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Re: Palm Pilot & Scout
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lugnet.robotics.scout
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Date:
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Sun, 28 Jan 2001 05:39:20 GMT
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Robert Eddings wrote:
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> > In lugnet.robotics.scout, Greg Ericksen writes:
> > > I heard that it was possible to control the Scout with a palm pilot. How is
> > > this done?
> > > Thank You,
> > > Greg Ericksen
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > well I have a palm Vx, which of course has an internal IR port.
> > I recently bought a Scouot kit, and thought a similar thing.
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> > When I programmed the Scout to reverse when detecting light, and put my palm in
> > front of it, and beamed something, the scout did actually reverse away.
> >
> > Now, I don't knowif this was just because the light sensor picked up the IR
> > "light" or if the IR port thought it was some code being transmitted.
> >
> > can anyone help me out?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Bernard
>
> Greg and Bernard
>
> The Scout and the RCX use a non standard IR communication protocol so
> the Palm cannot communicate directly. Some neat things can be done
> though. There has been a few postings on this subject so I suggest you
> do a search of the Lugnet newsgroup postings using the keyword "Palm"
> for more information. Go to the Lugnet website to do the search.
Or just sign up to the lugnet.robotics.palm newsgroup.
Dean
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| (...) Greg and Bernard The Scout and the RCX use a non standard IR communication protocol so the Palm cannot communicate directly. Some neat things can be done though. There has been a few postings on this subject so I suggest you do a search of (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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