. Does anyone have all the files zipped together? thanks -- ===...=== Carson Au carson.au@myrealbox.com www.thunderobotics.zzn.com ===...=== (22 years ago, 27-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Communications (I'm a total newbie by the way)
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Hi I've been reading the NQC guide v2.3 and I notice it tells me how to send and receive IR messages. Now I reckon I could send messages between RCX's, but how can I send messages to a program running on my PC via the IR tower (assuming that's (...) (22 years ago, 25-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Gcc/BrickOS installation issues
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(...) Not so. Here is the script I use. I suspect that the buildgcc.sh may have omitted to make sure the newly-installed binutils were in the PATH whilst building gcc. Max. BEGIN-SCRIPT #!/bin/bash # Syntax: ./build-h8x (binutils-srcdir|gcc-srcdir) (...) (22 years ago, 25-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Gcc/BrickOS installation issues
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(...) BricxCC page. (URL) Hansen (22 years ago, 25-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) It is extremely difficult to get GCC to build under cygwin. I would highly recommend installing the pre-built binaries from Hitachi's website. I have a set of instructions at (URL) Hansen (22 years ago, 25-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Gcc/BrickOS installation issues
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Hi, I'm trying to compile Gcc/BrickOS under cygwin. I have latest version of BrickOS. I tried running ./buildgcc.sh, and the last few lines of that were: bc -I. -I/build/gcc-2.95.2/gcc -I/build/gcc-2.95.2/gcc/config -I/build/gcc- 2.95 (...) (22 years ago, 25-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | lnpd patch
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I someone currently maintaining the lnpd code ? In the case someone does: I do propose a patch for stub.c in liblnp. Because when ublock_rcv() gets executed in lnp_logical_write the SIGIO signal becomes unblocked when executing a lnp_logical_write (...) (22 years ago, 25-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | BricxCC release 3.3.7.4
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Version 3.3.7.4 fixes a bug where editing large files was extremely slow. If you thought editing large files was slow in BricxCC you may want to try this new release. It is now significantly faster. Users with low-end machines may see a speed (...) (22 years ago, 25-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: compile error with pid_t
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(...) Somewhere along the way the terminology changed from 'process id' to 'thread id'. So it should work if you change it to tid_t . I ran in to the same problem a while ago when trying to learn how to use threading based on an old example. Rob (22 years ago, 23-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) pid_t is no defined type. Regards, Michael (22 years ago, 23-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | compile error with pid_t
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Hi, I am having some compile problems. This is how the beginning of my sample program #include <conio.h> #include <dbutton.h> #include <dmotor.h> #include <dsensor.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <sys/tm.h> #include <rom/system.h> pid_t (...) (22 years ago, 23-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: RCX Ultrasonic Sensor
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Hi I've checked out the circuits online, but they all make use of a PIC to generate the frequency. I don't have access to PICs so im looking for an alternative. Also, I checked out about your kits and unfortunately no-one stocks that sort of stuff (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Robolab 2.5 on Mac OS X?
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(...) It works in OSX, albeit in emulation mode. I haven't had any trouble with it. Good luck. -j. James Isom (URL) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Robolab 2.5 on Mac OS X?
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Anyone here have any luck running Robolab on Mac OS X? I haven't bothered to try it yet-- just purchased a new machine and i'm still rather new to OS X. Any experiences or other tips would be appreciated. Thanks for reading (22 years ago, 18-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: RCX Ultrasonic Sensor
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Hi,I've made my own one. I use a electronic kit I find in an electronic shop in France. This kit needs to be soldering, I do not remenber the name but it was a 9Volts ultrasonic sensor kit. It was very convenient because the output was a led: The (...) (22 years ago, 17-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Would Like Recommendations for a PDA....
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Hi All, [Just fyi, this is my first post to Lugnet so if anything seems amiss, please let me know :) ] I'm in the market for a PDA so I can work on my NQC programming as well as word processing. I have looked at a few of the Pocket PCs, such as the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.palm, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RCX Ultrasonic Sensor
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Hi, Does anyone know how to make an ultrasonic sensor for the RCX? i have seen a few for sale on the internet, but I currently live in the UK so I would be subject to large delivery charges. Also, I think it would be interesting to make my own. I (...) (22 years ago, 16-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | 1.5/2.0 infrared problem
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Hi I've got two RCX: a 1.5 and 2.0 version. I' ve got a problem with IR emiter/reicever. The 1.5 version seems to be more sensitive to reflected infrared and its good to use ! But the 2.0 RCX is less sensitive and for example doesn't receive (...) (22 years ago, 15-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | hacking Emiglio robot for RCX control
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I am trying to hack into the control board on the Emiglio robot for control via RCX. There is a 16 pin dip on this board labeled RX2 7C222M1 which appears to drive the H-Bridge for motor control. I plan to tap into this area and via opto-isolators (...) (22 years ago, 15-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: NQC IDE
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(...) There are several NQC IDEs already - some even written in VB. What is your purpose in wanting to write your own? Are there specific features missing from existing IDEs that you are looking for? John Hansen (URL) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NQC IDE
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Carson, Have you taken a look at BricxCC? (URL) point is redoing work that has already been done! Ed (...) (22 years ago, 9-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | NQC IDE
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Hi, I'm trying to program an IDE for NQC on Visual Basic 6.0, but I don't know where to start? Any sample files? Thanks -- ===...=== Carson Au carson.au@myrealbox.com www.thunderobotics.zzn.com ===...=== (22 years ago, 9-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | BricxCC release 3.3.7.3
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This release fixes a problem where opening a file with an associated desktop file (same path and filename but with a .dsk extension) took a very long time. If you are using the desktop feature (which you would have had to turn on via the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Lego RCX Emulator
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(...) I have tried standard firmware and it works. Theoretically lejos should work too, there is no firmware specific code. The previous tar.gz file missed the TCL script for the GUI. I just updated the file. Also there are more features such as (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Lego RCX Emulator
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This looks really cool. Have you tried it with the standard Lego firmware, or lejos? Will you be creating a sourceforge project for this? Can't wait to try it out. mark (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Lego RCX Emulator
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(...) ... (...) page, printing hELLo worLd on its LCD display. Me, I very nearly made the mistake of not clicking thru to see that page, whoops. Pat LaVarre (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | DATALOG
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Hello! I was wondering if anyone could point me to an example showing the use of DATALOG. I'm trying to test a sensor and then send the values back to the PC, is this possible to do with DATALOG or should I do it using arrays such as the example in (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: usb from .java best how
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(...) Pat, Lejos 2.1.0 includes JNI libraries that support all forms of RCX comms. The PC Tower class interfaces with serial and USB towers. It lets you send and receive standard Lego packets. The send and receive methods support the Lego firmware (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Lego RCX Emulator
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Hello, In the last weeks I have started building a Lego RCX emulator. Unlike emulegOS it doesn't emulate the brickOS API, but instead it emulates the h8300 processor and the peripherals. This means that you can even use it to debug your kernel. The (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | quartet networking code
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A few months ago, I wrote a short program called "quartet" that would let a variable number of RCX bricks running LegOS play back a song in unison. I've made it available at (URL) . It should compile cleanly under Debian's legOS package. I don't (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: constant green light
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Hello I'm baaaack in this thread, and I'm now carrying my 1.5 serial IR/tower with me always, though not my RCX. Anybody yet have a theory to explain what's going on? (...) To check my tower, I tried substituting a Win XP desktop PC for my Win XP (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: legOS on Windows XP
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Thanks Max, without the z option it worked fine Vik "Max Bowsher" <maxb@ukf.net> wrote in message news:000501c2e0ba$9f...pomello... (...) download. (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | BricxCC
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Hi, I have been trying my hand at a bit of NQC for the BrickOS firmware recently and working with BricxCC. So far it has been good fun although I was wondering if anyone has any tips for getting LNP to run on my brick. As there is an option in the (...) (22 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: legOS on Windows XP
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(...) Your download is corrupted, or, your browser un-gzipped it during download. Try untarring without the z option, if that doesn't work, re-download. Max. (22 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | legOS on Windows XP
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Hi, I went to the BrickOS website and followed all the installation instructions but when i try to untar the files in Cygwin i get the following error message gzip: stdin: not in gzip format tar: Child returned status 1 tar: Error exit delayed from (...) (22 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | BricxCC announcement
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BricxCC is a lot of fun to support - fixing bugs, adding useful new features, and answering lots of questions via email. I hope to be able to continue working with BricxCC for a very long time to come. But it does take time. And software development (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Accurate Timing
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Hello! I just started using brickOS and am trying to use it as a programmable function generator. As such, I'm trying to get good repeatability on cycle time. It appears that at 'random' times, the RCX scheduler(?) is interrupting my program to do (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: constant green light
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(...) That's interesting. On my new XP eMachine PC we have noticed that when we shutdown (and it powers off the PC) that we have to switch the power switch on the power strip that our computer plugs into or it will sometimes hold our phone line open (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: constant green light
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(...) I had the opposite problem. It worked fine, but whenever I powered off my system the green light came on and stayed on. (2 URLs) I never did figure out the problem. Now I have a USB tower, and that works fine (plus no batteries needed). Brian (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: constant green light
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(...) As yet, me, re my Serial/IR Tower Green LED being stuck On, I know very little coherent & new. a) I did try searching for the word "green" in: (URL) results seemingly confirm that "everyone knows" the green LED should light only when used. b) (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Another firmware replacement for RCX
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Hi, my name is Paolo Gai, and I would like to inform you that we just published another firmware replacement for the Lego Mindstorms RCX. The software is written from scratch and distributed under the GPL license, and includes: - support for motors (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: constant green light
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(...) Any word on whether you have discovered that the power management settings of the OS have any effect on the geen light situation? I haven't had a chance to play with my serial tower on my XP desktop PC yet. John Hansen (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Plz can someone help me understand an error code in my RCX?
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Hi Gabriel, your program hit an exception. The code is explained very briefly at the beginning of the README: -- Exceptions: Use lejos -verbose. Exceptions are shown in the RCX as [XXXX Y], where XXXX = method_signature, and Y = (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Plz can someone help me understand an error code in my RCX?
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Hi everyone, I’m a new Lego Mindstorms user and I’m starting with leJOS version 2.1.1 and a j2SDK 1.4.1 platform. I have already made a simple line follower robot with only 1 light sensor. The code was really simple and I use a listener to make it (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: desperate: USB tower and XP
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I doubt that this is the cause of your problems, but the first XP version had very flimsy drivers for some motherboards USB host controllers. Maybe a Windows Update or similar might help ? Philo www.philohome.com (...) (22 years ago, 23-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | desperate: USB tower and XP
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Hi, I'm trying to get my USB tower to work with XP. So far I had no luck. I followed the instructions on www.mindstroms.com but it doesn't work. Windows XP simply sits there and reports the USB tower as an "unknown device". Doesn't matter if I (...) (22 years ago, 23-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: constant green light
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In summary, I think now we say: Anyone interested enough to go see if their Win XP experience matches with/ differs from mine? Me, I've been reporting Yes Yes Yes in reply to the Three point quiz: Q1) Does your serial/IR tower green light shine (...) (22 years ago, 23-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: constant green light
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(...) That the light stays on during Windows Suspend suggests to me that it has something to do with the power management features of your laptop. Try temporarily turning off the power management option and see if the tower behaves differently. I (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: constant green light
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Just yesterday I reinstalled my serial IR Tower on a Win 98 machine and had the green light stay on all the time. It turned out to be an issue of 'port confusion'. When I switched ports (put the tower on COM1 and the other device on COM2) the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: BricxCC on Win XP how
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I have a nasty feeling this a "facility" in windows at work here. I have noted that the "classic" ports (serial i/o and parallel) "jabber" when windows doesn't think they are in use. My suspicion is that there is some kind of a legacy port plug and (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: BricxCC on Win XP how
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(...) If your green light is on all the time I am amazed that you are successful with any communication. Do you need to do the "open the port and wait 5 seconds" procedure to get RIS, javax.comm, and nqc to work? Something BIOS or hardware-related (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: constant green light
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(...) By now I have two more clues: 1) Not only does powering down the PC or booting Linux turn the light Off, but so likewise does a Windows Hibernate. 2) Leaving the port open and unused turns the light Off only until I try a Windows Suspend. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: BricxCC on Win XP how
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Again intriguing, again I thank you. /// BricxCC Without Firmware /// (...) Yes, does BricxCC COM1 fail for anyone else when firmware is erased? Anyone? /// Versions /// BricxCC Help About tells me I have "3.3.7.2" of "2/12/2003". Bundled with (...) (22 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: BricxCC on Win XP how
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(...) You are welcome. I'm still a bit muddled as to your current situation re BricxCC and your RIS with or without the firmware installed. (...) If the port is in use NQC always reports, in my case, the following message: Could not open serial port (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: BricxCC on Win XP how
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(...) Wow, key tips, great questions, fun links, thanks again for leading me into hours of enlightening experimentation. As a newbie, I'm surprised to think I see nqc reports port in use by exiting immediately without complaint, and BricxCC reports (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | New robotics book by Eric Wang
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New book "Engineering with LEGO Bricks and RoboLab" by Eric Wang. See (URL) . Sample at (URL) More info at (URL) . (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | Re: BricxCC on Win XP how
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(...) Which COM port is RIS using? Can you describe exactly what BricxCC says/does when you try to get it to find your brick? Does the tower light come on at all? As was suggested already, try choosing the same COM port that RIS uses rather than (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: BricxCC on Win XP how
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(...) Did you try to fix communication port instead of using automatic configuration ? On my machine (Win2000) where I have both a serial Spybotics cable and a RIS USB tower, I have to specify the port that BricxCC must use. Philo www.philohome.com (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: BricxCC on Win XP how
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Pat For what its worth, BricxCC (latest version) works 100% fine with my Win XP setup. I am however using it with a Spybot and the included serial cable. Good luck with it Regards Philip "Pat LaVarre" <ppaatt@aol.com> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | BricxCC on Win XP how
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Is there some trick I need to learn to run BricxCC on Win XP? (...) For me BricxCC hardly ever works. I tried un/installing the last three available versions. Always I fail to connect via serial via IR with my brick. Lego RIS talks no worries, (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Release candidate brickos-0.2.6.10 avail for testing
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The brickOS team is pleased to announce our next test release. We are heading for our formal brickos-1.0.0 release but anticipate at least one more test release before then. Details regarding how to provide feedback are at (URL) can download from (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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In include/sys/bitops.h : // g++ warns about __asm__ const. we define the problem away. // the CXX symbol is predefined in the Makefile // #ifdef CXX # define ASMCONST #else # define ASMCONST const #endif But CXX is *not* defined in the Makefile. In (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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This avoids an "implicit declaration of exit" warning. Max. Index: util/firmdl/mkimg.c ===...=== RCS file: /cvsroot/brickos/bri.../mkimg.c,v retrieving revision 1.1 diff -u -p -r1.1 mkimg.c --- util/firmdl/mkimg.c 20 Aug 2002 03:04:29 -0000 1.1 +++ (...) (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Declaration of kernel_critsect_count
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(...) Your request couldn't be more timely as I'm wrapping up a 0.2.6.10 test release this weekend. I've made this change in CVS and you will see it in the .10 test release. As I publish the 0.2.6.10 test release I'll post a message here explaining (...) (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: How could I tell if I'd cooked the motor controllers ?
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I presume you did all the usual things: Clean the RCX terminals, try other motors, check for unusual friction in the drivetrain (like, something is out of adjustment) ...etc? Jerry (...) (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Declaration of kernel_critsect_count
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kernel_critsect_count is declared volatile in kernel/critsec.c, but without the volatile keyword in include/sys/critsec.h - this upsets gcc3. Please could these declarations be reconciled? Thanks, Max. (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: no long range IR from laptop says Lego
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Use a powered USB hub with the laptop. The power required for the USB IR Tower will come from the powered hub, rather than the laptop. - Rob (...) (22 years ago, 15-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: no long range IR from laptop says Lego
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(...) No idea. I think these values are used for accounting, to ensure that all devices together don't exceed available power. But I don't know how well this is implemented. (...) Linux makes them available in readable form in /proc/bus/usb/devices (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: dll and the USB tower
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I have the same problem (I posted a note 3 days ago "Problem with Brickos ..." # 20311). In addition I don't get firmdl3 to download the firmware. Are you running Windows or Linux? Hans (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | How could I tell if I'd cooked the motor controllers ?
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We had an informal Robo-Sumo thing at my work place tonight and I'm wondering if I killed my RCX. My 'bot had two gearmotors on A and two more on C to drive the wheels. Could they have drawn enough current when the 'bot was stalled to harm the RCX ? (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Program for a "pullback motor car"
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Hello, I was too sure that I could manage to program this small and simple robot in Mindstorm 2.0, but have to stop it beacuse it got too complicated. Now I'm reading "Learn yourself C in 21 days" and the "NQC guide" and "NQC Tutorial", hope I can (...) (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi, I downloaded brickOS 0.2.6 and patched it to use the USB tower. All works well (firmdl3 is patched correctly, the module goes in, I can make my own .lx files), except for dll. When I try to download a .lx file into the RCX, dll hangs. The LED (...) (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: now normally baumfamily != enteract
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My free form description full of Url's didn't survive posting intact, but Lego replied all the same by email. After a thread of some length, we concluded: webmaster@lego.com welcomes reports of the broken links of lego.com. I'll next try to verify (...) (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: no long range IR from laptop says Lego
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(...) Fascinating stuff, thanks again. In particular, I didn't know Anyone had persuaded Windows to respond intelligently to Usb Configuration's of variable power. Anybody know if these descriptors already appear on the web somewhere? Else please (...) (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Does anyone knows a way to use IC4 with an USB tower ? TIA Philo www.philohome.com (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCX assembly instructions of Lego quality
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Don’t forget Nostarch Press! They have 2 great books that are definitely worth looking at including Jin Sato's LEGO® MINDSTORMS The Master's Technique. I had the privilege of building his robotic dog last night and really had a lot of fun with it. (...) (22 years ago, 13-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | BricxCC release 3.3.7.2
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Version 3.3.7.2 of BricxCC is now available. It fixes a bug in the Brick Piano (introduced in the previous version) which made it impossible to save the music to a file or to the clipboard. Music saved from the Brick Piano can now be in NQC, (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: no long range IR from laptop says Lego
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(...) Its USB descriptors say there are two configurations with 100mA (I think these are for low and medium power), and two that require 500mA (high power mode). The LEGO USB Tower Interface Reference doesn't go into more details. Jürgen (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: no long range IR from laptop says Lego
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Kindly offline I am informed: yes indeed, some laptop designs have been seen to support less than half of the specified 500mA max load for USB bus power. I wonder how many mA the USB IR tower does need. Pat LaVarre (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: H8300 Cross Compiler for Mac OS X (a start ...)
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Once again, WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! I have NO prior experience with the Mac or Mac OS X. So use these instructions AT YOUR OWN RISK. I am NOT responsible for any damage you might cause to your machine. Within step 5, you can download gcc ver 3.1 (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: RCX assembly instructions of Lego quality
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(...) Hi Pat, Syngress has two books out dedicated to RCX models. (URL) One of the Robots in the Ultimate Builder's book is mine. It is a two legged walker. The newsgroup (URL) is dedicated to building instructions. From there you can get to the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | no long range IR from laptop says Lego
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Does the Lego USB IR tower, when set to long range, sometimes draw more than the 500mA allowed? Or do laptops generally not reliably supply 500mA? Or are we facing some deeper analog issue here, like not ramping up to 500mA from less mA fast enough (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: usb to ris 1.x rcx ir how
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(...) Contributing evidence includes the Lego claim that the entire new kit can be made to work in Win XP: (URL) happy to announce that Robotics Invention System 2.0 will install and run on Windows XP, if special installation instructions are (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: now normally baumfamily != enteract
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(...) (URL) correctly points to: (URL) now responds to a text search for "NQC". (...) To get a mail form to try, all you have to do is choose the Support button rather than the Customer Service button and accept a division of the community by (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: measure distance traveled
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(...) I'd use a dual differential drive with (one motor fwd/rev, one motor turns) to ensure a straight line of travel and the a rotation sensor to measure the wheel rotations. If you don't have a rotation sensor use a light sensor to emulate one. (...) (22 years ago, 11-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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