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Network Change by Synthiam
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Network Change

Execute scripts on WiFi/network connect or disconnect; monitor adapter, store status in a variable and trigger custom scripts for headless SBC...

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VC8E oscilloscope emulator for PiDP-8 using Synthiam ARC: phosphor fade, configurable refresh, pixel size, intensity, color and Space War! support

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Separate Gripper Control Scripts

Separate Gripper Control Scripts

New gripper control - help needed I still need help controlling each gripper using both its IR sensor and a lever switch to detect when the gripper has...
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Arduino_V11 Symmetric PWM Steering

Arduino_V11 Symmetric PWM Steering

Thank you for the Arduino sketch and the ARC scripts. I'm using the Arduino sketch (Arduino_v10) as the robot controller (acting as the EZB) connected...
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Pivot Stepper Sketch Help

Pivot Stepper Sketch Help

@Athena, I'm using the Arduino Mega sketch below to control four stepper motors via AccelStepper / MultiStepper. The Arduino is connected to an EZB4 over UART (Serial3)....
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Move Both Pistons Simultaneously

Move Both Pistons Simultaneously

In the Movement Panel for the EZ-Robot head, I have a right back piston and a left back piston. These two need to move together at the same time, but in the...
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Gripper Servo JS Conversion

Gripper Servo JS Conversion

, This is a Script Skill question - could you help convert some EZ-Script I used previously into a JavaScript (ARC Script) version? Context: This is for a two-arm...
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Connect By Name With EZ-B V3

Connect By Name With EZ-B V3

I’m dusting off an older rover that still runs an EZ-B v3 over Bluetooth and trying to make my ARC project more "plug and play" across two Windows...
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Distance Sensor Query

Distance Sensor Query

@Athena, Thread theme: Scanning strategy Since IR_TRACKER_v1 and OBS_SCAN_v1 share the same servo and the same IR sensor and make incompatible assumptions about the sensor...
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JD Audio Stutters While Walking

JD Audio Stutters While Walking

Running JD Humanoid over WiFi with ARC on Windows. I’m driving it with a Logitech F310 (in DirectInput/Dmode) using the Joystick (Direct Input) skill, and I...
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Unpausing Full Screen Video Player Via Script

Unpausing Full Screen Video Player Via Script

I’m using an EZ-B v3 over Bluetooth in a small animatronic kiosk. A momentary push button is wired to D0 on the v3, and when it’s...
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Auto Position Jitter With XV11 LIDAR

Auto Position Jitter With XV11 LIDAR

I’ve got an OpenCR 1.0 (USB) acting as my EZB in ARC controlling a small hexapod with Dynamixel servos. ARC connection is on COM5 at 921,600 baud...
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Older ARC Version Availability

Older ARC Version Availability

What happened to the older version of ARC? The new ARC Lite doesn't work for me - I prefer the previous (full) ARC and I don't like the Lite version. Has the...
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Omron HVC-P Vars Not Updating On Shell-E

Omron HVC-P Vars Not Updating On Shell-E

Working on a Shell-e build with an IoTiny over WiFi and trying to use the Omron HVC-P skill to do simple face tracking for a pan/tilt head...