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Subject: 
Re: IR Tower Use
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lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date: 
Sat, 26 May 2001 22:03:18 GMT
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Matthew Miller <mattdm-usenet@mattdm.org> wrote:
Not really -- the tower uses its own proprietary communcations format.

This isn't true at all.  The tower converts an RS-232 serial transmission
directly into IR and vice-versa.  It is a pretty standard protocol.

-Kekoa



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  Re: IR Tower Use
 
(...) Ooops, sorry. I didn't really mean proprietary -- I meant "not normal for remote controls". (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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  Re: IR Tower Use
 
(...) Not really -- the tower uses its own proprietary communcations format. It's similar enough to that used by remote controls that learning remotes can pick up the signals, but I haven't heard of anyone going the other way around. (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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