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Subject: 
sending a message from the RCX to the PC
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Date: 
Sat, 10 May 2003 19:01:28 GMT
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hi,

I want to end a message and/or acknowledgement from the RCX to the PC. I am not
using BrickOS or the standard firmware. I am using a different software on the
RCX. It doesnt have a function for the sending from the RCX, so I am trying to
do that.

I know that this will work only in the Reply/Request(initialising the
transmission from the PC ) mode since the tower should be on and I can take
care of that.

From the RCX internal page(http://graphics.stanford.edu/~kekoa/rcx/#Opcodes)

opcode F7 is the send message command, so I tried that in my code on the RCX
but it didnt work or do I have to use something more than F7 to inform the RCX
that i am sending a message.

I was using it based on the example below.

Please is there a way, I can do that, anything that can work for the standard
firmware I would be able to adapt it for ERIKA.

*Example: The whole code for sending the message 3 is the hexadecimal :

55 FF 00 F7 08 03 FC FA 05

where 55 FF 00 is the universal opcode-header

F7 is the opcode for the SendMessage-command

08 is the complement of F7  (e.a. 0xFF - 0xF7 = 0x08)

03 the message, FC its complement

FA the checksum, 05 its complement


Thank you.
Michael  mfbosu@yahoo.com



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: sending a message from the RCX to the PC
 
(...) ..... Normally there no reponse or other message wait by the RCX. Try to read the doc of mindstorms SDK mindstorms.lego.com/sdk (try sdk 2.0) nanobapt (21 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
  Re: sending a message from the RCX to the PC
 
(...) ? If you are writing your own RCX OS, you should know that you can't use original firmware opcodes without the original firmware. What you need to do is directly interface with the IR port, which is beyond me. (21 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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