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(...) Dave, We look forward to hearing how these tools work out for you. You should try Michael Zapp, (URL) about the USB applications. Ed (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Question about mm.C in BrickOS
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Thanks to both of you, I was pretty close to my understanding of it, but I did not know about the "new block creation behind the current block" but it makes sense now, if I have any other question (I am sure I will) I will def. ask. Thanks again, (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: USB/Serial Converter
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Somewhere on the LEGO site it says that Serial > USB is not compatable -- If you must, why not just buy a USB IR tower from PITSCO LEGODacta for $30? If you have the SDK 2.5, or even the SDK 2.0, it comes with the driver for the USB tower (in the (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS on Mac OS X
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Man, this is fantastic. Since moving over to OS X about a year and a half ago, I've been ignoring my RCX (retired the tired/crash prone PC forever!! Running Linux now though) and haven't played with it for lack of a development environment for OS X. (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Question about mm.C in BrickOS
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Hi, (...) Ptr points to the length byte of the first free block (...) *(ptr-1) actually is MM_FREE and is now set to the callers id. (...) Now we can do two things: We could grab all memory we found in this block or we could allocate only the memory (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) <snip> (...) I've never looked at brickOS code, but here is my take: By the time you hit line 2, you've found a free block that is big enough. Line 2 sets the owner of the block. Line 5 decides if the block is oversized enough to split. Line 6 (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Question about mm.C in BrickOS
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Hey My Senior Preoject where I update BrickOS is slowly taking shape (I am actually trying to do some now, but time is very limited). This project I am editing the Memory Managment Alg used by BrickOS. the first one I am going to add is Next Fit, it (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS installation with WinME and Cygnus problems
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(...) If you download the packages you can install from the previously downloaded packages without ever having to go to a mirror. In theory, at least, you shouldn't have to go back to the web unless you want a newer version of one or more of the (...) (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS installation with WinME and Cygnus problems
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(...) O.K. I will try a re-install of Cygwin, although I have re-installed at least four times previously. As I say, I get a little farther each time. Maybe this time I can find all the packages at one mirror. As Ed does, I also download and install (...) (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS installation with WinME and Cygnus problems
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(...) I am inclined to agree with Ed. I think your cygwin install is fouled up somehow. Can you check the version of the cygwin1.dll in your cygwin bin directory? I'm running 1.3.12-1 (which is a fairly old version). John Hansen (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS installation with WinME and Cygnus problems
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(...) Tom, Max, I have seen the "Permission Denied" message before. I ussually get this error message after I have done some upgrading Cygwin packages or installling new parts, etc. The best answer I have (and the one I use) is to reinstall Cygwin. (...) (21 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS installation with WinME and Cygnus problems
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(...) Odd. I don't understand where that "Permission denied" message came from. What happens if you simply run "less"? Does less work on any files at all? Perhaps you would like to take this to the Cygwin mailing list (cygwin@cygwin.com). (I (...) (21 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS installation with WinME and Cygnus problems
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(...) Max, Here's one of your suggestions, and the cygcheck.out file is in the email (the check is in the mail) ;) Most of this is greek to me; it's been a long time since I've been able to deal with a Unix system. Tom Pugsley ===...=== (...) (21 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS installation with WinME and Cygnus problems
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(...) If you use "./configure && make", then make will only run if ./configure completes successfully. (...) ... (...) This suggests that your compiler is broken. Personally, I have never used the prebuilt compiler from Hitachi, preferring to (...) (21 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS installation with WinME and Cygnus problems
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Ed, John, and Max, (et.al.?), Here's the output from one of my sessions. I started to follow some of John's instructions (got through the make strip alright, even though it's unnecessary), but I didn't want to go too deep until you people see the (...) (21 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hi everyone, Me again.Does anyone know how I can get LNP to work under Cygwin(Windows)? Most of the documentation I've found make references to Linux. I'm planning to use LPD for communication between 2 RCXs. Has anyone tried that yet using LNP (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hello everyone, I'm currently fooling around with my Mindstorms to get two RCX robots to ball pass between them. As there are only 3 inputs on RCX, I've used 1 for ball sensing, 1 for a touch sensor(to feel for the ball) and 1 which I'm planning to (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS installation with WinME and Cygnus problems
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(...) My favorite means of grabbing the commands I type and their output is to set the buffer size of my DOS window to something very large and just select the text with my mouse via click and drag. Then I right click in the DOS window to copy the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS installation with WinME and Cygnus problems
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(...) Tom, You can always use the classic pipe to command, >. For example $ make strip > output.txt But I don't think this dumps any error messages to the file; only to the screen. So I would try something similar to the commands in buildgcc.sh, (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS installation with WinME and Cygnus problems
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Thanks, Max, John, and Ed for your help. I will try some of the suggestions this afternoon after work. I will also post some more helpful output if someone will remind me how to port Cygwin output to a text file (and DOS output?) I read the command (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: sys_time not working
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It works! My mistake was that i only checked the "Command Reference" link that obviously refers to a previous version of legOS. So thank you very much. See you at the Olympic Games in our city Athens . "John Hansen" <JohnBinder@aol.com> wrote in (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Use get_system_up_time() instead (as modified below). #include <conio.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <time.h> #include <tm.h> #include <dsensor.h> #include <dmotor.h> long int t1,t2,t; int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { ......... ........ (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hi i install successfully brickOS-0.2.6.10 under Win2000 without any problems and ran successfully "helloworld.lx" I created one first elementary small program using the sys_time function. The problem is that it doesn't compile correctly. The (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS installation with WinME and Cygnus problems
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[SNIP] (...) [SNIP] Tom, I would follow Max's advice about posting your commands and output here. But one thing that might cause issues with your setup is your path. It looks like the windows dos commands (C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND) come before your cygwin (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS installation with WinME and Cygnus problems
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(...) I would not try to follow both of these instructions. Pick one and do just exactly what that set of instructions says to do. My favorite, naturally, is the second set (since getting the right set of GCC source code and compiling it without (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: BrickOS installation with WinME and Cygnus problems
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(...) PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\W...IN\H8300-0 00821\H-I686-CYGWIN32\BIN; (...) OK, the best way to get help is: * Start with the *first* problem which occurs. Problem #3 is very likely the cause of #1 and #2. * Show *exactly* the commands you typed and (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | BrickOS installation with WinME and Cygnus problems
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Hello, I have spent several hours trying to install BrickOS on my Windows ME system. I am a novice with C/Cygwin/linux, so have been diligently searching the Lugnet posts for clues. That has gotten me a little farther each day, but now I am _really_ (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Problems with BrickOS installation
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(...) I would recommend using the pre-built Hitachi tools which are still available from my BricxCC website. (URL) simpler than trying to download all the right versions of the GCC source code. John Hansen (21 years ago, 4-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Problems with BrickOS installation
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Hi, I'm following these directions explicitly: (URL) installed just fine. When I run buildgcc.sh it dies trying to assemble libgcc1.S. The comments at the top of the file cause syntax errors. The comments are dilineated with ";;". How can the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: LEGO remote controller problem
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(...) Then this is the first time ;) It was indeed the compiler. Using those versions you named in your message, my compiled brickOS.srec file works as well. The lr_startup and lr_shutdown calls don't make any difference, whether they are in or out. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Great. (...) I use h8300-hms-gcc-3.1-1.i386.rpm h8300-hms-binutils-2...1.i386.rpm but I never heard from anyone that some gcc version produces a bad brickOS system. Strange, indeed. Regards, Michael (21 years ago, 28-Jul-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hi Michael, Thank you for sending me your brickOS.srec and .lds files. When I use these ones, the remote control works just fine, with or without the lr_startup and lr_shutdown calls, and with or without a running program. (...) Yes, exactly. I have (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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"Michael Obenland" <obenland@t-online.de> wrote in message news:HIqqFv.1Iwz@lugnet.com... (...) starting (...) I think the call to lr_shutdown() in Christian's program clobbered things such that the remote may no longer be useable unless the power (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) Strange. To get it clear: If you download a fresh made brickOS.srec, you can't use the remote control to start a motor or start a program and if you press the beep-key, the rcx does not beep?? Does your remote work with the original Lego (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Try removing the calls to lr_startup() & lr_shutdown(). I think these already get called outside of your program. (Sorry, don't have time to test right now). Mark "Christian Hornung" <c-hornung@gmx.de> wrote in message news:HIq2o2.Ht4@lugnet.com... (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) No, it doesn't. The IR indicator flickers, but running motors or starting the program doesn't work. In fact, I didn't know that there is a "default handler" until reading your message. Might the problem be caused by wrong versions of gcc or (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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(...) I compiled your program and it did everything. No problem on my side. If you don't start your program, does the remote control work? Attach a motor at A, B and C and try to run it with the remote. Or try to run your program with the P1 button. (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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Hi Michael, Thank you very much for your answer. Well, there isn't really much source, here we go: #include <conio.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <remote.h> #include <dsensor.h> int my_lr_handler(unsigned int etype, unsigned int key) { cputw(key); (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: LEGO remote controller problem
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Hi Christian, (...) No program, no help. If you send me the sources, I will take a look and try to figure out the problem. In fact, I use the remote control without a problem. Regards, Michael (21 years ago, 27-Jul-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | LEGO remote controller problem
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Hi, I have problems getting the LEGO IR remote controller to work (using brickOS 0.2.6.10). I wrote a small test program that installs a lr handler function which simply displays the received key value on the LCD. But when running this and pressing (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jul-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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