 | | [ANN] pbForth Version 2.1.5 Release and IR Data Tutorial
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The new 2.1.5 Version of pbForth has a minor fix that affected programmers using the MARKER and LEAVE words. Thanks to Alexander Cech of Austria for supplying great bug reports! I recommend you get the new 2.1.3 GUI while you're at it because it (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Re: Scheduler patch
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I posted some code and a simple explaination of my implementation. Here is the link: (URL) me know if you need clarification or want more information/code (I have the .tar.gz to compile a LegOS kernel that is somewhere between 2.6 and 2.7 and my (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Problems with changing LNP_HOSTADDR
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did it work now ? nanobapt ----- Original Message ----- From: Kai Koehne <Kai.Koehne@student....otsdam.de> To: <lugnet.robotics.rcx...ugnet.com> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 1:52 PM Subject: Problems with changing LNP_HOSTADDR Hi, since a few hours, (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Problems with changing LNP_HOSTADDR
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(...) With the default CONF_LNP_HOSTMASK (0xf0), the host adress is encoded in the higher 4 bits, so you should write #define CONF_LNP_HOSTADDR 0x10 Eric (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Problems with changing LNP_HOSTADDR
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Hi, since a few hours, I'm trying to give an RCX another LNP_HOSTADDR - so I changed the appropriate line in boot/config.h from #define CONF_LNP_HOSTADDR 0x00 //!< LNP host address to #define CONF_LNP_HOSTADDR 0x01 //!< LNP host address and compiled (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | HOWTO Demo.c
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I was able to fix the previous problem regarding the light sensor Thank u Joseph Woolley for your reply. I have another one In the legOS Howto their is a demo code demo.c which has some task switching examples I am having trouble with the following (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | *** name poll: make your votes reminder ***
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This is a reminder for all of you who have not voted for the new legOS name. Now is YOUR turn. I've collected the names and present them at the end of this posting. You can vote for ONE ( 1 ) name. Send an eMail to legOS-namepoll@gmx.de with: - the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Light Sensor Problem
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I had similar problems, so I added a bit of code to display the light sensor value on the LCD. I then placed the bot on the test pad and observed the various numbers as it crossed from white to green and black. I then updated the linetrack.c with (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Light Sensor Problem
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Hello, I have been trying out the demo programs in legOS. all demos worked fine except linetrack.c. When I download linetrack.lx in the RCX (RCX2.0) and put it on the test pad that comes with mind storm the bot goes srtaight. It does not recognize (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Any news on USB support for linux?
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Hi there, Is there any news on the development of support for the USB IR tower under linux? I found a HOWTO on the net by Ryan Simmons which claims to be able to get the tower working using a patch written by Bret Thaeler. (URL) anyone been able to (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | usb under windows
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Hello! I purchased a Mindstorms 2.0 with USB tower half a year ago and now I want to play with it... My computer is running WinMe so I downloaded the winlegos.exe package from the legos page. When running firmdl3 it complains that it can't find the (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | liblnp for windows
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hi there, we have ported liblnp for windows, with vc++ 6.0. the daemon lnpd still has to run under linux. where can we put the source for the benefit of all? michael ps: could it be lnp was broken from legos-0.2.5 to 0.2.6? (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Error opening //./legotower1
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/ted (and Ingolf) Thanks for this pointer. It works. /ed OOPS that should be \ed (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Error opening //./legotower1
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Ed - Take a look at patch [568061] posted on SourceForge by 'Ingolf'. The problem looks easily resolved by changing the '/'s to '\'s. I have not had a chance to verify this fix myself yet. /ted "Ed Manlove" <emanlove@ieee.org> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Error opening //./legotower1
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I am getting a common (apparent in the legos newsgroup) error "Error 53: Opening //./legotower1" when I try to download a program. I do successfully use firmdl3 to download the kernel even using the --tty=usb option. But when I try to download a (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | *** name poll 2nd phase: make your votes ***
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Now is YOUR turn. I've collected the names and present them at the end of this posting. You can vote for ONE ( 1 ) name. Send an eMail to legOS-namepoll@gmx.de with: - the name you vote for - a phrase, choosen by you for example: I vote for: (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | legOS new name: a remark
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some of you may have noticed that I didn't include some names. I contacted the LEGO group and asked them about their feelings for a new name. I got the following answer: The new name should not include any of our trademarks, such as: LEGO, (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: DJGPP & LegOS
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Dave, This files are also located on the legOS website (URL) am currently trying to find any information about the process to build these using the current set of tools (gcc, legOS, etc) Ed David Chen <dcchen@pacbell.net> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: DJGPP & LegOS
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I had once burned a CD-R with the entire conents of my DJGPP and LegOS directories with working binaries for firmdl.exe (for uploading your .srec firmware, includes the fast Xmit mode) and dll.exe (for loading your compiled programs) for someone who (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Re: Scheduler patch
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Joel, I had planned on another post to provide a link to the code sample, but have run very short on time. I will try to get that up soon. I believe the sensor handling issue is a real issue. However, I have yet to see a simple solution that (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: DJGPP & LegOS
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Here's some work that was done on May 23, 2002... (URL) Original Message ----- From: "Steve Hassenplug" <hassenplug@mail.com> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 13:51:33 GMT To: lugnet.robotics.rcx....lugnet.com Subject: Re: DJGPP & LegOS (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: DJGPP & LegOS
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Well, here's a step in the right direction. (URL) I just have to figure out what it means. (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Linux, Cygwin, LegOS
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As I said before: ("LegOS Team"=Unix)=Generalization I think I'm in the same boat as you, Ed. Personally, I really don't want to re-write the kernel (there are other more qualified people working on that) however I'm very interested in making LegOS (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Linux, Cygwin, DJGPP: what is it all about?
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Steve, (...) LegOS? I have been looking into this (in between spending time with my family who is town and sneaking on the computer when my wife is not looking). Basically I don't know yet. If you search this newsgroup there is an individual Rossz (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Re: Scheduler patch
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Joe I think proportional timeslicing would be a nice thing if the implementation would be efficient and straightforward. I don't consider my patch to be that. Would still be nice to see a snippet of your code. How do the other kernel developers feel (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Linux, Cygwin, DJGPP: what is it all about?
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What exactly needs to be done to 'upgrade' DJGPP to work with the new LegOS? Are these same changes required for cygwin? I assume the 'unix' part of this is done by the "LegOS Team", which means it works with Cygwin, but now someone (like Ed) needs (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Linux, Cygwin, DJGPP: what is it all about?
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(...) I don't expect too many people to find it. It has been removed from legOS homepage and I had to dig into some archives for the link. (...) TRUE, VERY TRUE! (...) I think the simple answer to this is "Windows users have two options Cygwin and (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Scheduler patch
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I have found that using proportional timeslicing works great in many situations. It is more forgiving for new developers, since a "runaway" process will not block processes of lower priority. (runaway process used here to mean a process which never (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: *** Remainder: legOS new name poll ***
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How many names have neen suggested? 1? 100? ... (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | *** Remainder: legOS new name poll ***
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Remember that the search for the new name for legOS is en route. The procedure is the following: 1) send your name proposals (10.06. - 22.06.) Please mail me your name ideas. Do this with a personal e-mail to: legOS-namepoll@gmx.de The subject line (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Linux, Cygwin, DJGPP: what is it all about?
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Hello Ed, problems, problems, problems :) <sigh> Never knew your DOS life is so complicated. Seems urgent to handle this for the new release (easy to say this because I don't have a DOS based legOS system...) (...) Never saw this link. (...) Really? (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Linux, Cygwin, DJGPP: what is it all about?
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Hello Steve, (...) I don't see a problem in the inclusion of a legOS.srec. But I don't know what happens if you compile your user programs with some other compiler then that building the legOS.srec. And I think that compiling the legOS system is a (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Linux, Cygwin, DJGPP: what is it all about?
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Michael, I agree with you up to ... (...) if (...) wanting (...) here. (...) And I quote from the section "A stark moral choice" in the document The GNU Project ((URL) I looked for a way that a programmer could do something for the good. I asked (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Linux, Cygwin, DJGPP: what is it all about?
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Wow. Michael, this helps a lot. Thanks. But now I have some other questions... (...) Yes, that makes sense. But having the LegOS image would save the "Beginning LegOS User" from needing to learn how to build that stuff, when that knowledge (how to (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Linux, Cygwin, DJGPP: what is it all about?
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Ok, lets try to fiddle some things out. There seems to be a confusion about the software needed for running legOS and why. And there seems to be some confusion about what cygwin and DJGPP are. legOS runs user programs written in C and compiled to (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: GUI for legOS
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Is DJGPP easier to use from DOS (Windows)? Can CygWin be executed from a command line? When I set up my PC with LegOS (about a year ago) I installed DJGPP (with the help of a Unix friend), and I've been very happy with it. Recently, I just set-up a (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: GUI for legOS
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Steve, Could you share a little more about what you have done with the Visual Studio setup? Thanks! Ed Steve Hassenplug <hassenplug@mail.com> wrote in message news:20020615231547....ail.com... (...) writing programs with LegOS. (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: GUI for legOS
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Michael, What I am hearing here and have heard in the past, along with my own personal experience, is that developing for legOS under Windows and more specific cygwin can be or is a pretty difficult task. Compounded on top of that is if you have (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Install for legOS
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Hey All, I've talked with several people about this. First, a quick generalization: IMHO, there are two types of LegOS users: 1) Unix/Linux programmers who use LegOS as another platform for development, and don’t really care about building robots. (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: **** legOS new name poll starts now ****
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BrickOS? As in MIT's Brick project... Regards, Bill ___...___ William Sequeira, Ph.D. -- Principal, Axon Hillock, Inc. (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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