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(...) Hi Jerry, Event Handling can be a long chapter to talk about. I am sure you will find a more well-explained chapter in some OS or just language book such as C++, or even in Java. Briefly speaking, event is a piece of real time information, (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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I am trying to compare the light value of two sensors, namely s1, & s2 . I don't want to go through the long route which is to save the light values from different sensors to different container, then, compare them. How about using "formula (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | RE: questions on events
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(...) Hmm..., notice that the start monitoring icon allows to watch for multiple events within the same task. If each task can only monitor a single event, that feature being there does not quite make sense. (...) This is why I suspect the "event" (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Yes, Tom. This is exactly what I was trying to do... To trigger an event when it becomes 3. Great! Thank you very much! Cool! (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) The condition of being equal to 3 is not an event. However, the action of transitioning to 3 is. I'd use the "set up normal event" command followed by the "define event" command. Set the upper threshold to 4, the lower to 2, and the duration (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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(...) See previous post for the "I-don't-actually-do-Robolab" disclaimer, but, since Robolab & NQC both work on the same firmware... You can monitor multiple events, but only in *different* tasks. In other words, (to my knowledge) you can not "nest" (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) I fear I became very frustrated with Robolab, so can't help you *specificly* with that enviroment, but... at a firmware level, events can "watch" several different sources: sensors, timers, three simple counters... however, they can not be (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) Elizabeth, you are a few steps ahead of me in working with 'Events'. Could you explain, in plain English, what exactly an 'Event' is? ...it's not a 'State' because it can be a constant or a variable. Yet you can have an 'Event Fork' which is (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Hi I'd like to set up an event to watch for a containers value = 3. I am trying to use the "Define Event" icon, but has no luck yet. Just wonder if there is anyone out there has suggestion. The official doc does not explain much different from what (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Are events stackable? Or it works more like "signal()", e.g. in C? e.g. I have 2 different light sensor events set to watch for value higher than 42, yellow & blue. Let say both sensors read 45 at the same time, RCX returns only one event being (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Jerry, It better NOT!!! No one would "sell" beta version for $$$. :-) -- E (...) (21 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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(...) Thanks Elizabeth. Another possibility: In 2.5.4B, could it be 'B' for beta? Jerry (21 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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Jerry, I purchased the "B" from the lego site, www.legoeducation.com . I was asking for the difference between the 2.5.4 & 2.5.4B as well, but have not received response yet. Anyone? -- E (...) (21 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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Elizabeth Mabrey, in her last post, referenced ROBOLAB 2.5.4B. I have just procured a copy from my Spectrum (distributor in Canada) but it is 2.5.4 (without the 'B'). Do I not have an up-to-date copy? ...or, is there a download for 'B' somewhere? (...) (21 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | follow up: possible bug in the investigator of Robolab2.5.4B
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I thought I should do a follow-up regarding a posting I sent out earlier regarding problem in investigator /Robolab2.5.4B. A gentleman, Bernard Catt ,verified a bug for me: If you use the Blue or Yellow data sets, the following will happen: (...) (...) (21 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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Sorry, I think I need to clarify further... - This is in the "Investigator" section, NOT the regular program area. - after I click on the big "upload" arrow, I changed the dataset name to, e.g., "ds1", but there is no graph. - I click on the "upload (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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I wonder if there is anyone has a chance playing with the investigator with the 2.5.4/B. It seems to be a bug: Symptom: 1) after doing the programming in level 4, do to the upload data window by clicking the "upload area" icon 2) click the big white (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Robolab/RCX program code size and limits.
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(...) I know that the Bricx Command Center (available at (URL) contains an entry under the "Tools" menu called "Memory Map" that lists, among other things, how much free memory there is. I imagine that you could use this to compare the size of (...) (21 years ago, 16-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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Does anyone have any experience with this text? (URL) seems like a good text for the basics on up (and the "teaser" looks good), but I'd like to have some first-person accounts. (21 years ago, 7-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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Hi, I'm using Robolab 2.5.3 and RCS firmware revision 03.01 03.28. I have a couple of questions: - I want to demonstrate the difference in code size between a program written using subroutines versus a program written using subVi's. How do I (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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