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2 Wheel Balancing Robot

2 Wheel Balancing Robot

I got a 4 - in - 1 sensor and have put together a 2 wheeled balancing robot. Now I need to figure out some coding. I have the Initialization script and it works good -...
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Tips For Searching The Community

Is there any way to refine the search other than selecting categories? I've noticed that adding more words e.g. Touch Path Control returns more results than Touch Path Of course, I'm looking for more specific returns rather than more general returns I've tried " " also words like AND to no effect
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Date And Time Question

Date And Time Question

Can anyone point me in the direction to find a way to tell how much time there is between two dates. For example Date1 = 10/29/2016 10:30:54 PM and Date2 = 10/28/2016 7:00:01...
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Question About Shortcut Creator In ARC

Question About Shortcut Creator In ARC

Hi, I have some issue with the Shortcut Creator in ARC: when i select a script in the Auto Start Script step (step 3), it never starts when the...
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Voice Broken After Win10 Anniversary Update

Anyone out there have their 3rd party voice broken by the Win10 Anniversary update?
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I Am Trying To Connect My Bot In An Ezb Plugin

I Am Trying To Connect My Bot In An Ezb Plugin

Hello I'm a french new user and trying to connect my bot which is based on Synbot and SIML Package in an EZB Plugin I'm using...
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Amazon Echo

Amazon Echo

I have purchased an Amazon Echo and am very impressed with its abilities. I would like to know if there is any way to merge my Echo with EZB so I can get the benefit of both systems through my Echo....
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Omnibot 2000

The Omnibot 2000 that DJ converted to EZB. Can DJ tell us what lcd panel was used and the scripts for running it.
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How Can I Get The Sum Of An Array At Once?

How Can I Get The Sum Of An Array At Once?

Is it possible to get the sum of all the values in an array beside using a simple addition, index entry after index entry? Thank you.
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Night Vision Camera

I'm trying to modify a Roli for doing inspections under computer flooring and am seeking advice on lighting. I have ordered some Cree XM-l2 LEDs and the optics to go on them, but when I connected them up on the Roli, they aren't providing anywhere near enough light to use the camera for steering. I've thought about switching to an integrated IR LED...
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Waitforspeech

Hi Team, I may have identified a small bug with the WaitForSpeech command. The command works fine when coding inside a script manager console but fails to work outside the editing environment. I have also tried this inside a stand alone script window Both methods hang with a partially drawn dialogue box with "Waiting for Speech..."...
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Telnet And Eventghost (Or Python)

Telnet And Eventghost (Or Python)

It's been requested so here it is... a quick (and brief) look at TELNET. First off, you can view DJ's video on TELNET for some info on how it works, here...