Project: Create Comm Port Link to MS Robotics
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A little over a week ago I started working on being able to get my BoeBot (BS2 Version) to communicate with MS Robotics Studio 4. There is suppose to be a way for this to work using Bluetooth but I have yet to figure that one out. That really is not an issue as I want to use a direct Comm Port connection for my larger project. I have been plugging away for the past week trying different approaches to connect directly to the BoeBot through a Comm Port. This is not as simple as one would think!! I finaly decided to attempt to "Hack" the Dashboard Program from ProMRDS Chapter 4. What I have accomplished so far is to add the "Sending Serial Data to Visual Basic" from this post: http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?96973-VB-Express-to-Stamp-Template&highlight=visual+basic directly in to the Dashboard Program.
This comes up within the Dashboard and when pressing button 1, then Reset on the Stamp, then pressing Button 2, the Stamp sends the reply "Hello World" like it is suppose to. Although this may not seem like a major accomplishment, getting the communications to work between the Stamp Serial Port and MSRS is!!!
My next step is to get the Servo Control from the same thread to work and try to eliminate the Dashboard code totally. Once I am able to do that then this project will be complete because that is what I have been trying to do from the start.
This comes up within the Dashboard and when pressing button 1, then Reset on the Stamp, then pressing Button 2, the Stamp sends the reply "Hello World" like it is suppose to. Although this may not seem like a major accomplishment, getting the communications to work between the Stamp Serial Port and MSRS is!!!
My next step is to get the Servo Control from the same thread to work and try to eliminate the Dashboard code totally. Once I am able to do that then this project will be complete because that is what I have been trying to do from the start.