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(...) Are you sure about the handshake, on a PC with a serial IR-tower there is no handshake (not necessairy because the PC is the master and the RCX is the slave). (...) best regards, Stef Mientki (25 years ago, 16-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RIS 1.5 at TRU in Canada
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Whoo hoo-- Toys R Us here in London, Ontario seems to have slashed the price on the RIS 1.5 down to $199CDN (about $120USD). That's a 1/3rd reduction in price and almost as good as the $150 that Future Shop online had last year. Now, how do I (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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I have been playing around with NQC (RCX v2, MacNQC) and generally everthing has been straightforward (certainly more so than Robolab...) but I am having problems with datalog uploads. I can upload the datalog using NQC no problem. I then included (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: spirit.ocx and catching errors using MSVisualC++ 6.0
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Hi Stef, (...) damned ! (...) Hmm, spirit.ocx off topic ?? I don't think this is off topic. They offer it with the following words (from pbrick.pdf) : " .... This technical reference guide is published to allow more creative freedom in the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: spirit.ocx and catching errors using MSVisualC++ 6.0
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hi Rainer, to bad, but again a negative answer ;-( I had the same question a few months ago (using Delphi, but that doesn't matter): quote===...=== The spirit.ocx definies a number of events (far more than in the ocx documentation are mentioned), (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | spirit.ocx and catching errors using MSVisualC++ 6.0
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Hi All, does anyone manage to catch errors thrown from spirit.ocx ? I try to catch the error thrown from the Poll comand. The "Controlling LEGO Programmable Bricks Technical Reference" (pbrick.pdf) tells me that the application using the Poll(xx,yy) (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RIS 2.0 shipping NOW for free in the US (limited offer)
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Hi, These guys are shipping RIS 2.0 for $189.99. (URL) that you saw it in comp.robotics.misc and give them the following code #1070801crm and get it shipped free to anywhere in the USA. Cheers, Ram -- ,,,, /'^'\ ( o o ) -oOOO--(_)--OOOo---...--- | (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX Controlled Mobile De-coupler
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I've just completed your version of the decoupler device and I must say that it's excellent! 8-wide train builders may want to modify this for clearance reasons though.-Harvey (25 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.scout)
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| | Re: Matlab and RCX
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(...) I have done alot of MATLAB control stuff on SUN's. To control an RCX you will probably have to write a "Mex" interface in C. There is an inerface library for Visual Basic called sprit (??). If this can be accesed as a library from C then just (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: constants for NQC using firmware 0328
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(...) The wierd thing about the bytecodes provided by lego for direct serial communication (used by SendSerial() etc.) is that they are Tx only - there aren't any corresponding Rx capabilities. However, its possible that the 4800 baud setting is (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I have searched all over the internet for some documentation on this subject and what I have found has not helped me. What I want to do is control the RCX using Matlab only. That encompasses, transfering the firmware, programming, and data (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: constants for NQC using firmware 0328
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Dave, do I understand it right, that i can use 4800 baud only to transmit data and not to receive data ? best regards, Rainer (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Ooops, sorry, I did'nt notice this section in the FAQ (in your book as well !). Thanks a lot Dave best regards Rainer (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: constants for NQC using firmware 0328
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Make sure that you are targeting RCX 2.0. Some IDEs allow you to set this in a preference. For the command line version, add -Trcx2 to the command. You can also use the NQC_OPTIONS environment variable. See (URL) for more info. Dave Baum (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | constants for NQC using firmware 0328
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Hi All, Has anyone succedded using the SetSerialComm() Command with the constants as described in the NQC documentation (in the Extreme Mindstorms book as well, Dave are you listening ?) ? I tried today, but did'nt succeed. I tried it this way : (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Lego robot controlled by Java phone: source code
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Hello, I wrote up a little article about the demonstration I put together for JavaOne. The article includes links to the source code and talks a little bit about how the pieces fit together. In a nutshell, a Java-enabled mobile phone talks via the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | LEGO Robots used in lab course
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Hi! Here in Uppsala, we have used LEGO RCX bricks running LegOS for a course in real-time systems. More information about the lab, and some MPEG movies of the final robots, can be found at: (URL) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Robot Transfer Protocol (a Hack from MacHack)
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(URL) Transfer Protocol is a way to transfer text data from one computer to another. For MacHack it turned a typed message into a dialog box on the other computer's screen. The phrase suggested by the audience was "Shave My Poodle"." -Ben (25 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | REALbasic and serial ports
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Hi all, I want to try REALbasic with the Lego RCX. I think that this could be another programming tool for the Macintosh to do everything nearly like Visual Basic and Windows. Therefore I need some program code to use the serial ports in my (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Good news (Bad Rcx of ir transmitter)
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(...) Dan, my experience with an RCX1.5 is that the IR tower and RCX communicate unnerringly at a distance of (say) 20 cm under low light conditions. Also, the remote control accessory unit will start and stop programs at a distance of 6 meters (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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