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usb to ris 1.x rcx ir how
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Mon, 3 Feb 2003 20:45:12 GMT
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How do I connect USB to the IR of a 1.x RIS RCX?
What hardware should I buy, from whom?
Currently I'm reaching the RCX via IR via serial from a PC. But I'd rather
be using the USB only, no serial, of some "legacy-free" Apple Mac's bought
between 1998 and 2001, running Mac OS 9 or X.
I have the serial to IR adapter of the 1.x RIS ... but I don't want to use
it, as I see so often suggested on the web.
My reasons include: 1) The less hardware I have to carry with me, the
better. 2) If I solve USB to RCX independently, then I have two completely
redundant solutions: when one dies, I can go fetch and then use the other.
3) Why pay for 9V batteries when instead I could pass power thru a USB cable?
So I ask:
How do I connect USB to the IR of a 1.x RIS RCX? What hardware should I
buy, from whom?
Thanks in advance, Pat LaVarre
P.S.
http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/rcx/?q=usb+to+ris+1.x+rcx+ir+how&s=r
suggested:
http://www.pldstore.com/pitsco2_30/finditem.cfm?itemid=246
Infrared Transmitter (PC and MAC)
W979783 Infrared Transmitter (USB) US$29.99
via:
http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/rcx/?n=1416
http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/rcx/?n=1473
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: usb to ris 1.x rcx ir how
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| (...) Do you mean use an RCX 1.0 with a USB IR tower? Nothing special required. The IR protocol is the same. The PC software, however, must support USB, and I don't think the RIS 1.0 software does. (21 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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