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In lugnet.robotics, Peter Vogel writes:
> Entrega's hubs with serial ports or the U1S9 work great IF you download the
> latest drivers(just got mine working this morning!) from Entrega. Barbara
> Nostrand inidcates that the Pitsco catalogue has an Entrega U1S9 converter
> (USB to serial 9 pin) for $59, presumably it has been tested with RoboLab and
> comes with drivers that work, if you don't want to be bothered with
> downloading the latest from Entrega.
>
> -Peter
>
> --
> Peter A. Vogel
> Release Engineering Manager
> iReady Corporation
> http://www.iready.com http://www.iready.net
Thanks for the tip. I purchased the Entrega U1S9 from CDW.com, and
downloaded the latest drivers (Intel based). Also obtained a good
troubleshooting doc to determine whether the S9 is configured correctly.
Will gladly email to any interested.
Problem:
Having trouble getting the IR tower to talk to the RCX. I get the flashing
green light on the tower during transmission, but nothing gets downloaded.
I don't know where to look next.
Any tips would be appreciated.
Mark Herberger
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| Of course you made sure that the battery in your IR tower is in good shape. I haven't found a way other than trying a brand new battery to verify that. The green light in the tower is not an indicator for a good battery - it lights up just fine even (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Ram Meenakshisundaram <rmeenaks@olf.com> wrote in message news:386CCBC8.270472...olf.com... (...) Entrega's hubs with serial ports or the U1S9 work great IF you download the latest drivers (just got mine working this morning!) from Entrega. Barbara (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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