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Developing a "button pressing" RCX system
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos
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Date:
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Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:02:12 GMT
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Hello,
I have inherited a hand-me-down RIS kit with a functional RCX unit that
I would like to learn to use and put to a purpose.
I would like to build a system whereas the RCX is setup to press buttons
on controllers (think remote control units) to operate other devices.
I am completely new to mindstorms programming (this RIS kit was my first
exposure).
Other than the mechanical considerations, I and not sure how to proceed
with development on the software side.
I basically would like to the RCX to be in standby until it receives a
signal via the IR tower to "push button 1" which would cause the RCX to
go through the motions then wait for another command. Think a piano
keyboard with a RCX "crane" to find and press the different keys as
directed.
For my development environment, I am using Debian Etch which provides
pre-built packages for BrickOS and LNP. I was able to load th BrickOS
firmware and try out a few of the sample programs (hello world, bumper
robot) etc. These were helpful to determine if the RCX and other parts
were still functional but they are very trivial examples compared to
what I would like to accomplish.
Are there any existing BrickOS examples out there (links) to something
similar to what I would like to do that I can work from?
Also, would it be better to create simple RCX programs to do a
load-and-run operation for each individual button press operation or to
create a single master program that always lives on the RCX and waits
for keyword instructions via the IR tower.
Any suggestions, help, and pointers would be greatly appreciated. I
have found more dead web links than anything else trying to figure this
out on my own. It seems that 10 years is "before recorded history" on
the Internet, given the copyright date on the Mindstorms RIS box is 1998...
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