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Re: What sort of signals(values) can be transmitted and received by the RCX
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Date: 
Mon, 5 May 2003 11:56:43 GMT
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"Michael Franklin Bosu" <mfbosu@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> I want to know whether it is possible to transmit integers
> from the PC to the RCX.

Yes.

> From all the readings I have done,if I understood what I
> read correctly, then it appears that only hexadecimal
> values can be transmitted from the PC to the RCX or the
> RCX communicates with only hexadecimal.

No, integers are integers whether written decimal or hexadecimal
(or in binary or whatever other base[*]).

What you can do depends on the software you use.

The SendMessage command in the standard firmware can send values
in the range 0-255 (0x00-0xff, 1 byte).

In Lejos you can send strings and all primitive data types
(no serialization of objects).

I don't know what brickOS offers, at least you can convert to
bytes by hand and send them.

> Since you have to begin with a header like this: 0x55 0xff 0x00

Never mind the header, that's internal RCX business.


Jürgen


[*] Using Fibonacci numbers as the base allows to convert quite accurately
    between km and miles just by shifting :->

--
Jürgen Stuber <stuber@loria.fr>
http://www.loria.fr/~stuber/

> rot 13 "fr"
"se"



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  Re: What sort of signals(values) can be transmitted and received by the RCX
 
(...) 0x1 = 1. 0xf = 15. 0xbe = 11*16+14 = 190 (I think.) It's that simple. (...) But 0 is not recommended, as it's the value used when no message has been recieved. (...) brickOS is the best: it has LNP, an addressed protocol like UDP. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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Hi, I want to know whether it is possible to transmit integers from the PC to the RCX. From all the readings I have done,if I understood what I read correctly, then it appears that only hexadecimal values can be transmitted from the PC to the RCX or (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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