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Re: legOS
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lugnet.robotics.scout
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Thu, 15 Feb 2001 11:51:45 GMT
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> Most of the programs out there are for the RCX, not the Scout. Where
> possible, the APIs are the same between the two, but there are a lot of
> unavoidable problems. For example, the RCX has configurable sensor
> ports, so the program must make calls to tell the RCX what sort of
> sensor is attached to the port. The Scout has fixed ports (1 and 2 are
> for touch sensors, 3 is the built-in light sensor), so configuration
> calls do not exist.
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> Assuming that the program does not make use of resources that simply
> don't exist on the scout (third motor, rotation sensor, multiple light
> sensors, datalog, etc), then porting the RCX program to the Scout
> shouldn't be too difficult.
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> Dave
How would you use the built in light sensor like this?
"SetSensor(SENSOR_3,SENSOR_LIGHT);" or somting like that?
Oh and can you use the temprature sensor on the scout?
Alex
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| (...) SetSensor() doesn't work at all on the Scout. By definition, SENSOR_3 is the light sensor and configured in a somewhat unusual mode (it reads 0, 1, or 2). Its been a long time since I've worked on the Scout. I think you set the light (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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| | Re: legOS
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| (...) Most of the programs out there are for the RCX, not the Scout. Where possible, the APIs are the same between the two, but there are a lot of unavoidable problems. For example, the RCX has configurable sensor ports, so the program must make (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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