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Re: Help with Windows 2000 and nqc
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
Date: 
Sun, 8 Apr 2001 18:34:25 GMT
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Cycling through all of the Com ports with the nqc command (nqc -SCOM1,2,4 -d
test.nqc) gives the message 'Could not open serial port' for each port
tried. nqc -SCOM3 -d test.nqc gives the error 'no replay from RCX'. With the
-v option, Com Ports 1,2 and 4 give 'Could not open serial port' and Com
Port 3 gives the output:

Tx: 55 ff 00 10 ef 10 ef
Rx: 55 ff 00 10 ef 10 ef
Tx: 55 ff 00 10 ef 10 ef
Rx: 55 ff 00 10 ef 10 ef
Tx: 55 ff 00 10 ef 10 ef
Rx: 55 ff 00 10 ef 10 ef
Tx: 55 ff 00 10 ef 10 ef
Rx: 55 ff 00 10 ef 10 ef
Tx: 55 ff 00 10 ef 10 ef
Rx: 55 ff 00 10 ef 10 ef
Tx: 55 ff 00 18 e7 18 e7
Rx: 55 ff 00 18 e7 18 e7
Tx: 55 ff 00 18 e7 18 e7
Rx: 55 ff 00 18 e7 18 e7
Tx: 55 ff 00 18 e7 18 e7
Rx: 55 ff 00 18 e7 18 e7
Tx: 55 ff 00 18 e7 18 e7
Rx: 55 ff 00 18 e7 18 e7
Tx: 55 ff 00 18 e7 18 e7
Rx: 55 ff 00 18 e7 18 e7
No reply from RCX

I have tried all of the simple things (batteries, check cables, re-install
lego software, reboot, re-register spirit.ocx) to no avail. Any additional
insight is appreciated.

Rich Thompson
http://www.robotthoughts.com


In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Dave Baum writes:
> What com port is the tower attached to?  By default, NQC assumes com
> port 1.  If you use a different port, you'll need to specify it either
> with a -S option or by setting the RCX_PORT environment variable.  For
> example, if you are using COM 2, you could so this to download foo.nqc:
> 
> nqc -SCOM2 -d foo.nqc
> 
> Try using NQC from the command line.  Does it print any error messages?
> If it says it can't find nqc, then its a path issue...make sure the
> directory that contains nqc.exe is in your PATH variable.  If it says it
> can't open the serial port, make sure you specified the port correctly
> and that no other programs are using the port.  If it says it cannot see
> the IR tower and/or the RCX, then try again adding the -v option which
> will print out some verbose debugging information, then post that
> information so I can take a look at it.
> 
> Dave
> 
> In article <GBGMIJ.MBF@lugnet.com>, "Rich Thompson"
> <rich@robotthoughts.com> wrote:
> 
> > (and all of the RCXcc updates)
> > 
> > I have been happily using Linux to write nqc programs for over a year
> > now,
> > but I needed to migrate back to Windows 2000 for a while. So far, I can
> > do
> > everything I need except program my RCX! I loaded the Mindstorms software
> > to
> > register spirit.ocx and ran regsvr32 c:/winnt/spirit.ocx for good
> > measure.
> > Neither RCXcc or nqc (nqc -s(1|4) -clear) can find the RCX tower (no
> > green
> > light). I am flummoxed... I have read that others have run nqc under Win
> > 2k
> > without issue. Has anyone encountered this problem before?
> > 
> > In linux, I would assume that one of my paths is not set properly. Is
> > this a
> > possibility in Win2K?
> > 
> > Thanks for any help...
> > 
> > Rich Thompson
> > http://www.robotthoughts.com
> > http://www.tennlug.com



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  Re: Help with Windows 2000 and nqc
 
What com port is the tower attached to? By default, NQC assumes com port 1. If you use a different port, you'll need to specify it either with a -S option or by setting the RCX_PORT environment variable. For example, if you are using COM 2, you (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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