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(...) Looking at the Scout SDK, I think it does support the same sleep time command as the RCX - although perhaps not from within a program. There are two things to try: nqc -sleep 0 or add the following function to your program and call it (with (...) (26 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.scout)
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I've just finished a very cool Camera mount that can be controlled via the web. (Linux, NQC & PHP) I've decided to use my scout because it's so limited. I've noticed one point and can't seem to see away way around this. I'm hoping someone can help. (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.scout)
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| | Re: Scout vs. RCX for Macintosh user
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(...) I will add to Dave's great post above. I own 2 RCX 1.0's, a Scout & a Micro-Scout. The main reason for getting an RCX is that it's upgradeable. The Scout has it's firmware on a ROM and is NOT upgradeable. So it will one day just be a slave to (...) (26 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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| | Re: Scout vs. RCX for Macintosh user
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Assuming it doesn't all wind up in a drawer collecting dust, the RCX is definitely worth the extra money. Plus you get a lot more than just the RCX when you buy RIS 1.5. For one thing you get the IR tower, which is pretty much an essential add-on (...) (26 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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| | Scout vs. RCX for Macintosh user
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Greetings: My name is Dan Snelson. I'm considering purchasing a Mindstorms set with either the Scout or RCX for Christmas. The set is mainly for me, but I'll let my nine-year-old son play with it and my other three boys just watch. I use a Macintosh (...) (26 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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| | Re: Scout programming in RcxCC
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(...) Zhengrong - I tried replying to your e-mail, but it bounced. I'll reply here (since the answer may be of interest to others as well). The issue was that the above code needed a Wait(9) in order for the sound to be heard on the Scout, but the (...) (26 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.scout, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Scout programming in RcxCC
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After follow Dave's suggestion, I am successful to use RcxCC for Scout programming, here is the method. Edit two batch files named rcx.bat and scout.bat in rcxcc directory, the content of files are as follows: set NQC_OPTIONS=-TRCX rcxcc set (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.scout, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Programming for Scout using RCX2.0Beta
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(...) You just have to select "Scout" in the Brick pull-down menu and everything works OK. -- Michael (26 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.scout)
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I am using RCX2.0Beta to test Scout, but it seems Beta doesn't support Scout, although there is some saying in readme.txt file, if you compile the Avoider.scout with Beta version, you will get the error as follows: Error (0xe0050832) from VPBrick (...) (26 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.scout)
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| | Re: About Scout programming
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(...) The Scout only supports passive sensors externally (touch and temperature). The light sensor is supposed to be used as an active sensor (although in some cases you can use it passively and get reasonable results). The Scout does have its own (...) (26 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.scout)
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