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How To Create A New Move

How To Create A New Move

This is about how to create a new move for yourself and for your apps: You have to combine different moves together. This is how I made my new moves. (You will find out...
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I Hate To Ask Again But

DJ, how is the 4 in 1 Orientation Sensor and the Inverted Pendulum coming along? I'm working on a project that is going to depend on these sensors - any time frame yet? Also, did you post anything on the EZ-Cloud that shows the scripting you used in the video you posted to demonstrate the Inverted Pendulum? I've looked around the Cloud for an...
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Is Twitter Broken?

Good Afternoon! I am trying to send remote commands contained in a tweet. I have configured ez-bulider/options/twitter/account settings and obtained account confirmation and got "result successfully configured" Then ARC /project/add//misc/twitter recognition. I have added the twitter username both with and without the @. After a few...
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How To Use Auto Position Actions

How To Use Auto Position Actions

Hi , I want to know how to use auto position actions in vs using c# ,I've try that code ezb = new EZ_B.EZB(); ezb.Connect("192.168.1.1:23");...
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How To Control 2 Motors Using Ez-B And Only S1, M1a And M1b Of The Sabertooth 2X

How To Control 2 Motors Using Ez-B And Only S1, M1a And M1b Of The Sabertooth 2X

Hello, I'm newbie and testing how to use EZ-B and Sabertooth...
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Expression Parser Broken - Length Function

The code below does not work: 1: ClearVariables() 2: $buffer = "foo;bar;quux" 3: $sepPos = 3 4: $len0 = Length($buffer)-$sepPos-1 error: Quote: Error on line 4: Operator '-' invalid for strings. 1st attempt with a different code: 1: ClearVariables() 2: $buffer = "foo;bar;quux" 3: $sepPos = 3 4: $len1 = Length($buffer) -...
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New Office Space

New Office Space

Ooh! Tiles! The place is really coming along now. Any confirmed occupancy date yet?
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Connection Questions

I am having problems connecting to 2 EZB's at the same time. I have 2 EZBv4's on my InMoov robot. Whichever v4 I turn on first it will connect to but not the other. I have set the static IP's for both controllers into my router (Asus RT-N12B1) and when I scan the router to see the connected clients, it will only show the first controller that was...
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Hbridge Pwm Control Panel

Hbridge Pwm Control Panel

I tested Hbridge PWM control panel. I don't understand why , when you start ezb and give a command (for example, forward) the motors do not turn at all, and you need to...
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Testing Ez-Scripts

Testing Ez-Scripts

I'm a basic and assembler programmer ( PIC MCUs). I'm trying to put ezb scripts at work. I have a pot connected to adc0 (i.e. 0-3.3 V) and move the pot. I write this easy script in...
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Rgb Animator Display Scripts Work In ARC Pc But Not In Phone Mobile App -

Hello, I have two buttons in the mobile app that are programmed to run an RGB Animator Display (one button) and to clear the RGB Animator Display (2nd Button). Both of these worked in the mobile app on my Android phone before upgrading ARC. Here is the script code associated with the buttons: ControlCommand("RGB...
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Pluginscratch Or Ezplugin Designer

I really wish I knew how to write the type of code needed to make a plugin. Sounds like I need to add this to my bucket list. However I may never get the time to learn enough to do it. Maybe one day DJ and the EZ Robot team will make an ARC add-on like he did with RoboScratch for the plugin feature. It would make it EZ for people like me with no...