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Barney Hilken
Robot Controller is an application for controlling and testing Lego Mindstorms robots using the RCX with firmware version 2, on Mac OS X version 10.1 or later. It is the ideal companion to Dave Baum's NQC.
Robot Controller allows you to:
Robot Controller allows you to:
- Download firmware to the RCX;
- Control the three motor outputs;
- Set up the three sensor inputs and monitor their values;
- Download programs to the five program slots and run them;
- Set up the datalog and save it on your disk in readable form;
- Send and receive messages to and from your robot;
- Examine the use of the RCX
What's New
Version 1.7b3: Fixed datalog dragging bugs. Added preference for datalog filename.
Requirements
PPC, Mac OS X 10.1 or later.
PPC, Mac OS X 10.1 or later.
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| Downloads:6,304 |
| Version Downloads:2,532 |
| Type:Games : Gaming Tools & Utilities |
| License:Free |
| Date:29 Sep 2003 |
| Platform:PPC |
| Price:Free |
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Robot Controller is an application for controlling and testing Lego Mindstorms robots using the RCX with firmware version 2, on Mac OS X version 10.1 or later. It is the ideal companion to Dave Baum's NQC.
Robot Controller allows you to:
Robot controller only works on Mac OS X version 10.1 or later. It works both with the USB IR tower and with the serial IR tower (provided you have a serial port with a driver). Programs for download must be in .rcx format, as produced by nqc; firmware for download must be in .lgo format, as included in the Lego 2.0 beta SDK.
Known problems:
Robot Controller allows you to:
- Download firmware to the RCX;
- Control the three motor outputs;
- Set up the three sensor inputs and monitor their values;
- Download programs to the five program slots and run them;
- Set up the datalog and save it on your disk in readable form;
- Send and receive messages to and from your robot;
- Examine the use of the RCX memory;
- Read and change the values of the RCX variables;
- Control the RCX with AppleScript.
Robot controller only works on Mac OS X version 10.1 or later. It works both with the USB IR tower and with the serial IR tower (provided you have a serial port with a driver). Programs for download must be in .rcx format, as produced by nqc; firmware for download must be in .lgo format, as included in the Lego 2.0 beta SDK.
Known problems:
- There seems to be a problem using one of the two USB channels on my G4. If your USB tower shows up in the preferences, but then doesn't work, try it in the other channel. I think this is a bug in IOKit, and I have reported it to Apple.
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