Advanced Programmer Needed!!!
 

Hi everyone,
We have a robot project that is due in two weeks. We are using the Innovation First robot controller to output digital outputs to the parallel port of an on-board computer. This is what we need:
We need someone who could write a program for us in windows of our computer to read different pin combinations on the parallel port and have the computer play different audio tracks. If you know someone or you could write the program for us, please contact me ASAP. We could compensate for your time. Please contact me via e-mail or cell phone.

E-mail: punarhero@yahoo.com
Cell: 818 472 3925
Home Phone: 818 550 8297

Thanks a lot

Re: Advanced Programmer Needed!!!
 

Yes?
:SMACKED!:
Why parallel? And how are you connecting to the parallel port? the prog port is serial.

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I ask because the MSCOMM control is really easy to use, but it only does COMM (RS-232).

What IDEs do you have? I've gotten pretty good calling APIs in VB.

[What version of windows are you using?]

Re: Advanced Programmer Needed!!!
 

Well,
There is nothing specific about using parallel. Basically we are going to hard wire digital outputs from our robot controller directly into the parallel, or for that matter serial (if that's easier), port. This way, every time the robot reaches a place where it has to play a new audio track, it will output a unique combination of signals, which we need to be picked up by the serial or parallel port. Is there any way If can contact you, messenger or phone, please let me know since this is a bit urgent.

Thanks a lot

Re: Advanced Programmer Needed!!!
 

is there any need for the computer to be connected directly to the robot or could you just rewrite a dashboard program for the OI?

Re: Advanced Programmer Needed!!!
 

I guess you could just reqrite the dashboard program. I didn't think of that. That would be a lot easier to program than the parallel port. We are using last year's robot controller. Do you have the dashboard program from last year. Also, was it just VB or something else that it was written in. That might be a easy solution.

Re: Advanced Programmer Needed!!!
 

You can write it in anything that you want to, as long as it works with the serial port the same. :)

Re: Advanced Programmer Needed!!!
 

Actually, the parallel port is a lot easier to program in my opinion. You can just get a free dll that allows access to the port under WinNT/2000/XP (if you use it - Win9x will work with no dll) and read/write to the port with just one command.

Programming the CD Audio in VB is even easier. The multimedia control can do that with almost no code required.

Re: Advanced Programmer Needed!!!
 

And combine that with the dashboard control for vb, and your set!