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Unread 03-10-2003, 18:00
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Re: Not with what they give us, but...

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Originally posted by Nate Smith
The radio connection for the robot radios which are included in the kit is a RS-422 connection, which is NOT compatible with the RS-232 connection that your computer, and thus the Programming port on the RC, use.
Additionally, even though it is possible to convert from RS-422 to RS-232, the radio modems used for robot control will only transmit data to the opposite modem in 26 byte chunks. That means if your computer sends a 5 byte request to the RC to begin programming it and waits for a response, it will never get that response because the modem hooked to your computer hasn't actually sent that data to the other modem yet, so the RC never sees it!