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Can the Run button be reprogrammed?
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Wed, 9 Feb 2005 16:12:31 GMT
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I was just wondering, can the Run button on the RCX be reprogrammed?
I was thinking of a theoretical, fail-safe system, where it would be nice to run
a clean-up routine after the run button had been pressed to stop the program.
I reckon you'd have to change the firmware but is it theoretically possible, or
is the button hard-wired?
Could you disable the power and run buttons after a program has started?
I suppose if you extended this idea to it's fullest extent you could use the
four buttons as touch sensors?
Steve
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 | | Re: Can the Run button be reprogrammed?
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| (...) BrickOS does allow you to configure how the buttons are used. The RUN and Power buttons are read in the BrickOS "firmware", so you'd need to change the kernal, if you want to do other things with them, but it is very possible. So, yes, the run (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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