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RE: Apparent 'time-out'
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth
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Date:
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Thu, 9 May 2002 18:27:53 GMT
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<rhempel@bmts.=nomorespam=com>
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> The GUI version is 2.1.0.
> The pbForth version (COLD) is 2.1.2.
> I am using the USB tower with RIS 2.0.
Thanks...
> Once the RCX stops responding, if I pull out a battery and re-upload the
> firmware, the RCX will respond again to the same GUI session. In other words,
> it doesn't appear to be the GUI that is experiencing the problem. It will
> continue to send messages after the RCX has been rebooted.
> It seems that it may be due to handling communication errors that the problem
> comes up. I can recreate the problem exactly every time by pointing a
> flashlight at the RCX. The first time the problem happened was in the late
> afternoon when I was sitting next to a bright window. Once the communications
> are interrupted, the RCX will not respond again. There should be a way to
> handle this type of error and regain the ability to communicate.
When the RCX is sitting idle, the pbForth interpreter is spinning and looking
for characters from the IR. I doubt that sunlight (or flashlight) would
be interpreted as valid chars, and the error handling should just discard the
char anyways
The GUI might well be the culprit. What happens if you shut down the
GUI and restart it? Does pbForth respond then.
Also, when you point the flashlight at the RCX, is is just sitting
after uploading firmware, or have you added any words to the dictionary?
Cheers, Ralph
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| Shutting down the GUI and starting it back up has no effect, pbForth continues to respond correctly. Adding words to the dictionary doesn't seem to make any difference either. Whether having just uploaded the firmware or having the RCX active for (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Apparent 'time-out'
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| The GUI version is 2.1.0. The pbForth version (COLD) is 2.1.2. I am using the USB tower with RIS 2.0. Once the RCX stops responding, if I pull out a battery and re-upload the firmware, the RCX will respond again to the same GUI session. In other (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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