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Re: PC -RCX comunication
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos
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Thu, 3 Feb 2000 12:18:54 GMT
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Hi Jose, you wrote:
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> OK. I agree with you about open-source OS. I like linux, but I prefer
> using visual programing in the PC side (Visual C++ o Visual Basic).
please, don't take my little attacks against MS too serious, it's just
-- i really dislike their FUD way of making business, and i like to have
a choice. However, i feel we shouldn't discuss this too much in this
place.
> What about the QC examples?
> I've seen a easy interface IROn, IROff, IRReady, IRSend IRReceive ....
> I'm very naive in legOS internal, but will be easy export an easy (and maybe
> low level) interface like the QC one?
Well, imho the legOS interface to do IR-communications IS really easy.
On the RCX, you just have 4 functions to do everything:
Broadcast lowlevel sending/receiving:
lnp_integrity_write(), lnp_integrity_set_handler()
selective sending/receiving:
lnp_addressing_write(), lnp_addressing_set_handler()
All things like switching IR on and off, making sure packets do not
collide, etc. is done inside legOS, you just don't have to care about.
Currently, the only problem i see is that even this simple API needs to
be a little more documented.
Exactly the same interface is available to your PC - applications, if
you use liblnp and lnpd, and even more easy: You can have several
applications sending and receiving simultanously via one tower,
completely transparent. The drawback: it is currently not available for
winXX.
If you're looking for a !FREE! open-source VC-like IDE for linux, i'd
strongly recommend to have a look at the Kdevelop homepage,
http://fara.cs.uni-potsdam.de/~smeier/www/
Another option might be the free version of Sniff+ for linux. It's not
open-source and has some restrictions compared to the commercial
version, but it's a really nice tool, also available for windows (
commercial version only 8-( ). You can get it at:
http://www.takefive.com/penguin/
--Martin
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| (...) OK. I agree with you about open-source OS. I like linux, but I prefer using visual programing in the PC side (Visual C++ o Visual Basic). (...) What about the QC examples? I've seen a easy interface IROn, IROff, IRReady, IRSend IRReceive .... (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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