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Scriptflow Questions

My understanding of the script manager is that in order to draw a named box a dependency between two scripts must exist using the command: ControlCommand( "Script Manager", ScriptStart, "TheScriptToBeExecuted") Some Issues: 1. When adding a new script to the script manager that has the appropriate dependencies to display within...
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Firmware Update Question

Firmware Update Question

I got anther board to troubleshoot my first one. However, this board needs a firmware update. It won't update though. Here is the debug report: Firmware Updater Version:...
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Thoughts And Insight Into Sleeping.

Normally I have only considered milliseconds in the past when working with database systems, i.e. software to software processes. So I am a little perplexed on how you guys/gals determine how long to sleep when calling sequences of servos, motors, sensors etc. Is this some kinda guesstimate game or does anyone have a precise method for gauging time...
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Script Manager Sorting Question

There appears to be some row focus issues when sorting a script position within the script manager. It is exhibiting unexpected behaviors. See this video for a sort illustration. Also, I have triggered an exception within an array that I am guessing is used to hold attributes of the script manager sort / row position. It was an index out of...
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Dj's Wall-E Size

What are the dimensions of dj's Wall-e? trying to build a replica. need to know the size. L-W-H
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6 Axis Arm Help

I recently started to work with the 6 Axis Arm. It seems that whenever i try to control the shoulder servo (the top most servo that would lift the entire arm) as soon as i try to move that servo, it stops and i lose the bluetooth connection. Why does this keep happening? I made my own C# project for this and the following is how i am controlling...
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Ez-B Servo Connection

what type of plug is on the cable that connects the servos to the ez-b?
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I See Others Are Having Trouble With L298 H-Bridge Board

I design a circuit awhile back and sold many pcb;s with my design My design is that you can use 4 wire instead of 5 wire to control the l298 h-bridge board,second you can control PWM seperate for each motor and add a brake if wanted Its a 2 wire design,i dont know if it will work with EZB it should,it has one direction control and one pwm control...
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Split Function Query

Hi Dj Sures... I've been playing around with the split function for the last couple of days writing an automated announcement routine that simply reads from a long list of dates with attached comments so that my bot can remind me of birthdays, etc. While doing so I noticed an interesting behaviour with the SPLIT() function. It seems that when I...
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Wall-E Height

how tall is Dj's wall-e? all of the wall-e toys are 9" tall on ebay(u-command wall-e) Want to know for reference. PLEASE I NEED TO KNOW! stress
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About Using More Then One Wireless Camera With One Receiver

May be DJ might have answer or anyone else Do i need one usb dongle for every camera,and about pairing them,if i paring one will the others work too. DJ said in video if you dont get video output from camera it needs to be paired ,but open up the usb receiver and hit the button and few other things too.
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Blink M Question

Is there a way to control the color over time or change color of the led due to an event thru some kind of scripting?