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Re: NQC & Rotation Sensor
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc
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Tue, 26 Sep 2000 07:08:08 GMT
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Dave Baum wrote:
> In article <39CEBCC3.74DFFF0C@akasa.bc.ca>, Dean Husby
> <nntp@akasa.bc.ca> wrote:
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> > I have this program that monitors the location of a camera mount in a
> > 360 degree turn. (0 and 16 are 0, 8 is 180 etc) However whenever I use
> > SetSensor(SENSOR_2, SENSOR_ROTATION);
> > it blanks the current sensor value when the program is restarted. This
> > is a HUGE pain as it takes time to reset the mount to 0 if the RCX
> > powers down.
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> The reset is a consequence of one of the bytecodes used to configure the
> sensor. I don't see a way to work around it.
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> > I tried to use the other way but so far I can't get it to work.
> > SetSensorType(SENSOR_2, SENSOR_ROTATION);
> > SetSensorMode(SENSOR_2, SENSOR_MODE_ROTATION);
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> This will have the same problem - in fact the generated code is probably
> identical (except for perhaps order) to just calling SetSensor().
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> Sorry I can't help with this one.
Dave,
Thanks for the reply, I had a bad feeling it would be this way. If that
wasn't bad enough it keeps losing 2 points when stepped from 0 to 16 and
back again... Most annoying. I'm going to move to a touch sensor bump
mode... This way my Scout and it's limited resources can be the slave...
Dean
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| (...) Do you have the sensor at a place where one rotation of the sensor = 360 degrees of whatever you're turning? I'd suggest putting it somewhere where it rotates a lot more times than the actual turntable. (You need a touch sensor for 0 this way, (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| (...) The reset is a consequence of one of the bytecodes used to configure the sensor. I don't see a way to work around it. (...) This will have the same problem - in fact the generated code is probably identical (except for perhaps order) to just (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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