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Kekoa Proudfoot <kekoa@pixel.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
> I don't know of anybody that has attempted to write a program that keeps
> the tower alive in anticipation of the RCX sending a message, although such
> a program wouldn't be too hard write. If this is the kind of program you
Yes, that is what I'm looking for. Unless anyone else knows of anything, I
guess it's time to dive into the coding. :)
> A common workaround is to have the PC occasionally poll the RCX to see if
> it has anything new to send. This way the PC starts all conversations, and
> the RCX still gets to send messages (close to) when it needs them sent.
Yeah, that would work great. Does anyone have code that does this? (Don't
want to reinvent the wheel...) I know of your send program, and Paul Haas's
perl stuff. Is there anything else I should be looking into? (And Dave,
wouldn't this be a great NQC 2.1 feature? *grin*)
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| (...) If I understand you correctly, then this is more difficult than it sounds, because the IR tower shuts down after a few seconds after the PC stops transmitting. Things work fine if the PC initiates a conversation (e.g. by asking the RCX to send (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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