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On/Off Camera Hack - How Handy Is It?

I've seen the hack for the on/off camera controls to allow the EZ-B to control the camera (pretty slick) but for those that have done it, how handy is it? For instance, would you say its in your top 10 list of most handy hacks or just something to do if you must? I have my camera wired for power off the EZ-B but not switchable from there and I find...
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Tutorial Videos

Tutorial Videos

Is there a plan to provide updated tutorials for the new EZ interface? The current videos are for a previous version from my board and I'm having a very difficult time figuring what should...
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Rss Feed Error

Rich, Thank you, you have been very helpful to me! There was one update where I could no longer run your RSS News Feed past the first story without error. I tried "" () marks. Maybe I missed it? Not sure what I am doing wrong? Thanks Steve S
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For Troy

what is a hub relief bearing mount? Is that the Lazy Susans? Thanks, Mel
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Expanding Ez-B With Pololu Mini Maestro

Expanding Ez-B With Pololu Mini Maestro

I am experimenting with expanding the number of servo ports I have available to the EZ -B with a Pololu Mini Maestro 24 channel USB servo...
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My Ez-B Needs Service

My Ez-B Needs Service

Waited over a month to get my kit. First time I plug it in, needs a firmware upgrade ... attempted to do so and got this result: Firmware Updater Version: 2013.03.18.00 5/16/2013...
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Address Multible Cards From Speech

Is there a command that allows one to address multible cards from speech recognition ? confused edit; by default it addresses card "0" is it possible to address card "1"
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Ideas To Pimp Out Wall-E

I have been neglecting wall-e for quite some time now so I decided that now revolution is scheduled for Christmas I have some extra time on my hands. I think wall-e is a good candidate for having that time dumped on him. So the gist is to come up with ideas to pimp out wall-e weither it be guns or lights or addons. Let me know on your thoughts!
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Thread Update Email Glitch Since 7/27/13?

Has anyone else stopped getting thread updates when there are replies?. The last one I received was the 27th. I assumed it might have been a feature to choose which threads to follow but I see the settings are the same. I use Gmail obviously which is usually reliable. Anyways my email box has not been getting the ez-robot love. - Josh
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Free Shipping Servocity.Com Discount

Servocity sent a generic discount for free shipping which I think is very useful. I know many if us like their hard to find product like gear boxes and high torque servos. I'm in no way affiliated with them just a customer like you. They are having lots if back to school sales but you can look at that yourself. Discount Code : FREESHIP
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Connecting Sensors In Parallel.

One person on the forum at least said that he hooked all of his PIR sensors to one port and it worked great. What OTHER sensors can I connect to the same ports to save on ports? will it work with the Ultrasonic, IR and other similar sensors? Thanks, Mel
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Help With Examples C# Does Not Work?

Help With Examples C# Does Not Work?

Hi, I am coding in C# for my new robot of star wars, I have done the code of my Kinect and now I need to implement this code to EZ SDK but I have...