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(...) Steve, I think your right. A quick look into the ROM documentation shows "Sub Index 83 (p.139) TurnAway_Bead - Tries to turn the Spybot away from the target. If there is no target, or if the target is in the Anywahere zone, the bead exits (...) (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) I can't find it right now, but I thought I read somewhere that if the direction is "anywhere", it will not have a direction. I believe that's consistant with what you're seeing. Steve (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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Sorry, I forgot to mention I am using nqc 3.1r4 Allen (...) (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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John, perhaps you can help me with the directional capabilities. I have attached a copy of my code below. I am reading the direction to another spybot/beacon and putting it through a simple least squares adjustment. I find over short distance (HERE (...) (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) I have found a copy of the MindScript code for the default program (sort of) and I have ported it to NQC. Here's the default program in MindScript: program SpybotDefaultProgram { main { start 0 } } And here is its NQC equivalent: #pragma (...) (19 years ago, 13-Oct-05, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) There was a bug in the code generated by NQC for the find opcode prior to version 3.1r2. If you are using a version of NQC older than 3.1r2 then that *might* explain why Brian's beacon.nqc program fails to work sometimes. I will try to find a (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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Hi Daniel, I can't really help you all that much, but some thoughts on my own experiments regarding the use of direction/range with the Spybot. I have found the direction readings to be very poor when the object is in zones there or anywhere. Once (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) Nobody who can help us out on this one?? I'm looking for the NQC comando's that can control (readout) the sensor on the rear of the spybot.. This can be used as told above to determen if the beacon is in front of the spybot.. Or behind the (...) (19 years ago, 1-Oct-05, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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Hi, (...) Sorry, I don't have an RCX so can't really help you there. The NQC Guide is pretty good. The best way to find out is to try lots of combinations. (...) Here are a couple of programs where two Spybots send messages to each other. Another (...) (19 years ago, 26-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) Well We are trying to get Spybotics following an IR emitting Ball.. This ball will be emitting the same data as the Controller does on blinking mode.. But somehow the program above (as said before) Will not work propperly and send the spybot (...) (19 years ago, 25-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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Hello everybody, This is my first post, I hope someone can help. I've recently started programming my Spybot with NQC and BricxCC. I would like to know how to send and receive serial data from the RCX to a Sptbot and vice versa. Also, is serial the (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) The Spybot LASM Opcode documentation for this opcode is just plain wrong. It says that the command structure is 6 bytes. The first byte is the opcode 0xd5. The second byte is the variable number. The third byte is the "find source" (relation (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) Nope. NQC is definitely generating bad code. My apologies. I will fix it right away. John Hansen (19 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) The code generated by NQC appears to be correct. I've had reports over the years from lots of people who have had great success with using the world relation table information in the Spybot so I doubt that the firmware is buggy in this respect (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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I'm checking out the function FindWorld() [with BrixC and nqc version 3.1 a1 (built Mar 8 2005, 07:33:11)] and run into problems. The call int t = -1; ClearWorld(); FindWorld(t, SPY_RANGE, REL_GT, RANGE_NOWHERE); seems to work quite well. However if (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) John, I have a few beginner questions for you. I am trying to emulate the infrared protocol on a different microcontroller. I want it to be able to be controlled by a Lego remote and to send/receive messages to Lego devices. What format does (...) (19 years ago, 21-May-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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(...) Hey thanks. Permission bits, eh? Now why didn't I think of that? Oh well, I gave it a shot last night with Full access for everyone (I think), and no luck. I also checked the Spybotics directory in Program Files and discovered a user.ini file (...) (19 years ago, 5-May-05, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I would guess that you need to change the permissions (when logged on as an admin) on the part of the registry that the spybotic software uses to allow all users change permissions. How you find out which bits are needed is a question of (A) (...) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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Hi all, Thank you if you completed the survey about your chosen development environment. Early results are as follows: 48% of respondents use NQC as their main language. NQC scores 1.6 for usefulness, 1.5 for ease of use and 2.1 for enjoyment. (1 is (...) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.codepilot, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.scout, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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Hi, I am very interested (for a variety of reasons) in which programming language people are using to build robots. I wonder if you would fill in a questionnaire about it at: (URL) all about how useful, easy and enjoyable your chosen language is. If (...) (19 years ago, 28-Apr-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.codepilot, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.scout, lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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