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(...) Ralph, I retried it with a Delphi-program that I wrote some time ago. This opens "\\.\LEGOTOWER1" without any problem: ... const DEFAULT_PORT_NAME = '\\.\LEGOTOWER1'; ... function USB_Open():Longint;stdcall; var hFh:Longint; begin (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Claude, I've written a little C program that tries to open "\\.\LEGOTOWER1" and on otherwise identical computers (except one is running Win98SE and the othre runs Win2K) only the Win2K machine can open the file. Of course, the LEGO tools work (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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(...) Right with \\.\...., but at least with Win98SE the port is correctly found. Great to here you Ralph. (22 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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All, I've been messing with the tower API and have discovered what I think is an error in the docs... Fisrt off, the API help file tells us to open "\.\LEGOTOWERx" In fact, the file name must look like this: "\\.\LEGOTOWERx" Even worse, the filename (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: Problem with rcxTcl.exe and the USB IR tower
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(...) I fanlly got a spare machine with a fresh Win98 install, and then I installed the LEGO tower driver. Sure enough, rcxTcl.exe does not find the USB tower.... So I have some investigating to do. Ralph (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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