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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, Jetro de Chateau wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, Mark Friedman wrote:
> > Does anyone have any experience using Robolab with a Spybotics kit? I just got
> > a couple of old Spybotics kits for my son this past Christmas and would love to
> > program them with him using Robolab. I have lots of programming experience,
> > although I am new to Robolab, Spybotics and robotics in general. Any tips or
> > links to useful information would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > -Mark
>
> I don't know if RoboLab will work with Spybotics, but if you have prior
> programming experience NQC may be a better option. It works great with
> Spybotics.
>
> Jetro
No language war intended, but for now I'd rather use Robolab.
That said, if I change my mind I'd appreciate some tips on using MacNQC with
Spybotics. Most of the stuff that I've seen on the web talks about using the
regular RCX stuff. One of my biggest questions is whether I need to download
firmware from the SDK to the Spybotics controller. All the stuff I see talks
about getting the firmware from the Mindstroms SDK for the Mac but the Lego
Mindstorms web pages for that SDK are long gone. I've downloded stuff from the
program that comes with Spybotics. Is that sufficient?
Thanks in advance.
-Mark
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, Mark Friedman wrote:
> No language war intended, but for now I'd rather use Robolab.
I don't know for certain but I would be a bit surprised if Robolab works with
the Spybot bricks. There would have to have been a new release with
modifications specifically made to support the Spybot. Searching these
newsgroups suggests that support for the Spybot was never added to Robolab.
http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=23159
NQC, on the other hand, includes full support for programming the Spybot and API
functions designed specifically to take advantage of all the capabilities
specific to the Spybot brick.
> That said, if I change my mind I'd appreciate some tips on using MacNQC with
> Spybotics.
I'm not sure if MacNQC was updated with all the Spybot support but I think it
was. The BricxCC help files or the latest NQC Guide PDF file are probably your
best bet for learning what API functions can be used with the Spybot and how to
control its motors and sensors. BricxCC includes several small programs for the
Spybot written in NQC. BricxCC also supports programming the Spybot in LASM and
MindScript if you want to try something other than NQC.
> One of my biggest questions is whether I need to download
> firmware from the SDK to the Spybotics controller.
The Spybot firmware is onboard the brick permanently and it cannot be replaced.
There is no need (or ability) to download a firmware to the Spybot bricks.
John Hansen
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