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Look What I Got

Look What I Got

Hello everyone! I just got my first shipment of parts from china which included: 8x relays and 1x 5amp adjusting power adapter(Audiowind). Just waiting for some regulators, and I should be...
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ARC To ARC Connection

ARC To ARC Connection

Have been trying to connect two ARCs Together. The unit that see the EZ-B V4 is 192.168.1.250 and it can Control The EZ-B v4. EZ-B V4 is board 0 and is served as port 6666 in the...
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Text To Speech Voices Revisited

I need some help with getting the Ivona voices to work with ARC. I've downloaded and install the voice pack. Then I visited 'ease of access/text to speech' and made the new Ivona voice the default voice (default was anna). I tested the voice outside of ARC and it works as default. In ARC, I add 'speech synth' and the 'speech settings'. The Ivona...
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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...