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Re: control RCX from PC
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Sun, 18 Apr 2004 05:08:54 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Benjamin Sigonneau wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm writing down some practical work for students that learn computer
> science. The goal is to teach them how a serial communication works.
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> Therefore, we want them to write a program that listens to serial
> communications. The PC will send "commands" to the RCX, and the RCX will
> apply those orders ; examples are "move ahead" or "turn left". The RCX
> program will be written in C using Kekoa Proudfoot's libRCX.
>
> I think I should be ok with the RCX program. However, I still wonder how
> to send the commands from the PC to the RCX through the serial
> connection. The PCs are running under Windows 2000 and the Mindstorms
> robots use the usb IR tower.
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> I once thought about using a tool such as the hyperterminal program from
> embedded with Windows, but I don't think it should be able to deal with
> the usb IR tower being a serial device. I also thought about BricxCC
> with has a tool that looks like a remote control, but I don't know what
> this tool sends to the RCX.
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> Does anybody :
> 1. knows about a program that would do what I want, ie send a string
> to the RCX throught the usb IR tower
> *or*
> 2. what are the messages sent by the remote control tool from
> BricxCC ?
>
> Any suggestion welcome. Thank you in advance.
Here are a couple of websites that may help:
http://gorts_odyssey.home.att.net/lego_internet_control.htm
http://members.cox.net/pbrick-alpha/Phantom.htm
I got them from other members in response to my request for help with
communication via the USB port. My request was posted on the NQC site:
http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/rcx/nqc/
Regards
DB
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