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Re: About IR Tower
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Fri, 23 Feb 2001 21:22:39 GMT
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laleks@AVOIDSPAMfree.fr
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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' >/dev/ttyS0 (/dev/ttyS1 for COM2)
If the green point appears on the tower, it's alive. Else try the other
port...
I remember something very nervous breaking about IR tower :
The first time I have downloaded legOS on my RCX, the transfert did not
complete, leaving my RCX firmwareless. I had just-later a little kind of
panic since all following NQC-commands always ended with a "No reply from
RCX". After one day of stress, and lots of tries, I had a very good result
just with turning off my desktop-light. Since it is a energy-saver one and
my tower and my RCX were on my desktop, it was totally impossible to dial
with the RCX, even at less than 5 cm. So now, each time I need to download
sthg, I turn off the light as people flashing EPROM turn on their UV light...
Of course, you can also banish your light (or your tower) from your desktop,
it may work too...
Le Vendredi 23 Février 2001 11:54, Bob Fay a ?rit :
> 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
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> 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...
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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
> >
> > Zhengrong Zang wrote:
> > > 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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Alexandre BEC
laleks@free.fr
http://laleks.free.fr
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