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Re: Just some really basic questions...
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Mon, 29 Jan 2001 07:19:53 GMT
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Krusty wrote:

Okay, I'm really new to the whole NQC thing and have visited Amazon and
ordered a couple books, but I've got some rather high level, I guess for
lack of a better term, questions...

I can store up to three program in my RCX.

5. You get five slots.

Correct? What's the best way to
maximize modularity in programming to get the most use out of the 3 spaces?
Can you say, tell the program in slot 1 to run the program in slot 3 and
when done, return back to 1?

Yes, with Version 2 of the firmware.

Can you also write functions in Programs using
NQC that can further this ability? Say for instance you wanted to make
program 3 something like, 'responses' where if something was encountered in
program 1 (slot 1) it could pass that off to another program (in say, slot
3) just for responding to stuff? Passing variables to the other program and
the like? I hope I'm using the right nomenclature here, I'm calling 'slots'
the 3 places I store programs on the RCX, correct? There are, iirc, 3 of
them...

From what I understand you get 6k of program space, you can use it all in a
program or spread it around 2 to 5. Your choice.


I'm merely asking because I'm way unfamiliar with this and I'm *just*
starting to get into it. I'm gonna go grab all the requisite documentation,
but I just wondered a couple things before I get started...

Can one RCX activate a program (and specify it as well?) on ANOTHER RCX
brick sitting near enough to use the IR link? How fast is the connection
between them? Can you, for instance create a pack on your shoulder that
connected to an exoskeleton connected to your own arm and transfer movement
to a similar arm on a table nearby and do it almost real-time?


Sort of. Computer to RCX control is quite fast for direct control. RCX to RCX
is a little more complicated. Codes (1 to 255) are easy but more then that is
harder.

Dean
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Okay, cool, so I get 5 slots (my bad...I knew that too...I don't know *why* I kept saying 3) and the TOTAL space I can use is 6k? Does that include the datalog feature? Can you pass variables into other programs? How do you use these 'Codes (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)

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  Just some really basic questions...
 
Okay, I'm really new to the whole NQC thing and have visited Amazon and ordered a couple books, but I've got some rather high level, I guess for lack of a better term, questions... I can store up to three program in my RCX. Correct? What's the best (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)

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