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Sending Info From Boe Bot

Dtom26Dtom26 Posts: 24
edited 2009-07-15 13:13 in Robotics
Does anyone know how to send information from a boe bot to a computer and have that become an·sent email or text?

I know that I can use bluetooth or RF transmitters and receivers to send info to the computer but do I have to write a program that will take the info and send·it via email or text for my computer or is there anything that will do that for me?

This has to be done by the robot autonomously so the robot is supposed to drive sense an object and send how far away it is via email or text.

(Ex. an ultrasonic sensor gives a reading) How could I send that information to a computer and make it into an email or text autonomously sent to a set email address or phone number?

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  • lincolnlincoln Posts: 23
    edited 2009-07-09 20:16
    the easiest would be to use a computer as a intermediate host. You could try to the internet programing your self but the stamp would quickly run out of room.

    if you loaded unix/linux on a 2nd hand computer it will have some sort of c complier| perl | python that would let you listen to the serial port connected to the bot.

    if you wanted to send an e-mail your program can talk to a program called sendmail.
    for sms you could exec() curl to a web site like http://smseverywhere.com/send.htm that lest you send sms messages for free.

    if none of that sounded familiar you have alot of research to do.

    having wrote that, you might look on the web for serial to ethernet converter. i needed a basic one for a product but in my wanderings i think there many have been a module that simplified the above task. the unit i wound up using is called a siteplayer telnet but it is only a socket adapter.

    link
  • Dtom26Dtom26 Posts: 24
    edited 2009-07-14 14:02
    Thank you so much for your help, I really appreciate it. You are right I have a little reasearch to do. I found something call netburner and I was wondering if anyone had any experience using that in conjunction with a board of education to transmit information via the internet?
  • Dtom26Dtom26 Posts: 24
    edited 2009-07-14 14:15
    Also a question about the earlier post. Do the methods listed require the robot to be wired to the computer or can this be done wirelessly?
  • RS_JimRS_Jim Posts: 1,765
    edited 2009-07-14 15:16
    If you want to connect to your robot wirelessly, look into the wireless bluetooth that Parallax sells. You could set up a normal communications link via bluetooth to a computer and have it process the messaging to the internet for you. Once the bluetooth is setup, your communication from the boebot would be basic serial comms.
    RS_JIM
  • Dtom26Dtom26 Posts: 24
    edited 2009-07-14 15:41
    So basically the whole problem is converting serial to ethernet?
    Would that be done once the information has been communicated to a laptop or is there a module that will do it for me?
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2009-07-14 16:13
    Dtom26, I don't see the relevance to the SX in this thread? If this is not SX related this thread is off topic in this forum.

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  • Dtom26Dtom26 Posts: 24
    edited 2009-07-14 17:41
    sorry
  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2009-07-14 21:09
    This thread is being moved from the SX Forum to the Robotics Forum.

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  • Dtom26Dtom26 Posts: 24
    edited 2009-07-15 13:13
    ty
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