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In program.c, you will find: cputw(lnp_hostaddr); This is used by the program manager to display the current host address (use the View button on the RCX)... while displaying the host address, if you hit the Program button on the RCX, it will (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | How to get RCX to display/change its LNP host address ?
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1) I am trying to write a small program which will change the host address of the RCX to something else. I am making a call to lnp_set_hostaddr(). But I would like to verify the change, so: 2) I am also trying to get the RCX to display its current (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Solved my problem with lnpd
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Hi, I've solved my problem that RCX didn't receive correctly from tower. I've posted the patch at the brickos project site at sourceforge. (URL) it doesn't work try: (URL) and click on the link " View and post Patches at brickOS project site" (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Digitrax DZ123
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(...) [snip] (...) Hi All, I'm following up on my earlier post (above). I purchased some of these DZ123 decoders and finally got around to installing a couple of them. Street price for me ended up being about $16 (US) each. Installation went (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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| | Re: RCXCC and Visual NQC 2001
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(...) BricxCC works with XP and both IR towers. The USB tower works with XP. You can get just the USB tower from Pitsco, but I do not know if you can get just the USB tower from LEGO. If you get the USB tower from Pitsco you will need to download (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Release candidate brickos-0.2.6.10.6 AvaIl. for testing
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Thanks go to Michael Obenland for pointing out a problem with compiling under the new gcc versions. This caused me to recognize that I failed to include 5 of the latest file versions in 10.5. If you've started to work with 0.2.10.5, please download (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: RCXCC and Visual NQC 2001
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(...) Does any program work with XP and the serial tower? I did download BricxCC and it worked, did not try to use any IR tower. Does the USB tower work with XP? Also can I get just the USB tower from LEGO? Thanks and sorry for all the questions. (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, FTX)
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| | Sending messages using LNP
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Does anyone know where I can find some sample code or demos explaining how to send simple messages back and forth between RCXs using LNP ? (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: multiple motors
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(...) Actually, I think what he's suggesting is a pretty good idea. I usually test most of my sumo robots this way. Place the robot next to a wall. If you don't want to damage a wall with a big, powerful robot, :) use a book held against the floor (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: multiple motors
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(...) My main concern isn't spending money on batteries, that's just something that popped in my head when I was listing our questions I had about the 6 motor solution. My main concern is getting half-way through the tear-down/rebuild process only (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: multiple motors
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(...) Thanks Brian, I doubt I will attempt your suggested test of driving into a wall (this scares me very much!) but I hear what you are saying. Based on Steve's reply, I have decided that 6 motors pushing is better than 4. Since I have already (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: multiple motors
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(...) It's been my experience that a robot with 6 motors will push harder than a robot with 4 motors. (...) If you're concerned about spending money on batteries, your best bet is to go with a 2 motor robot. If you want to build a really strong sumo (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: multiple motors
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(...) Great. My method was to combine the motor outputs down to two axles (left & right) and then do the gearing down/up. I also played with running the "boost" motors at a different gear ratio than the other four, but wasn't sure it would help (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Release candidate brickos-0.2.6.10.5 available for testing
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The brickOS team is pleased to announce our next test release. (Can you believe we are days shy of a year since our last?) We will likely do one more before our formal brickos-1.0.0 release. Our plan is to release 0.2.6.11 followed by a testing (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: multiple motors
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(...) Okay I've done it. I have the drive train all figured out with the exact gearing I wanted. Now the question to answer before I totally tear down and rebuild a complete robot is; will adding an additional 2 motors to help in forward and reverse (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: multiple motors
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(...) Now that is conveinient! ;) (...) I am messing around with this idea hoping to get the gear ratio I want (2:5). I currently have 16t on the motors driving 40t on the drive axle. I haven't come up with a good way to incorporate the differential (...) (21 years ago, 15-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: multiple motors
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(...) ... (...) Jona, Take a look at Fingers from Sumo-bot 4 (on YOUR web site :) :) (URL) a pretty good picture from the bottom. (URL) robot uses 4 motors (two RCX outputs) to drive 6 wheels. That's kind of the opposite of what you want, but it may (...) (21 years ago, 15-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: multiple motors
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Steve Hassenplug wrote: <SNIP> (...) </SNIP> So Steve (or Brian or anyone else reading this), have you actually built the drive train you describe? And if so, can you share the specifics of the gearing and configuration of (...) (21 years ago, 15-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCXCC and Visual NQC 2001
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(...) require the Spirit OCX control (which may be why RcxCC didn't work). And with the latest NQC 3.0 beta (3.0 a2) you can take advantage of such cool things as pointers, integrated Spybotics API, and extended support for writable sources. (...) (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCXCC and Visual NQC 2001
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(...) Hello Ahui, Just have a look to John Hansen's messages below, and you'll have your answer: (URL) (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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