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Re: Duplex Comms with RCX
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lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.tele, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc
Date: 
Wed, 26 Apr 2000 18:51:52 GMT
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mattdm@(stopspammers)mattdm.org
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Kekoa Proudfoot <kekoa@pixel.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
The biggest issue you might run into is the fact that the IR tower used by
the PC times out if it doesn't transmit anything for a few seconds.  Unless
you have constant back-and-forth communication, either the PC will have to
initiate most of the communication or the PC will have to occasionally send
junk to keep the IR tower active.

Dave had mentioned making a listen mode w/ keep-alive in a future version of
nqc. But I don't think he's gotten around to that yet.

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  Re: Duplex Comms with RCX
 
(...) Not that there's any pressure or anything. :) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.tele, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)

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  Re: Duplex Comms with RCX
 
(...) Yes. Note that it is only half-duplex. You probably expected that. (...) The biggest issue you might run into is the fact that the IR tower used by the PC times out if it doesn't transmit anything for a few seconds. Unless you have constant (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.tele, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)

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