Is OpenVex a dead project?

[adamdb]

My apologies for reopening a very old thread. I have been trying to make an account on the Vex forum so I can ask there, but despite it looking like I have an account it won't let me post.

I have been using openvex as a free Linux alternative to EasyC or RobotC and have found it to be easy enough to use. Has anyone implemented a routine to read a gyro with openvex? Has anyone implemented an API to the second TX/RX port (the ones exposed on the controllers TX/RX pins)? I'm sure I can figure these out myself, but would like to save the effort if someone has already done it.

thx

[Kevin Watson]

Originally Posted by adamdb

Has anyone implemented a routine to read a gyro with openvex? Has anyone implemented an API to the second TX/RX port (the ones exposed on the controllers TX/RX pins)? I'm sure I can figure these out myself, but would like to save the effort if someone has already done it.

Though not for OpenVex, I wrote all the code you need to operate a gyro and the second serial port. Bill gave a link to the basic Vex code above, but the gyro code can be found here:

http://kevin.org/frc

Follow the directions for merging the gyro code for the FRC controller, which is almost identical to the Vex controller. Once you have it working, you should be able to merge the pieces of code you want into the OpenVex framework.

-Kevin