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Re: About IR Tower
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Fri, 23 Feb 2001 10:54:38 GMT
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The tower must be connected before you boot the computer. Have you tried
using the other COM port? If your mouse is using the other port, swap it and
try the tower in that port. Remember to reboot. If all else fails, you need
a friend to loan you a tower to test with.
--
Bob Fay
rfay@we.mediaone.net
http://bobfay.users5.50megs.com/index.html
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7900/
"Zhengrong Zang" <mikezang@iname.com> wrote in message
news:3A96190F.D0A81C84@iname.com...
> I remember I connected to serial port without power off when I use IR
> tower every time, can it let IR tower get fault?
>
> Zhengrong
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> Zhengrong Zang wrote:
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> > I haven't used my RCX for a while, I found it doesn't work when I want
> > to download firmware to it today. In fact, it is near non working!
> > The RCX2 tools, nqc, lejos and WinNQC all can't find this RCX, but it
> > can be found in 1% chance even if I put it next to IR Tower, does it
> > mean my RCX no longer works? does anyone has same experience?
>
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: About IR Tower
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| No matter if your tower is connected before booting, it's not a PnP device ! What's more, a serial port can safely be added/removed because it's just a text device. On Linux, you can easily test your IR tower : echo 'RCX please show me a sign' (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | About IR Tower
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| I remember I connected to serial port without power off when I use IR tower every time, can it let IR tower get fault? Zhengrong (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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