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Re: firmdl3 error - bad ir link
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos
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Sat, 2 Jun 2001 14:46:30 GMT
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Kekoa Proudfoot wrote:
> Quentin Smith <quentins.l@comclub.dyndns.org> wrote:
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> > Recently, I've been getting the "bad ir link" error from firmdl3. I
> > can't figure out what's wrong - I've tried new batteries, different
> > lighting conditions, near/far mode, slow/fast. I hope I haven't fried my
> > tower - could someone please tell me what this error is given for?
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> In order to warm up the tower, firmdl3 repeatedly sends out some bytes
> until the tower echos those same bytes back. If this fails to succeed
> within four seconds, you get the bad link error.
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> I have no idea what is wrong with your tower if anything. It is possible
> that firmdl3 is just not robust with the current condition of your tower
> for some reason.
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> -Kekoa
I just booted into windows, and the tower was working fine, so i
downloaded the LEGO firmware. Now that I'm back in Linux, the tower
seems to be fine. Go figure. Maybe there was another linux app that had
the serial port open, and it was getting the bytes?
Anyway, thanks for the help,
--Quentin
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| (...) In order to warm up the tower, firmdl3 repeatedly sends out some bytes until the tower echos those same bytes back. If this fails to succeed within four seconds, you get the bad link error. I have no idea what is wrong with your tower if (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jun-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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