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Trying To Get A Pir Working

I feel like a blind man wandering around in the bush at night hoping to find my way home! So here's where I'm at with this project, I've put some comments in so you can see what I'm trying to accomplish. Any and all help will be appreciated. :loop #timer to power down $x = 0 RepeatUntil($x = 30) $x++ Sleep(1000) EndRepeatUntil repeatUntil(1=2)...
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ARC Freezes And Disconnects

i got latest version,and when i use a vertikel servo it freezes and disconect the ezb4 any idea ?
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Nasa Posts Free Space Sounds

Nasa Posts Free Space Sounds

This might be super useful to you all NASA Posts a Huge Library of Space Sounds, And You’re Free To Use Them And SoundCloud is now a place you can find sounds from...
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Adc Disconnecting Ezb

would appreciate assistance please included a short set of instructions that reads a potentiometer on a motor shaft and then moves a motor forward & reverse but for some reason it crashes my EZB after a few moves script :one set(d22, on) ADC_Wait(ADC7, lower, 120) set(d22, off) sleep(900) set(d23, on) ADC_Wait(ADC7, higher, 180) set(d23, off)...
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Update On Wifi Adapters

Hi eone Just wanted to provide some additional feedback; installing the TPLink wifi adapter thetechguy suggested worked perfectly! Computers that could not connect to bots in ad hoc mode connect successfully using this adapter. If you use this adapter, you might find it useful to install the configuration utility as well as the drivers. This...
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Great Uart Can Now Rx 0 To 255 But

Great Uart Can Now Rx 0 To 255 But

Thanks DJ can now RX all integers from 0 to 255. The only issue remaining is TX 34,40 and 92. Thanks
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Bug Report For ARC

I have found a bug in the windows program, it seems every time that i attempt to stop a script in the middle it becomes unresponsive and attempts to complete the script anyway, i have found any attempt to stop the robot using the stop button or to start a new command like calibrate causes the whole program to become unresponsive and requires me to...
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Demo Question

the current demo seems to cut short and its hard to hear the final sentence, i just wanted to confirm its ment to stop half way through the song..? thank you Richard
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Ultimate Wall-E On Ebay $135.00

Ultimate Wall-E On Ebay $135.00

the auction ends in an hour or so. currently at 135.00 that's a GREAT price. one of the arms is a little buster, but who cares right? im at work so I cant add...
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Trying To Use An Adc Port For Pir

I am trying to use an ADC port to get the signal from a PIR sensor. I have in my script: $PIR = GetADC(A7) and I get this error message; Error on line 26: Missing String Quotes or Invalid Expression: A Is it possible to use this port for this purpose? If so, what is the proper syntax to use it? Thanks
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Wanted A Full Datasheet For The New Ez-Robot Motor Control

Wanted A Full Datasheet For The New Ez-Robot Motor Control

can anybody post a full datasheet for the new motor control. I am wondering what the maximum voltage...
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Error Weather Broadcast

Error Weather Broadcast

is that cause i dont have voice recog?