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Re: IR-Tower and PowerBook-G3 ?
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc
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Wed, 11 Aug 1999 00:11:32 GMT
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In article <37B07E28.D47E70EA@gate.net>, rsanders@gate.net wrote:
> Has anyone else had problems using the IR-Tower with a PowerBook-G3
> (WallStreet '98)?
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> I tried for two days and only got 'Problem talking to IR device' messages.
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> Tried different cables, cont-checked both cables. Finally went and tried
> it on the GFs Performa 6400 and *boom*, it worked on the first shot. Is
> there something funky about the serial-port levels on the PB-G3 ? Is the
> IR-Tower really picky about these levels ?
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> Ray Sanders
> rsanders@gate.net
I use the IR tower with a Wallstreet regularly (NQC was developed on my
PowerBook), and I haven't had any problems.
Did you make sure that AppleTalk is either set for Ethernet or turned off
completely? You also may want to disable other software that tries to
take over the serial port (Palm HotSync, FAX software, etc.) Usually
these programs are good about letting go of the serial port, but you can
never tell.
Dave Baum
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reply to: dbaum at enteract dot com
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| (...) Yes, AT is set to ethernet. (...) OK, I'll try that also. BTW, I now have nqc running on my *old* SE/30 (8MB) with a version of MPW I found on ETO-20. Everything seems to work fine. Downloads firmware as well as test.nqc Still mystified by the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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