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Random Personality Script Not Running

I cant seem to get this script to do anything other than to assign a random number to the $personality variable. When I run the script, it changes the variable and does nothing. I have been watching the variable change and it does hit 1, 2, 10 and 19 but nothing fires from there. Does anyone see anything wrong with the script? I am on version...
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Help With Connecting A Serial Device

Help With Connecting A Serial Device

I'll try to make this quick and to the point. Trying to interface a device that has a rs-232>ttl converter attached to it (the device is like a...
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A Pat On The Back

Hey EZ-Robot. I've not been very active on the forums lately so I just wanted to give a quick thank you for all of the new features added to EZ-Robot recently. From website enhancements (,mobile version is great looking btw) to all of the amazing features added to EZ-Bulider. (Too many to mention but the port assignment and script editor...
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Socket In ARC

Hello everyone, I was wondering how can I write a socket program in ARC for it to communicate with my c# code. Any help will be highly appreciated.
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Connectors, Sockets,Housing

If anyone is looking to make there own connectors you can get some nice crimpers, I use them a lot, that work on just about any pin type. They are 45 dollars, not bad considering that the one designed for a specific pin type will probably run you 250 to 300 dollars. They are at Digikey.com a company that is very nice to deal with. I also included...
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Need A Way To Monitor The Ezb4 Serial Ports

Need A Way To Monitor The Ezb4 Serial Ports

Now that the EZB4 has arrived is there a way we can monitor the three serial ports using the ARC terminal GUI ? Not all at once of...
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Help With Sdk!

Hello friends I want to know how can I use the EZ_SDK in Free Software (Linux), I have a project and I want to migrate to Linux, I hope your help!
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Possible On/Off Camera Script Command?

DJ...First, outstanding job on the camera... I have no idea how you managed what you did and still the camera only draws about a 100mA... Wow!... Anyway.. no biggie (since the camera does not draw much power anyway)... But, would it be possible to have a script command to turn on and off the camera? I mean actually powering off and on to save...
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Few More Ezb4 Power Details

Just an FYI (probably doesn't really warrant a thread of it's own, but)... The EZB4 draws about 80mA idle (connected to the network and ARC, with no peripherals attached)... With the Camera plugged in (again @ idle) it is drawing about 180mA... Cheers
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New V4 Camera

Just got my EZ4s today... After a long Canada (take your sweet time) Post journey... Just started messing with them.... Right off... The camera is absolutely brilliant! What a difference over the V3... Well done DJ and team...
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Ar Drone Does Not Find Object Location

I am trying to create an application that will track a green tennis ball but I am having problems with finding the location the ball. Here's the code that I think is incorrect, how can I change it find the location of the ball? Thank you! private void timer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e) { camera = new Camera(ezB_Connect1.EZB);...
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Dc Motor Control Question

Hello, We are a team of engineering students working on a robotics project about to participate in a robotics competition. We have only a few days to finish up and we are currently having a problem with the DC motors for our second robot. We are trying to drive two DC motors to move the robot using PWM signals sent from an arduino card. Using an H...