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Re: MacNQC 4.05b, RCX 1.0 and OS X 10.4.6 can't program the brick
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc
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Date:
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Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:37:46 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, Dennis Clark wrote:
> Hello with a query from the past...
Funny I'm tripping over this just today...
> I used MacNQC for ages on other computers but I find now that I can't
> write a program out to an RCX 1.0 brick using MacNQC 3.04 or 4.05b. I
> can send the firmware with no problem but when I try to download a
> program I get a "communications error" type of message every time. This
The most weird thing happened to me today on my iMac - I've only dug out the old
Mindstorms stuff last weekend and went through reviving cybermaster and
Spybotics - and guess what, the RCX and IR Tower failed me as well. I have
finally managed to download a simple program again after reloading the firmware
_twice_ to an old 1.0 RCX (it's the 2.0 firmware, though).
Comms seem to work now, but for sake of completeness I have just loaded a second
RCX.
Strikingly, both seemed to require a reload of the firmware first but still want
to be talked to as an RCX rather than RCX 2.
> is with either the USB tower or a regular serial tower through a
> USB/serial dongle. I'm using a 1.33GHz G4 running Tiger 10.4.6. Has
> anyone else seen this and know what critical step that I'm missing?
Can't say really - one major problem with MacNQC seems to be that it is still a
Rosetta application - a UB build would be nice to come by but apparently not
much is happening about MacNQC anymore.
I've tried two USB towers and a serial w/ dongle now (it _had_ to work as
Spybotics and cybermaster talk just fine) - before firmware refresh -> no use.
After firmware refresh -> all fine.
I'll have an eye on it, the kids are keeping me busy to program their models
(I'll have to show them the ways anytime soon).
Regards,
Jerry
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