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Re: Spybot studies: photoelectric eye
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lugnet.robotics.spybotics
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Thu, 6 Nov 2003 21:19:32 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.spybotics, Joseph Woolley wrote:
> 1st) something happened to the comm port that the spybot cable is
> connected; I couldn't send or receive (or detect) the spybot.
> 2nd) Using the autodetect feature, it detected the spybot through the
> USB tower (that happened to be face down on the table a couple feet away!)
> 3rd) I was able to download programs to the spybot through the USB tower.
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> Is this what you are referring to (program -> USB Tower -> spybot)? It
> seemed to work just fine for me.
I'm nearly certain that you can't (currently) download programs to a Spybot via
the USB tower. The MindScript compiler (LCC32) complains that it can't open the
serial port (and unless LEGO releases an update to their vpbrick.dll COM object
it is unlikely that you will ever be able to download a MindScript program using
the USB tower). The NQC compiler (2.5r2) complains saying that the USB tower
isn't supported for the Spybotic target. Unfortunately, BricxCC doesn't display
any error message in this situation.
So, while a lot of stuff in BricxCC does work just fine with the USB tower and a
Spybot, the program download stuff doesn't.
John Hansen
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 | | Re: Spybot studies: photoelectric eye
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| (...) Of course you are correct! I repeated the process (unplugging the cable to simulate the failure of the comm port) and found that it detected the spybot through the USB Tower; then when I attempted to download the program, it activated the USB (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Re: Spybot studies: photoelectric eye
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| John Hansen wrote: [snip] (...) [snip] John, While working with BricxCC on a spybot project (still not done) I encountered an odd situation. 1st) something happened to the comm port that the spybot cable is connected; I couldn't send or receive (or (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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