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Re: Cubesolver with USB Tower?
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Sat, 8 Nov 2003 15:00:57 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Chris Phillips wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Peter de Grave wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > has anyone tried to make JP Brown's Cubesolver
> > (http://jpbrown.i8.com/cubesolver.html) compatible with the USB Tower?
> >
> > I saw on http://members.cox.net/pbrick-alpha/Phantom.htm there is a replacement
> > for spirit.ocx (used for the serial tower), called phantom, and on that website
> > it says "...delete the Spirit.ocx control from the VB form, add the Phantom
> > control in its place, give the control the same name as the deleted Spirit.ocx
> > control, and Run..." It sure sounds easy, but my knowledge of Visual Basic isn't
> > that big (I know how to compile a program, but that's about it), and the
> > cubesolver-program looks quite complicated to me....
>
> It's been awhile since I've used VB to do anything, but these instructions look
> like they will work. To add a bit more detail:
>
> 1. Download the Phantom OCX and install it on your system. I don't know if
> Phantom registers itself on your computer, so you might need to Run something
> like the following command: "regsvr32 c:\path\to\phantom\Phantom.ocx" The
> regsvr32 program should be in your Windows directory, although it may or may not
> be located elsewhere. (If you can't find regsvr32, send me an e-mail and I'll
> send you a copy.)
> 2. Start VB and open the Cube Solver project
> 3. Locate the LEGO icon that should be visible on one of the forms in the
> project. This icon represents the Spirit.ocx control provided by LEGO. The
> logo may not appear if you do not have Spirit.ocx installed, but look for a
> control probably called "Spirit1" somewhere in the project. Then delete this
> object from the project.
> 4. Customize your VB Toolbar (right+click in the control palette toolbar) and
> add the Phantom control to the environment. A new icon should appear on one of
> the VB toolbars to represent this new control.
> 5. Select the form which previously contained Spirit.ocx and insert a copy of
> the Phantom control. Then change the name of the control to "Spirit1" or
> whatever the original name was. The name can be changed by editing the Name
> property of the control, visible in the Property Browser list that is normally
> located in the lower right corner of the VB environment.
> 6. Build and run your program. Any VB statements that formerly operated on the
> Spirit control will automatically operate on the new Phantom control, since it
> has the same name and functional interface as the original.
>
> Again, I have not used VB in quite awhile, have not used Phantom.ocx, and have
> not examined the Cube Solver project, so I could be totally off base with these
> instructions. I hope this helps rather than adding to your confusion.
>
> - Chris.
Thanks Chris, for the explanation, I gave it a first try this morning, and it
seems to work (at least for the replacement of spirit.ocx)!! But I have to
change some more coding: for example, the program automaticaly searches for the
lego-tower, and doesn't search the usb ports. I hope to finish it this weekend.
Thanks again,
Peter
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