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Re: Powered off, but still on?
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Date: 
Mon, 10 Jun 2002 17:35:10 GMT
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"Joseph Woolley" <jwoolley@spamblock.insight.rr.com> wrote:

Recently, I went to use a couple RCXs that were loaded with LegOS.  These
two had both been used previously (about 1 to 2 weeks ago) but should have
both had plenty of battery life remaining.

I found that they both had drained the batteries completely.  I had another
RCX with the standard firmware loaded... that had not been used in quite
some time.  The batteries in this one still had power.

Funny, I just posted an article here about something similar. I
started using LegOS a few days ago, and had the following problem a
few times: after a power off period (of several hours) the power on
did not produce any visible effect, and the batteries were warm to the
touch. Removing and inserting a battery seemed to "fix" the problem -
I could again use the same batteries, but I had to re-upload the
firmware as the RCX seemed to be reset. Looks like a bug...

Is there something about the way LegOS powers down that would cause the
batteries to remain in use?  Is that because of the way LegOS retains memory
between power offs?

If this is the case, is there an option that could be set at compile time or
run time to cause a more complete power down?

Thanks in advance,
// Joe



--
Cheers,
-Dima.



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Recently, I went to use a couple RCXs that were loaded with LegOS. These two had both been used previously (about 1 to 2 weeks ago) but should have both had plenty of battery life remaining. I found that they both had drained the batteries (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)

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