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I had approached pbForth two or three times in the past, always failing to manage what I thought was a steep learning curve. The truth is I probably was too lazy to put the necessary attention into it, or I was in a hurry to program my robots to (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Firmware loading failure
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I am able to download using native NQC - so NQC CC was the problem. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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I have a repeating failure trying to download the firmware. I'm using RCX Command Center and pbforth 121. It fails in exactly the same spot - record 1638 - each and every time, with two different RCX units. The batteries are new and I can reload the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Disclaimer: I didn't try ANYTHING of this... According to Kekoa's Internals, the ROM routine 0x3250 (0x3266) with parameter 0x1770 sets the IR range to long (short). So you need to do something like: push 0x1770 jsr 0x3250 pop ; Stack should (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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I've discovered the RCX is in long range mode UNTIL I send it a POWER_INIT pbForth command. Pity... what's the way around this, anyone ? (24 years ago, 27-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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When I muck about with Exploration Mars software, the RCX doesn't go out of range until it's out of the room. With pbForth, the RCX receives the commands over just as far a range, but can only send its "ok" feedback when it is quite close to the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: rcxtcl.zip & other mindstorm sets for RCX / pbForth
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(...) Roland, I have discussed other sets to augment the RCX in the past. My favorite (if you can get one) is the CodePilot set. Other than that, get at least one UltimateAccessory kit, for the rotation sensor and remote control. I don't have vision (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hoorah, thx alot yes it does work now...though I had patched my old one using the pkunzip repair facility. Is Vision command any use with pbForth... I mean any point of getting it ? If not what are good sets to buy to augment RIS 1.5 using pbForth ? (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hi All, After some effort, I was able to track down the problem. It seems that in the move to a new server that does case-insensitive URLs for my site, I forgot to point my ftp program at the new server and my ISP kept my old server running. The net (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Enjoying pbForth - can I use my palm 3 ?
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pbForth is going great now. It's made this toy just what I had hoped for ! Anyways, I was thinking if I could use my IR port from my PALM3. Or, would the serial port work if plugged ( arrgh...its too wide ) into the IR lego tower & use a terminal (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Thanks for the flood of email indicating that RCXTCL is broken! My own stupidity kept reloading the cached version, and it was, of course, OK. Once I reloaded Windows on my machine, the problem was obvious. Anyways, the new RCXTCL.ZIP can be loaded (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Stumped - can't get started with pbforth
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(...) I've set baud to 2400... after reading other messages in this group...where on Earth did it ever mention that ? Hyperterminal works fine now. (24 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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I have the firmware on the brick, as it displays "4th". Trouble is...what do I do next...what settings to use in Hyperterm / crt and to the post itself ? Like baud / error correction / tty terminal ? / echo... I get garbage all the time from the (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hi, Just wondering if pbForth supports the RCX remote? If not, any plans to do this? Thanks, ROSCO (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Good idea. I saw I didn't paste the definition of RESET_BUTTONS into the message. Inside the interrupt handler, the Program key hides the Run key. So Program+Run=4 and Program+View+Run=6. If I read the docs correctly this is not the normal (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Ersnt, Thanks for this tip. I was contemplating using some kind of interrupting switch to the batteries, this is much better. I might make it accept a parameter which is a mask of the keys to press for the reset function. I'll integrate this (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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Hi all, as I am one of those people who cannot remember the order of the arguments to DUMP, I wrote a simple interrupt handler to use RUN as a reset key (like ctrl-alt-del on a PC). Comments are welcome here, or by email. Ernst Include the following (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Ahhhh, the lure of numbers :-) (...) Agreed. I know about a half dozen kids that have these sets, and most of them would rather watch TV! Don't forget that a lot of these kits are in schools. They are dumped on teachers that have little or no (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RCX, Servos ,and Pneumatics
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Hi All, I've just updated my site with new information on controlling standard RC servos with the RCX. Besides the dead-simple schematic that uses Radio-Shack parts, you can even control pneumatic switches! There are a few pictures that show a (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | pbForth 1.2.1 is Released
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This is an announcement that version 1.2.1 of pbForth has been released. New features include: * Improved operation of POWER_OFF * BYE now kills the firmware * Added SERVO manipulation words to the RCX extensions * Integrate Ernst de Ridder's PBX (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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