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| With NQC, I can download programs just fine to my RCX from my iMac using the USB IR Tower. When I try to download programs to my Scout however, it fails, acting like the Scout isn't even there. I can send messages and remote commands to the Scout (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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| Make sure that you tell nqc (or MacNQC) that you are using a Scout. You can do this by adding -Tscout to the command line (NQC) or selecting the appropriate target in the preferences dialog for MacNQC. The USB tower and Scout seem to be very (...) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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| I must have run into this problem before (and forgot about it). I was looking through the NQC source code for using the USB tower and noticed that the Mac OS X version of NQC supports an options -Susb:short which will use the USB tower in short (...) (22 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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| Thanks for the tips. The first time i use the :short option, it worked perfectly, but it hasn't worked again. I must have hit on the exact right distance/position by dumb luck. Oh well. I'll keep trying and post my findings. (...) (22 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
| | | | | Re: Scout and USB Tower
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| I can get it to work if i hold the blue side of the scout aimed at the tower at about 30 centimeters, with the tower set to short mode. That seems to be the only way to do it, any different and no go. (22 years ago, 15-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics.scout)
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