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Re: Receiving messages on PC
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc
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Sat, 31 Jan 2004 22:52:51 GMT
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Thanks! As soon as I get a chance, I'll try this out and let you know how it
works.
-Dave
> I have just posted MSGMON, a very rough (!!!) WIN32 command-line program that
> will receive one-byte messages from the RCX using a USB tower. This should get
> you started, although it will need a lot of work to make this into anything
> resembling a useful library. You can download the program with source code from
> the following location:
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> http://www.drvegetable.com/download/samplecode/
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> The important points are:
> 1. Open the LEGO USB tower using CreateFile() with the filename "\\.\LEGOTOWER1"
> 2. Read bytes from the tower and look for valid SendMessage commands in the
> input stream
> 3. Whenever a valid SendMessage is detected, print out a message containing the
> received byte.
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> As I said this is very rough and would need a lot of work in order to be used
> with an RS-232 tower or to recognize other messages.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions or how you make out with this. I hope
> this helps, and good luck!
>
> - Chris.
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