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(...) Are you using the 'stock' Mindstorms software? There is an option in the setup for the RCX, where you can set the time-off to 'infinity'. I don't remember where it is in version 1.0, but in 2.0 it's in the same area where you download the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I have a problem with the RCX ver 1.0. Recently our group, MichLTC, ran a RCX controlled trolley in a train show. The problem is that the RCX shuts down while the program is running. I believe this has to do with the idle shutdown feature of the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: Sensor port cross talk
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(...) If you've ever worked with multi-port A/D converters on a micro, and scanned all of the inputs you've been bitten by this one. It's caused by two things, parasitic capacitance on the chip itself and leakage between the lines going to the A/D (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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A light sensor connected to port 2 can cause on output from port 1. To see this (if you are using lejos), download the View object and hook up a light sensor to port 2. On my RCX, the port 1 raw values fluctuate between about 1010 and 1019. A (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | lego firmware multitasking?
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Since I bought my mindstorms in 1998 I've been primarily using LegOS rather then the standard firmware. Now I'm helping coach a class for kids and we are required to use the standard firmware and GUI programming. I've been having trouble (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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