RCX not listening to IR remote

[Chris 'Xenon' Hanson-3]

  I just dug all my old Mindstorms RCX gear out of the closet because my 4-year old son is
now ready to play with gears and motors and stuff. Programming is a bit off yet, but he
loves the technics parts.

  I was trying to get the RCX to work with the IR remote (#9738) that I have. As I recall,
the A,B,C buttons on the remote can be used to manually drive the outputs and you can
launch programs and send events.

  The remote has good batteries and seems to be putting out IR signals (I can see the IR
LED lighting through my camcorder). The RCX seems to work (the program currently in slot
#1 runs output A continuously). But, the RCX doesn't seem to pay any attention to the remote.

  This isn't my original RCX, rather it's a 1.0 model I bought off eBay because mine seems
to have died while being stored in the closet.

  I'm pointing the IR remote at the IR window on the RCX. Can anyone think of anything I'm
missing to get the RCX to listen to the remote?

  Also, anyone want to buy a presumably injured RCX for a few bucks?

--
Chris 'Xenon' Hanson, omo sanza lettere                  Xenon AlphaPixel.com
PixelSense Landsat processing now available! http://www.alphapixel.com/demos/
"There is no Truth. There is only Perception. To Perceive is to Exist." - Xen

[Steve Hassenplug]

Chris,

I don't think the RCX will "listen" to the remote, unless you've
loaded the firmware.  The firmware will need replaced, if the
batteries have been removed (or have died).

On the RCX, it will show the program number (1-5), and it will also
show three other digits, IF the firmware is loaded.  If only one digit
shows, the firmware is not loaded.

The firmware would be on the original software CD.  If you don't have
that, it may be on the NQC web site, or possibly the RobotC web site.

Hope that helps.
Steve

On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Chris 'Xenon' Hanson
<lego-robotics@...> wrote:

>
>  I just dug all my old Mindstorms RCX gear out of the closet because my 4-year
> old son is
> now ready to play with gears and motors and stuff. Programming is a bit off
> yet, but he
> loves the technics parts.
>
>  I was trying to get the RCX to work with the IR remote (#9738) that I have.
> As I recall,
> the A,B,C buttons on the remote can be used to manually drive the outputs and
> you can
> launch programs and send events.
>
>  The remote has good batteries and seems to be putting out IR signals (I can
> see the IR
> LED lighting through my camcorder). The RCX seems to work (the program
> currently in slot
> #1 runs output A continuously). But, the RCX doesn't seem to pay any attention
> to the remote.
>
>  This isn't my original RCX, rather it's a 1.0 model I bought off eBay because
> mine seems
> to have died while being stored in the closet.
>
>  I'm pointing the IR remote at the IR window on the RCX. Can anyone think of
> anything I'm
> missing to get the RCX to listen to the remote?
>
>  Also, anyone want to buy a presumably injured RCX for a few bucks?
>
> --
> Chris 'Xenon' Hanson, omo sanza lettere                  Xenon AlphaPixel.com
> PixelSense Landsat processing now available! http://www.alphapixel.com/demos/
> "There is no Truth. There is only Perception. To Perceive is to Exist." - Xen

[J Bickhard]

Firstly, do you have the firmware on the RCX in question? If the
screen shows 00.00.00 then you should be good (i think). Turn on the
RCX, and start pressing buttons. Connected motors and lights should
start doing "things" repsonding to the commands from the IR remote. If
NOTHING happens at all, then the ir LED must be bad on the RCX. Can
you program it sucessfully with Robolab or similar?

Jake (dats me)




On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Steve Hassenplug
<steve@...> wrote:

>
> Chris,
>
> I don't think the RCX will "listen" to the remote, unless you've
> loaded the firmware.  The firmware will need replaced, if the
> batteries have been removed (or have died).
>
> On the RCX, it will show the program number (1-5), and it will also
> show three other digits, IF the firmware is loaded.  If only one digit
> shows, the firmware is not loaded.
>
> The firmware would be on the original software CD.  If you don't have
> that, it may be on the NQC web site, or possibly the RobotC web site.
>
> Hope that helps.
> Steve
>
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Chris 'Xenon' Hanson
> <lego-robotics@...> wrote:
>>
>>  I just dug all my old Mindstorms RCX gear out of the closet because my 4-year
>> old son is
>> now ready to play with gears and motors and stuff. Programming is a bit off
>> yet, but he
>> loves the technics parts.
>>
>>  I was trying to get the RCX to work with the IR remote (#9738) that I have.
>> As I recall,
>> the A,B,C buttons on the remote can be used to manually drive the outputs and
>> you can
>> launch programs and send events.
>>
>>  The remote has good batteries and seems to be putting out IR signals (I can
>> see the IR
>> LED lighting through my camcorder). The RCX seems to work (the program
>> currently in slot
>> #1 runs output A continuously). But, the RCX doesn't seem to pay any attention
>> to the remote.
>>
>>  This isn't my original RCX, rather it's a 1.0 model I bought off eBay because
>> mine seems
>> to have died while being stored in the closet.
>>
>>  I'm pointing the IR remote at the IR window on the RCX. Can anyone think of
>> anything I'm
>> missing to get the RCX to listen to the remote?
>>
>>  Also, anyone want to buy a presumably injured RCX for a few bucks?
>>
>> --
>> Chris 'Xenon' Hanson, omo sanza lettere                  Xenon AlphaPixel.com
>> PixelSense Landsat processing now available! http://www.alphapixel.com/demos/
>> "There is no Truth. There is only Perception. To Perceive is to Exist." - Xen
>

[Jetro de Chateau]

In lugnet.robotics, Chris 'Xenon' Hanson <xenon@...> wrote:
>   I was trying to get the RCX to work with the IR remote (#9738) that I have.
>
>   I'm pointing the IR remote at the IR window on the RCX. Can anyone think of anything I'm
> missing to get the RCX to listen to the remote?

I'm not at all that certain the RCX can actually listen to the remote. If I
recall correctly, Bob Kojima got the RCX to work as a remote control for the PF
IR-Receiver, but to do so he used BrickOS and it would only work with an RCX 1.0
I don't recall hearing/reading of anyone who managed to make the RCX respond to
the IR Remote.

I can't find the info on their website now, but if seem to remember the first
IR-Link sensor mindsensors produced for the NXT could communicate with PF
elements, but not with the RCX.

Before you start worrying something may be wrong with your RCX, we should get
someone to confirm this can actually be done,

Jetro

[Matija Puzar]

On 2009-10-26, Jetro de Chateau <linmix@...> wrote:
>  In lugnet.robotics, Chris 'Xenon' Hanson <xenon@...> wrote:
> >   I was trying to get the RCX to work with the IR remote (#9738) that I have.
>
>  Before you start worrying something may be wrong with your RCX, we should get
>  someone to confirm this can actually be done,

They are talking about the old IR remote (#9738), not the PF one.
So, it should work like a charm.


Cheers,
Matija

[Jetro de Chateau]

In lugnet.robotics, Matija Puzar wrote:

> On 2009-10-26, Jetro de Chateau <linmix@...> wrote:
>> In lugnet.robotics, Chris 'Xenon' Hanson <xenon@...> wrote:
>>> I was trying to get the RCX to work with the IR remote (#9738) that I have.
>>
>> Before you start worrying something may be wrong with your RCX, we should get
>> someone to confirm this can actually be done,
>
> They are talking about the old IR remote (#9738), not the PF one.
> So, it should work like a charm.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Matija

Oops, my bad.

Jetro