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Re: constant green light
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Wed, 5 Mar 2003 00:08:54 GMT
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Hello I'm baaaack in this thread, and I'm now carrying my 1.5 serial
IR/tower with me always, though not my RCX.
Anybody yet have a theory to explain what's going on?
> ...
To check my tower, I tried substituting a Win XP desktop PC for my Win XP
laptop PC.
With that desktop, I see no issue: I see green light on only when used.
More specifically, Accessories --> Communications --> HyperTerminal lets me
see my own keystrokes echo, if I cup the tower in the dark of my hand. I
can instead read chars from fluorescent lights. I get more diverse glyphs I
check the File --> Properties --> Settings --> ASCII Setup option to "Force
incoming data to 7-bit ASCII". I get more chars if I think to press Ctrl+Q
i.e. XON any time I see the display stop.
> Subject: Re: BricxCC on Win XP how
> From: "John Hansen" <JohnBinder@aol.com>
> Via: http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/rcx/?n=1986 ...
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> Do you need to do the "open the port and wait 5
> seconds" procedure to get RIS, javax.comm, and nqc
> to work?
No. Those others start working much faster than that.
> You might try fiddling your COM port(s) via the
> control panel/system/hardware/device manager.
> Check the resources being used by your COM1 device.
> See if it lists any conflicts.
No yellow bangs, no text complaints.
> Try unchecking the "use automatic
> settings" checkbox. Try choosing a
> different option in the Settings based
> on combo-box.
Win tells me I have to reboot each time I choose a different option. I
tried each of:
Basic configuration: I/O Range: IRQ
0001: 02F8 - 02FF: 03
0003: 02E8 - 02EF: 03
0006: 03E8 - 03EF: 03
Same results (i.e. green light on when used OR when not open) in all.
The other choices all said in text that the resources requested were already
in use.
> Subject: Re: constant green light
> From: "John Hansen" <JohnBinder@aol.com>
> Via: http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/rcx/?n=1989 ...
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> Try temporarily turning off the power management option
Sorry I have no idea what/where this "power management option" is.
> Subject: Re: BricxCC on Win XP how
> From: "John Hansen" <JohnBinder@aol.com>
> Via: http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/rcx/?n=1986 ...
I'm sure I'll soon enjoy working thru the rest of the experiments already
suggested.
> ...
Anybody yet have a theory to explain what's going on?
Cluelessly, curiously, thankfully yours, Pat LaVarre
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| Just yesterday I reinstalled my serial IR Tower on a Win 98 machine and had the green light stay on all the time. It turned out to be an issue of 'port confusion'. When I switched ports (put the tower on COM1 and the other device on COM2) the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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