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Re: communication brick <-> PC
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc
Date: 
Sun, 4 Jun 2000 15:14:02 GMT
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[mattdm@mattdm]Spamcake[.org]
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Thomas Driehorn <driehorn@tfh-berlin.de> wrote:
Is it right that the brick can't talk to the PC by using the NQC - Message
Instruction ? I made the brick send messages continiously but I don't get any
output from the IR tower towards my PC. I have a faint idea that the message
function is only for talking between two bricks by means of using a different
protocol to the one usually used.

It can be used, but the problem is that the tower shuts off fairly quickly
if it doesn't hear anything from the computer. So the listening program
would need to be sending keep-alive messages periodically.

I think that Dave will put something like this in a future version of NQC,
but it probably won't be until after the compiler is separated from the
communications part. (The interface is getting too cluttered.)



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  Re: communication brick <-> PC
 
(...) My current thoughts are to add "listen" support to rcxlib/RCX_Link, but not add anything else to the nqc tool itself. This would facilitate writing a small wrapper program around rcxlib/RCX_Link that could send/receive messages without (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)

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  communication brick <-> PC
 
Hi there ! I've got a question concerning ir communication with the brick ... After having done some low-level debugging to make a self-written programm communicate with my brick using the IR tower, I'd like to make my programm control the brick. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)

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