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I need to look at some items for Joerg, but I'll also look at a small supervisor that integrates the View,Run,Prgm,and On/Off buttons. This hsould be pretty easy and would be a good bit of example code. Cheers, Ralph (23 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) off (...) True. But I find not very practical to be forced to use the terminal to switch off the RCX or start the program again, expecially when you are attending a contest or take your robot to an exhibit. What I meant by "supervisor" is some (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Two RCX with one IR-Tower
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Hello, I want to control two RCX with one ir-tower. The problem is that the RCX should send back status information. Sending information to the RCX is quite easy: Both RCX receive the message but only one will perform the command. I found (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) If you have the new version 2.1 the POWER-OFF word via terminal to shut off and the red button to power on works fine. If you have an earlier version (1.2x) you have to use the words RCX_INIT and POWER_INIT to initialize the brick and the (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Turning the RCX off and on again (was: New pbForth 2.1.0 (and firmware speed))
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Mario, i'm interested in pbForth example scripts, too. Furthermore, the "supervisor" you suggested could be the answer to one of my questions in (URL) concerning turning the RCX off and on without loosing pbForth: 2) According to Knudsen, i have to (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: New pbForth 2.1.0 (and firmware speed)
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Thanks Ralph, this is great news. I just got the new USB tower, and considering my revived interest for pbForth your new version arrives really at the right time. What IMHO would really boost the spreading of pbForth, is the availability of some (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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For everyone that has been interested in firmware speed over the last few days, I am ready to announce the latest version of pbForth. This version supports the USB tower under Windows!!!! (URL) An empty loop of 20,000 interations takes less than 1 (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: What happened to Spirit.ocx?
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(...) Hi Kenny, Spirit.ocx can only be used with the serial tower. RIS 2.0 contains a USB-tower, so spirit.ocx doesn't work anymore. Have a look at this message. (URL) a replacement for spirit.ocx is announced. Regards, Rainer (23 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | What happened to Spirit.ocx?
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Hello.. I've just upgraded my RIS 1.0 to version 2.0 and it appears Lego have stopped using the Spirit.ocx. I'm a little confused, I've used the spirit.ocx within Macromedia Director in the past to write interfaces and programs to control my RCX. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi all. I'm a student in my 4 year, learning electronics. For my final project, I got an approval to make a project with LEGO Mindstorm. Basically it's a standard robotic hand that picks up LEGO parts, recognize them (using Image processing & (...) (23 years ago, 7-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Phantom - The Spirit.ocx replacement is now available.
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I am happy to announce that Phantom.dll, a replacement for the Spirit.ocx is now available for general download. Phantom implements the complete functionality of the Spirit.ocx with the exception of the CyberMaster only calls. Release Candidate 1 is (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The RCX 1.0 in RIS 1.0 has a jack, the RCX 1.0 in RIS 1.5 doesn't (unfortunately, I have two of them). The 2.0 on the RCX 2.0 is purely for decoration, there's no user visible difference whatsoever to the RCX 1.0 without the jack. Jürgen (23 years ago, 30-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) The Parts Catalog software (see lugnet.db.inv) can both read HTML pages saved from Peeron and compute set differences - but you need Win2K William (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi Johnathan, Aside from some very minor changes in the parts and the RIS software, the only difference between kits is the RCX 1.0 has an AC jack, which comes in handy for stationary robots like robotic arms or sorting machines. I've heard that the (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) That didn't change. (...) 2.0 software is better (...) didn't change (...) Nothing. (...) I don't think there's a 1.0 downgrade option :-), I think the difference is only a few pieces. You can compute the set difference from the Peeron (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I have a RIS 2.0 Other than changes to the RCX brick, software, documentation/manuals/etc & IR tower, what parts would I need to obtain to have the equivilant of a RIS 1.5? What about a 1.0? (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Just a quick note to ask how many people are waiting on USB support for the pbForth language. I got a USB tower a couple of weeks ago and just got it working with my uploader/console last night. It uses ODD parity, so the next pbForth release will (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: is it possible to use a polarity switch with a RCX input?
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(...) full (...) 100 (...) handy. (...) two (...) I'm not very familiar with electronics, but I am wondering whether the combination of two diodes with a resistor could solve the problem. I mean this: when current flows in a certain direction, it (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: is it possible to use a polarity switch with a RCX input?
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(...) Well the polarity switch can be made to work as a "switcher" that can be used to can input source or output source by wiring it like Hao-yang Wang did in this example: (URL) works great like this, I use it with my RailRacers ((URL) control (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: is it possible to use a polarity switch with a RCX input?
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(...) But... be aware that the 'polarity switch' has only two connectors (for two sets of wires). It's not a '3-way' where you can try to select one of two inputs by moving the lever. The action is forward-off-reverse with one power source connected (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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