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| Regarding your program. Try sending 0s, not xs, i.e.: char *buffer = "\0\0\0\0\0"; Zeros are coded with the IR on 91% of the time, while xs are coded with the IR on only 45% of the time, neglecting the modulation, which cuts that all down by half. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| Thanks for your help but I think I might have a broken RCX. The code I've been testing and the examples you have help me with all work if I place the light sensor about 2 mm from the IR transmitter. At about 2cm it no longer works at all. I have (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| (...) I doubt you have a broken RCX. If you did, firmdl.c would not download firmware correctly. (...) That is a good thing to try; I suppose it did not help things? (...) I don't see why you couldn't post the .srec file. I don't know if you also (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| (...) So I just tried this, and it took more than a few minutes to get it to work. But it does work. Apparently, the modulation of the IR signal is needed for the light sensor to give a reading. The standard modulation used during regular IR (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| In addition to what I mentioned in the previous message, I also set the sensor input port to active. Setting it to passive also works, in which case the ambient light level seems to be around 480-495, and the sensor aimed directly at the IR port (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| I'll have to wait now till I get home from work to try the examples :( Phil (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| Hi Kekoa, Could you post your working IR .srec code or email me if possible? I have tried the examples with the LegOS read sensor routines and I still get the same results. i.e. it works at about 2mm from the unit but fails after more than 5mm. I (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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