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    1.0 brick not responding —Tammy Dunn
   mac powerbook 5300 communicates with the IR tower, but no response from the brick. palm 130 with pbrick, also no response from the brick. The brick powers on and beeps, just no communication with the powerbook or the palm for programming.  Since it (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
   
        Re: 1.0 brick not responding —Steve Hassenplug
   (...) Tammy, A couple questions... 1) Does the light on the IR tower flash when you're trying to communicate? 2) Did it ever work (did it work before, but stop, or is this the first time you've tried communicating?) 3) What are you trying to (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
   
        Re: 1.0 brick not responding —Tammy Dunn
   (...) Yes, it flashes. (...) Yes it did work, but it's been in storage for a couple of years. (...) At this point, just download firmware. Once I get the communication issues resolved, I'll do programming. (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
   
        Re: 1.0 brick not responding —Steve Hassenplug
   (...) Generally, that means the IR tower is working. It's possible the tower has become broken, while it sat in a closet, but that's not very likely. So, knowing things worked before, you may be forgetting something. Make sure the memory is cleared. (...) (19 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
   
        Re: 1.0 brick not responding —Tammy Dunn
   (...) Powerbook 5300 with MacNQC: After about 4 seconds "No response or bad response from RCX. Make sure the RCX's receiver is facing the IR device and the RCX is turned on." Palm 130 with PBrick Demo: play sound 1, play sound 2, and play sound 3 (...) (19 years ago, 14-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
 

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